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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. Identify the purpose and use of a globe and a variety of maps and atlases, such as school maps, neighborhood maps and simple atlases
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b. Identify and use map elements, such as title, compass rose, simple grid system, legend/key, date, and author to interpret a map
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c. Identify the equator, poles, seven continents, four oceans, and countries on a map and globe
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d. Describe a place using bird's eye view, and satellite images, photographs, and pictures
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B. Geographic Characteristics of Places and Regions
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1. Classify places and regions in an environment using geographic characteristics
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a. Identify natural/physical features and human-made features using maps and photographs
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b. Describe and classify regions using climate, vegetation, animal life, and natural/physical features
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c. Classify places as rural and urban
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d. Describe how geographic characteristics determine choices, such as climate guides decisions about food, clothing, and shelter
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C. Movement of People, Goods and Ideas
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1. Explain how transportation and communication link places by the movement of people, goods, and ideas
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a. Compare types of transportation used to move goods and people today and long ago
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b. Compare ways people communicate ideas today and long ago
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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 ways, such as clearing trees and farming land, that people modify their environment and the impact of those modifications
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b. Describe how and why people protect or fail to protect the environment
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c. Explain how people adapt to changes in the environment
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