American History, 5th Grade Social Studies
GEOGRAPHY: Physical and Cultural Systems
Standard: Students develop a spatial understanding of Earth’s surface and the processes that shape it, the connections between people and places, and the relationship between man and his environment.
Places and Regions
Benchmark: G-1B-M1 explaining and analyzing both the physical and human phenomena associated with specific places, including precipitation and settlement patterns; (1, 2, 3, 4)
GLE 6. Describe types of settlements and patterns of land use in Colonial America and suggest reasons for locations of cities and settlements (G-1B-M1)