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Standard 3.0 Geography: Students will use geographic concepts and processes to understand location and its relationship to human activities.
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A. Using Geographic Tools
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1. Use geographic tools to locate and describe places on Earth
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a. Locate the continents and oceans using maps and a globe
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b. Use photographs and pictures to describe a place
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c. Identify a place using bird's eye view
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d. Define map elements as parts of a map that make it easy to use
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e. Describe where places are located on a map using relative distance and direction, such as near-far, above-below and cardinal directions (north, south, east, and west)
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B. Geographic Characteristics of Places and Regions
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1. Describe places in the environment using geographic characteristics
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a. Identify and describe physical characteristics of a place (physical features, climate, vegetation and animal life)
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b. Identify human characteristics of a place (human-made features, language, political system, how people make a living)
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c. Describe places by how people make a living and where they live
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C. Movement of People, Goods and Ideas
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1. Explain how transportation and communication link people and places by the movement of goods, messages, and people
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a. Identify how transportation links people and goods between places
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b. Explain how communication links people and messages between places
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D. Modifying and Adapting to the Environment
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1. Explain how people modify, protect, and adapt to their environment
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a. Describe how people in a community modify their environment to meet changing needs for shelter, such as clearing land for a housing community
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b. Describe why and how people protect the environment
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c. Explain how people adapt to changes in the environment, such as using less water in the drought
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