1900’s Logging Camp:
The Life of a Lumberjack Subject
Grade Social Sciences Standards
Number
NSS-EC.K-4.1
NSS-EC.K-4.4
NSS-EC.K-4.8
NSS-EC.K-4.11
Economics
K–4
NSS-EC.K-4.13
NSS-EC.K-4.15
NSS-EC.K-4.16
NSS-EC.5-8.1
5–8
Economics
NSS-EC.5-8.4
NSS-EC.5-8.8
NSS-EC.5-8.11
Standard
SCARCITY
Productive resources are limited. Therefore, people
cannot have all the goods and services they want; as a
result, they must choose some things and give up others.
ROLE OF INCENTIVES
People respond predictably to positive and negative
incentives.
ROLE OF PRICE IN MARKET SYSTEM
Prices send signals and provide incentives to buyers and
sellers. When supply or demand changes, market prices
adjust, affecting incentives.
ROLE OF MONEY
Money makes it easier to trade, borrow, save, invest, and
compare the value of goods and services.
ROLE OF RESOURCES IN DETERMINING INCOME
Income for most people is determined by the market
value of the productive resources they sell. What
workers earn depends, primarily, on the market value of
what they produce and how productive they are.
GROWTH
Investment in factories, machinery, new technology, and
in the health, education, and training of people can raise
future standards of living.
ROLE OF GOVERNMENT
There is an economic role for government in a market
economy whenever the benefits of a government policy
outweigh its costs. Governments often provide for
national defense, address environmental concerns, define
and protect property rights, and attempt to make
markets more competitive. Most government policies
also redistribute income.
SCARCITY
Productive resources are limited. Therefore, people can
not have all the goods and services they want; as a
result, they must choose some things and give up others.
ROLE OF INCENTIVES
People respond predictably to positive and negative
incentives.
ROLE OF PRICE IN MARKET SYSTEM
Prices send signals and provide incentives to buyers and
sellers. When supply or demand changes, market prices
adjust, affecting incentives.
ROLE OF MONEY
Money makes it easier to trade, borrow, save, invest, and
compare the value of goods and services.
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Reflection Time
Historical Analysis
Conclusion
Moving the Tree
Cutting the Tree
The Camp
Introduction
National Academic Standards Social Sciences
Grades K – 8+
Supplementary
Materials
IVC Class
Historical Context
Vocabulary
NSS-EC.5-8.13
NSS-EC.5-8.15
ROLE OF RESOURCES IN DETERMINING INCOME
Income for most people is determined by the market
value of the productive resources they sell. What
workers earn depends, primarily, on the market value of
what they produce and how productive they are.
GROWTH
Investment in factories, machinery, new technology, and
in the health, education, and training of people can raise
future standards of living.
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THE WORLD IN SPATIAL TERMS
NSS-G.K-12.1
Understand how to use maps and other geographic
representations, tools, and technologies to acquire,
process, and report information from a spatial
perspective.
X
PLACES AND REGIONS
NSS-G.K-12.2
Geography
K - 12
Understand the physical and human characteristics of
places.
Understand how culture and experience influence
people's perceptions of places and regions.
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HUMAN SYSTEMS
NSS-G.K-12.4
Understand the processes, patterns, and functions of
human settlement.
X
ENVIRONMENT AND SOCIETY
NSS-G.K-12.5
K – 12
Historical Thinking
NSS-HT.K-12.1
NSS-HT.K-12.2
NSS-HT.K-12.3
NSS-HT.K-12.4
NSS-HT.K-12.5
NSS-USH.K-4.1
Understand how human actions modify the physical
environment.
Understand how physical systems affect human systems.
Understand the changes that occur in the meaning, use,
distribution, and importance of resources.
Chronological Thinking
Historical Comprehension
Historical Analysis & Interpretation
Historical Research Capabilities
Historical Issues – Analysis & Decision-Making
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LIVING AND WORKING TOGETHER IN FAMILIES AND
COMMUNITIES, NOW AND LONG AGO
Understands the history of the local community and how
communities in North America varied long ago
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K–4
U.S. History
THE HISTORY OF STUDENTS' OWN STATE/REGION
NSS-USH.K-4.2
NSS-USH.K-4.3
Understands the people, events, problems, and ideas
that were significant in creating the history of their state
THE HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES: DEMOCRATIC
PRINCIPLES & VALUES & THE PEOPLE FROM MANY
CULTURES WHO CONTRIBUTED TO ITS CULTURAL,
ECONOMIC, & POLITICAL HERITAGE
Understands the causes and nature of movements of
large groups of people into and within the United States,
now and long ago
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ERA 4: EXPANSION AND REFORM (1801-1861)
U. S. History
5 - 12
NSS-USH.5-12.4
NSS-USH.5-12.6
Understands United States territorial expansion between
1801 and 1861, and how it affected relations with external
powers and Native Americans
Understands how the industrial revolution, increasing
immigration, the rapid expansion of slavery, and the
westward movement changed the lives of Americans and
led toward regional tensions
ERA 6: THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE INDUSTRIAL
UNITED STATES (1870-1900)
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Understands how the rise of corporations, heavy
industry, and mechanized farming transformed the
American people
Understands massive immigration after 1870 and how
new social patterns, conflicts, and ideas of national unity
developed amid growing cultural diversity
World History
5 - 12
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ERA 7: AN AGE OF REVOLUTIONS, 1750-1914
NSS-WH.5-12.7
the causes and consequences of the agricultural and
industrial revolutions, 1700-1850.
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