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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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Standard 3.0 Geography: Students will use geographic concepts and processes to understand location and its relationship to human activities.
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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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A. Using Geographic Tools
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A. Using Geographic Tools
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1. Identify and describe how a globe and maps can be used to help people locate places
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1. Use geographic tools to locate and describe places on Earth
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1. Use geographic tools to locate and describe places on Earth
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a. Describe a globe as a model of Earth showing land and water
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a. Locate the continents and oceans using maps and a globe
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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. Describe how maps are models showing physical features and/or human features of places
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b. Use photographs and pictures to describe a place
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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 a location by using terms such as near-far, above-below, and here-there
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c. Identify a place using bird's eye view
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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. Identify pictures and photographs that represent places on a map such as a playground and a fire station
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d. Define map elements as parts of a map that make it easy to use
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d. Describe a place using bird's eye view, and satellite images, photographs, and pictures
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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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B. Geographic Characteristics of Places and Regions
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B. Geographic Characteristics of Places and Regions
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1. Describe places in the immediate environment using natural/physical and human-made features
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1. Describe places in the environment using geographic characteristics
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1. Classify places and regions in an environment using geographic characteristics
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a. Recognize physical features as landforms and bodies of water using photographs and pictures
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a. Identify and describe physical characteristics of a place (physical features, climate, vegetation and animal life)
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a. Identify natural/physical features and human-made features using maps and photographs
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b. Identify land forms, such as mountains and hills, and bodies of water, such as oceans, rivers, and streams
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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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b. Describe and classify regions using climate, vegetation, animal life, and natural/physical features
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c. Using photographs and pictures, recognize human-made features as modifications people have made to the land
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c. Describe places by how people make a living and where they live
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c. Classify places as rural and urban
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d. Identify human-made features, such as buildings, sidewalks, streets, and bridges
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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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C. Movement of People, Goods and Ideas
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C. Movement of People, Goods and Ideas
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1. Describe how transportation and communication link people and places
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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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1. Explain how transportation and communication link places by the movement of people, goods, and ideas
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a. Identify ways that people travel on land, water, and air
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a. Identify how transportation links people and goods between places
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a. Compare types of transportation used to move goods and people today and long ago
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b. Explain how transportation is used to move goods and people from place to place
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b. Explain how communication links people and messages between places
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b. Compare ways people communicate ideas today and long ago
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c. Identify ways that people communicate messages
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D. Modifying and Adapting to the Environment
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D. Modifying and Adapting to the Environment
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D. Modifying and Adapting to the Environment
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1. Describe how people adapt to and modify their immediate environment
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1. Explain how people modify, protect, and adapt to their environment
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1. Explain how people modify, protect, and adapt to their environment
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a. Identify ways people adapt to the environment, such as wearing clothing that is appropriate to the weather
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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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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. Identify ways that people change their environment to meet their needs, such as planting crops or cutting forests
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b. Describe why and how people protect the environment
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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, such as using less water in the drought
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c. Explain how people adapt to changes in the environment
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