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Guide for Educators on VT Savvy Kids Lands Materials

These materials are designed to help with the teaching of Units for Grades 4 and above that include land ownership, land ethics and state land management issues in Vermont.

These units don’t explore the history of land purchases or management, and don’t spend a lot time on either real estate as an economic issue.

Vital Results Standards
Sustainability: 3.9 Students make decisions that demonstrate understanding of natural and human communities

Change: 4.5 Students understand continuity and change

Understanding Place: 4.6 Students demonstrate understanding of the relationship between their local environment and community heritage and how each shapes their lives.

Fields of Knowledge Standards
Governments and Resources: 6.17 Examine the role of federal, state and local government in supporting schools, highways, the social welfare system, and the care of natural resources and b. identify the role of government in economic policy and how it affects individuals and groups (e.g. taxes, tariffs and public budgets).

GE: 3-4:16 and :17, 5-6:16 and :17, 7-9:16 and :17, 9-12:16 and :17.

5-6: :18 and :19, 7-8:18 and :19, 9-12:18 and :19

3-4:20, 5-6:20, 7-8:20, 9-12:20