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Department of Geography
Texas Alliance for Geographic Education

Local to Global: Geographic Connections

Welcome to Local to Global:Geographic Connections, a fully developed learning unit created by the Texas Alliance for Geographic Education and designed to provide rigorous, in-depth lessons on geographic concepts for 4th-8th grade students and teachers. This series of lessons informs students about the often-overlooked connections they encounter every day, exploring how and why people, ideas, and objects share links through space and time. This unit has a strong regional focus on Texas and the United States and also includes global extension topics. The content provided within the five geographic modules (Spatial Skills, Physical Systems, Human Systems, Places and Regions, and Environment and Society) includes case studies, state and national standards, embedded media and online resources, lesson planning, and much more.

You can choose to organize the overview book of 40 pages (00 LocaltoGlobal.pdf) and then instructional material supplements individually. Or, you can download each topic individually in a zip file. We have provided multiple file types to ensure easier access. If you have any questions, please contact us at tage.geography@txstate.edu or 512.245.3827.

Local to Global (PDF, 3.11MB)
Local to Global Intro (PDF, 716KB)
Local to Global SPATIAL SKILLS (ZIP, 3.87MB)
Local to Global Spatial Skills (PDF, 754KB)
Local to Global Spatial Skills: NFL Geography (PDF, 1.52MB)
SS TEKS 6(3)ABD, 6(23)B
Local to Global Spatial Skills: Texas Independence Trail (PDF, 1.46MB)
SS TEKS 4(3)A, 4(6)B, 4(21)B
Local to Global Spatial Skills: Standards (PDF, 281KB)
Local to Global Spatial Skills: Strategy Sketch Map (PDF, 508KB)
Local to Global Spatial Skills: Vocabulary (PDF, 213KB)
Local to Global PLACES AND REGIONS (ZIP, 2.92MB)
Local to Global Places and Regions (PDF, 865KB)
Local to Global Places and Regions: Middle East (PDF, 1.43MB)
SS TEKS 6(3)A, 6(4)BCE, 6(15)A
Local to Global Places and Regions: Texas (PDF, 760KB)
SS TEKS 7(9)A
Local to Global Places and Regions: Standards (PDF, 205KB)
Local to Global Places and Regions: Strategy Inquiry Method (PDF, 103KB)
Local to Global Places and Regions: Vocabulary (PDF, 201KB)
Local to Global Physical Systems (PDF, 1.24MB)
Local to Global PHYSICAL SYSTEMS (ZIP, 3.11MB)
Local to Global Physical Systems: Lotsa Landforms (PDF, 1.77MB)
SS TEKS 6(6)A
Local to Global Physical Systems: Standards (PDF, 95.1KB)
Local to Global Physical Systems: Strategy Vocabulary Square (PDF, 299KB)
Local to Global Physical Systems: Vocabulary (PDF, 229KB)
Local to Global Human Systems (PDF, 831KB)
Local to Global HUMAN SYSTEMS (ZIP, 5.48MB)
Local to Global Human Systems: Finding Our Capital (PDF, 827KB)
SS TEKS 5(8)C
Local to Global Human Systems: Immigrant Influences in America (PDF, 2.27MB)
SS TEKS 6(4)BC, 6(21)BC
Local to Global Human Systems: Texas Population (PDF, 1.93MB)
SS TEKS 4(8)ABC
Local to Global Human Systems: Standards (PDF, 271KB)
Local to Global Human Systems: Strategy TRAPPED Map Analysis (PDF, 212KB)
Local to Global Human Systems: Vocabulary (PDF, 215KB)
Local to Global Environment and Society (PDF, 852KB)
Local to Global ENVIRONMENT AND SOCIETY (ZIP, 3.58MB)
Local to Global Environment and Society: Picture Analysis (PDF, 1.3MB)
SS TEKS 4(9)ABC, 7(10)A
Local to Global Environment and Society: Extreme Living (PDF, 981KB)
SS TEKS 6(7)ABC
Local to Global Environment and Society: US Deforestation (PDF, 690KB)
SS TEKS 5(9)B, 6(24)BC
Local to Global Environment and Society: Standards (PDF, 220KB)
Local to Global Environment and Society: Strategy OPTIC (PDF, 86.3KB)
Local to Global Environment and Society: Vocabulary (PDF, 217KB)
Local to Global Conclusion (PDF, 172KB)
Local to Global Video Links (PDF, 106KB)