A Trip to India
Standards
Math
Measurement
Content Standard: 4.0
The student will become familiar with the units and processes of measurement in order to use a variety of tools, techniques, and formulas to determine and to estimate measurements in mathematical and real-world problems.
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4.1 Understand measurable attributes of objects and the units, systems, and processes of measurement
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4.2 Apply appropriate techniques, tools, and formulas to determine measurements.
Culture
Content Standard: 1.0
Culture encompasses similarities and differences among people including their beliefs, knowledge, changes, values, and traditions. Students will explore these elements of society to develop an appreciation and respect for the variety of human cultures.
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1.01 Understand the nature and complexity of culture.
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1.02 Discuss the development of major religions.
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1.03 Identify the role those diverse cultures had on the development of the Americas.
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1.04 Describe the influence of science and technology on the development of culture through time.
Geography
Content Standard: 3.0
Geography enables the students to see, understand and appreciate the web of relationships between people, places, and environments. Students will use the knowledge, skills, and understanding of concepts within the six essential elements of geography: world in spatial terms, places and regions, physical systems, human systems, environment and society, and the uses of geography.
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3.01 Understand how to use maps, globes, and other geographic representations, tools, and technologies to acquire, process, and report information from a spatial perspective.
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3.02 Know the location of places and geographic features, both physical and human, in Tennessee and in the United States.
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3.03 Recognize the interaction between human and physical systems.
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3.04 Understand the geographic factors that determined the locations of and patterns of settlements in the United States and Tennessee.
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3.05 Understand the impact of immigration and migration on a society.
History
Content Standard: 5.0
History involves people, events, and issues. Students will evaluate evidence to develop comparative and casual analyses, and to interpret primary sources. They will construct sound historical arguments and perspectives on which informed decisions in contemporary life can be based.
Visual Art
Students in middle grades visual art courses will learn to select, control, and experiment with a variety of art tools, media, and processes used to create works of art and crafts. Students will evaluate historical and personal works of art with increasingly perceptive abilities as they learn and apply organizational components of art and design. Through critiquing techniques, the students develop an appreciation of both the aesthetic and functional aspects of visual art. As the students progress through their study of visual art they gain an understanding of how the arts relate to history, culture, and other disciplines.
Content Standard 1.0: Media, Techniques, and Processes
Students will understand and apply media, techniques, and processes.
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1.1 Demonstrate the use of knowledge in select media, techniques and processes.
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1.2 Compare and contrast the effective use of communication of ideas through the use of media, tools, techniques, and processes.
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1.3 Reflect upon the effectiveness of a variety of media.
Content Standard 4.0: Historical and Cultural Relationships
Students will understand the visual arts in relation to history and cultures.
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4.1 Describe and place a variety of art objects in historical and cultural contexts.
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4.2 Know and compare the characteristics of artworks in various eras and cultures.
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4.3 Analyze, describe, and demonstrate how factors of time and place influence visual characteristics that give meaning and value to a work of art.
Reading
Content Standard: 1.0
The student will develop the reading and listening skills necessary for word recognition, comprehension, interpretation, analysis, evaluation,and appreciation of print and non-print text.
1.04 Use decoding strategies to read unfamiliar words.
1.06 Expand reading vocabulary.
1.08 Use active comprehension strategies to derive meaning while reading and to check for understanding after reading.
1.09 Refine study skills and develop methods of research to enhance learning.
1.10 Develop skills to facilitate reading in the content areas.
1.11 Read independently for a variety of purposes.
1.12 Experience and explore the elements of various literary and media genres.
Computer Technology
Standard 5.0
Students will select and use appropriate technology research tools.
5.1 Students will use technology to locate, evaluate, and collect information from a variety of sources.
5.2 Students will use technology tools to process data and report results.
5.3 Students will evaluate and select new information resources and technological innovations based on the appropriateness for specific tasks.