This
information has been taken directly from the Accelerate
U - Standards and Resource Guides (with approval) from the K-12
Education, NEW YORK STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT site. No information
in this document has been changed.
Learning Standards for Social
Studies at Three Levels
Standard 3: World History
- Intermediate
1. Geography can be divided into six essential
elements which can be used to analyze important historic, geographic,
economic, and environmental questions and issues. These six elements
include: the world in spatial terms, places and regions, physical
settings (including natural resources), human systems, environment
and society, and the use of geography. (Adapted from The National
Geography Standards, 1994: Geography for Life)
Students:
- map information about people, places, and
environments
- understand the characteristics, functions,
and applications of maps, globes, aerial and other photographs,
satellite-produced images, and models (Taken from National
Geography Standards, 1994)
- investigate why people and places are located
where they are located and what patterns can be perceived in these
locations
- describe the relationships between people
and environments and the connections between people and places.
This is evident, for example, when students:
- investigate how groups of people living
in different geographic regions throughout the world interacted
with and structured their natural environments to accommodate
their varied lifestyles and economies; discuss national, regional,
and global interactions
- draw from memory a map of the world on a
single sheet of paper and outline and label the major physical
features (e.g., continents, oceans, major mountain ranges, significant
desert regions, and river systems) and important human features
(e.g., major cities of the world, imaginary lines such as the
prime meridian and the equator). (Taken from National Geography
Standards, 1994)
- apply the five themes of geography to their
study of communities and regions throughout the world. Describe
how location, place, relationships within places, movement, and
regions can be used to analyze different cultures and societies
complete a geographic/historic study of their
community or a region of New York State by focusing on the following
questions: Where is your community or region located? How did it
get there? What is it like to live and work there? What are its
physical characteristics (e.g., climate, elevation, population density,
size)?
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