W.G.3:
Connect past events, people, and ideas to the present to draw conclusions and explain current implications.

Growing a Nation Era 1a: Seeds of Change: Students will engage with the Growing a Nation timeline to explore the significant historical and agricultural events and inventions from American history during the years 1600-1929. Students will recognize the importance of labor in agriculture, discover how the implementation of technology increased agricultural production, and explore the role wool played during this era.

Growing a Nation Era 2: From Defeat to Victory: Students will engage with the Growing a Nation timeline to explore the significant historical and agricultural events and inventions from American history during the years 1930-1949. Students will examine the cause and impact of the Dust Bowl, recognize how the Dust Bowl led to the Great Depression and describe the government's response to assist farmers in the 1930s.

Plant-Soil Interactions: Students will explain the roles of diffusion and active transport in moving nutrients from the soil to the plant; describe the formation of soil and soil horizons; and describe the events in the Great Dust Bowl, how they relate to soil horizons, and how those events affected agricultural practices.

W.G.4.a:
Use geographic representations, data, and geospatial technologies to analyze geographic patterns and changes over time, including maps.

Growing a Nation Era 2: From Defeat to Victory: Students will engage with the Growing a Nation timeline to explore the significant historical and agricultural events and inventions from American history during the years 1930-1949. Students will examine the cause and impact of the Dust Bowl, recognize how the Dust Bowl led to the Great Depression and describe the government's response to assist farmers in the 1930s.

Growing a Nation Era 4: Into a New Millennium: Students will engage with the Growing a Nation timeline to explore the significant historical and agricultural events and inventions from American history during the years 1970-2000. Students will recognize the importance of labor in agriculture and determine how the implementation of technology in agriculture increased agricultural production.

W.G.6.b:
Analyze the distribution of resources and describe their influence on individuals.

Geography and Climate for Agricultural Landscapes: Students will discover how geography and climate influence the crops that are grown and the livestock that is raised in each state.

W.G.7.g:
Evaluate factors that contribute to cooperation and conflict.

Growing a Nation Era 2: From Defeat to Victory: Students will engage with the Growing a Nation timeline to explore the significant historical and agricultural events and inventions from American history during the years 1930-1949. Students will examine the cause and impact of the Dust Bowl, recognize how the Dust Bowl led to the Great Depression and describe the government's response to assist farmers in the 1930s.

W.G.8:
Analyze how people have modified or adapted to the environment locally, nationally, regionally, and globally.

Plant-Soil Interactions: Students will explain the roles of diffusion and active transport in moving nutrients from the soil to the plant; describe the formation of soil and soil horizons; and describe the events in the Great Dust Bowl, how they relate to soil horizons, and how those events affected agricultural practices.

W.G.8.a:
Analyze effects of human settlement patterns and land use on the natural environment.

A Search for the Source: In this lesson students will learn that agriculture provides nearly all of the products we rely on in any given day by participating in a relay where they match an everyday item with its “source.”

Agricultural Land Use: Students explore the impact of fertilizer on algae growth, soil erosion, and agricultural soil and water conservation practices.