Cave Drawings/Young Explorers

Learning Resource Type

Classroom Resource

Subject Area

Social Studies

Grade(s)

2

Overview

In this video from PBSLearningMedia, Caveman joins up with his Cave Aunt to tell kids about how cave families told stories before the paper was invented. As elders sometimes do, Cave Aunt shares embarrassing stories about when Caveman was just a cave boy.

Social Studies (2010) Grade(s): 2

SS10.2.10

Identify ways people throughout the country are affected by their human and physical environments.

UP:SS10.3.10

Vocabulary

  • identify
  • human environment
  • physical environment
  • compare
  • physical features
  • regions of the United States
  • recognize benefits
  • recreation
  • tourism
  • state parks
  • national parks

Knowledge

Students know:
  • Difference between human and physical environments the physical regions of the United States and the features of each.
  • Affects of environment on human behavior and ways of life.
  • Positive and negative affects of humans on the environment.
  • Examples of types of tourism and recreation and the affects of each, including state and national parks.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • List examples of the ways human and physical environments affect people and the ways they live.
  • Differentiate between regions of the United States based upon their physical features.
  • Differentiate between positive and negative effects that people have on the environment.
  • Explain the benefits of recreation and tourism, including at state and national parks.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • There are various ways that people are affected by their human and physical environments, as well as the effects, both positive and negative, that humans have on the environment.

CR Resource Type

Audio/Video

Resource Provider

PBS

License Type

Custom

Accessibility

Video resources: includes closed captioning or subtitles
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