Content Standard: Geography
B. Human Interaction with Environments
Students will understand and analyze the relationships among people and their physical environment.
Common Assessment(s): Maine LAD task, gr. PK-2, Maps in My Mind (also assesses Geography A)

Performance Indicators Students will be able to:	Essential Elements (Specific grade level learning objectives)			Suggested Performance Activities	Suggested Classroom Assessments	Vocabulary
1. Describe the human and physical characteristics of the immediate environment.	Human and physical characteristics of Bath and surrounding communities landforms bodies of water climate occupations leisure activities			The students will identify the landforms and bodies of water in Bath and surrounding communities. They will discuss kinds of occupations that people have in Bath including why Bath is a shipbuilding community.	The students will draw a picture or write about what the environment in the Bath area  is like and what human activities exist because of the environment (shipbuilding, fishing, etc.)	Human characteristics Physical characteristics hills river valleys tidal ocean trees shipbuilding lobstering fishing wetlands beaches lighthouses buoys