C3 Framework · Grades 6–8

D2.Geo.5.6-8 Comparing the characteristics that make places similar and different

Analyze the combinations of cultural and environmental characteristics that make places both similar to and different from other places.

Why water teaches this standard well

Comparing a Great Lakes city with a desert city such as Phoenix shows how water abundance and scarcity combine with culture to make places alike and different. Students can analyze how the presence or absence of water shapes housing, landscaping, work, and recreation in each place.

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1 material aligned to D2.Geo.5.6-8

Graphic organizers

Grade 6 Graphic organizer

Four Ancient Ways to Move and Store Water

A grade 6 compare-and-contrast organizer on qanats, Roman aqueducts, Indian stepwells, and Petra's cisterns, with a clue bank to sort and a completed exemplar.

Social Studies & Civics 30 min Answer key