How the Environment Affects People Lesson Plan

Name: Maya Moltzen

Date: May 7th, 2020

Discipline: Social Studies

Grade Level: 2nd grade

Topic: Geography

Lesson Focus: The relationship between people and the physical environment

Standard:

 G.K_2.2 Describe how the physical environment affects people and how people affect

the physical environment. (ND State Standards)

Objective:

 The student will discuss the relationship between people and their environment.

Assessment:

 Students will show their drawing or building of a house to a family member or friend.

o Family members or friends can ask the student:

 What environment did you build your house in?

 What about this house allows people to live in this environment?

 When people live here do they affect the environment?

Materials:

 Google Slides Presentation

Procedure:

 All information needed for this lesson is included in this Google Slides Presentation.
 o https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/10eNI33YaAh3Iv4lr2oC-

_t0O3Wcqs3y_Q_X4h872LrI/edit?usp=sharing

 This is a visual discovery lesson.

 Step 1- Arrange classroom so images will be large and clear

o Students will be viewing this lesson on computers so there is no need to

rearrange the classroom.

o The images in the Google Slides will be clear and large enough for students to

see them clearly.

 Step 2- Use a few powerful images to represent key concepts

o The first 3 slides have images of different types of homes in various

environments.

o Students will look at the images and think about how the environment affects

how people live there. Students will also think about how people affect the

environment they live in.

 Step 3- Ask carefully sequenced questions that lead to discovery

o For each slide, students will be asked the questions:

 What do you see in this image?

 What type of environment is this?

 What type of house is this?

 What materials is it made out of?

 Is there anything about the structure that looks unique?

 How do the environment affect this house and the people that live there?
  Do the people affect the environment around them?

 Step 4- Challenge students to read about the image and apply what they learn

o The next 3 slides have facts and information about various types of housing in

different environments.

o Students will read through the slides to learn more about what they saw in the

images.

o Students can either read the article or watch the video of the read aloud of the

book If You Lived Here: Houses of the World by Giles Laroche.

 Step 5- Have students interact with the images to demonstrate what they have learned

o Students will pick one environment and draw or build a house that would allow

people to live in that environment.

 Students will think about how their house allows people to live in that

environment, and if people affect the environment around them while

living there.

o After the student is done drawing or building, they will show their creation to a

family member or friend.

Differentiation:

 Screencasting of Google Slides Presentation