A witty saying proves nothing. - Voltaire

Content Standard G5.0 - The World in Spatial Terms: Students use maps, globes, and other geographic tools and technologies to locate and extrapolate information about people, places, and environments.

Map Elements & Concepts

• G5.9-12.1 Use map elements including scale to identify and locate physical and human features in the United States and the world.

Map Selection & Analysis

• G5.9-12.2 Analyze and interpret geographic information by selecting appropriate maps, map projections, and other representations, i.e., urban planning, national parks.
• G5.9-12.3 Apply concepts and models of spatial organization an use quantitative methods to identify and make decisions about geographic information.
• G5.9-12.4 Analyze a variety of complex maps, i.e., topographic, demographic, and land use, to acquire geographic information.

Map Construction

• G5.9-12.5 Construct complex, accurate maps and models from memory to answer questions about locations of human and physical features.

Map Use & Geographic Tools

• G5.9-12.6 Analyze maps for purpose, accuracy, content, and design.
• G5.9-12.7 Analyze and interpret Earth's physical and human features using appropriate geographic tools and technologies.
• G5.9-12.8 Select and design maps, graphs, diagrams, tables, or charts to organize geographic information using a variety of technologies.

Content Standard G6.0 - Places & Regions - Students understand the physical and human features of places and use this information to define and study regions and their patterns of change.

Application of Concepts & Characteristics of Places & Regions

• G6.[9-12].1 Determine how relationships between humans and the physical environment lead to the development of and connections among places and regions.
• G6.[9-12].2 Explain why characteristics of place change.
• G6.[9-12].3 Apply the concept of region to organize and study a geographic issue.
• G6.[9-12].4 Analyze selected historical issues, demographics, and questions using the geographic concept of regions.

Cultural Identity & Perspective

• G6.[9-12].5 Explain why places and regions are important to cultural identity and can serve as forces for both unification and fragmentation.
• G6.[9-12].6 Compare characteristics of places and regions from different perspectives.

Patterns of Change & Impact of Technology

• G6.[9-12].7 Determine how tools affect the way cultural groups perceive and use resources within places and regions.

Location

• G6.[9-12].8 Use absolute and relative location (including latitude and longitude) to locate prominent countries, cities, and physical features in different regions of the world.

Content Standard G7.0 - Human Systems - Students understand how economic, political, and cultural processes interact to shape patterns of human migration and settlement, influence and interdependence, and conflict and cooperation.

Demographic Concepts

• G7.[9-12].1 Analyze demographic trends in the world.

Migration & Settlement

• G7.[9-12].2 Evaluate the impact of migration and settlement on physical and human systems.
• G7.[9-12].3 Analyze the development of civilizations and the impact it has on the changes and progress of human development.

Rural & Urban Communities

• G7.[9-12].4 Compare characteristics and patterns of rural and urban migration and settlement in developing and developed countries.
• G7.[9-12].5 Evaluate why major cities develop in particular geographic locations and how this affects cultures.

Analysis of Economic Issues

• G7.[9-12].6 Analyze and evaluate international economic issues from a spatial perspective.
• G7.[9-12].7 Analyze how location and distance connect to influence economic systems at local, national, and international levels.

Human Organizations

• G7.[9-12].8 Evaluate changes in the size and structure of cultural, political, and economic organizations.

Content Standard G8.0 - Environment and Society - Students understand effects of interactions between human and physical systems and the changes in use, distribution, and importance of resources.

Changes in the Physical Environment

• G8.[9-12].1 Analyze how changes in the physical environment can increase or diminish its capacity to support human activity.

Technology Modifications of the Physical Environment

• G8.[9-12].2 Describe the ways in which technology has affected the human capacity to modify the physical environment and evaluate possible regional and global impact.
• G8.[9-12].3 Develop possible responses to changes caused by human modification of the physical environment.

Effects of Natural Hazards on Human Systems

• G8.[9-12].4 Analyze human perception and reaction to natural hazards including use, distribution, and importance of resources.

Management of Earth's Resources

• G8.[9-12].5 Analyze patterns of use, the changing distribution, and relative importance of Earth's resources.
• G8.[9-12].6 Develop policies for the use and management of Earth's resources that consider the various interests involved.