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GEOGRAPHY FOR LIFE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHY STANDARDS 1994

K-4
  1. THE WORLD IN SPATIAL TERMS
  2. PLACES AND REGIONS
  3. PHYSICAL SYSTEMS
  4. HUMAN SYSTEMS
  5. ENVIRONMENT AND SOCIETY
  6. THE USES OF GEOGRAPHY
5-8
  1. THE WORLD IN SPATIAL TERMS
  2. PLACES AND REGIONS
  3. PHYSICAL SYSTEMS
  4. HUMAN SYSTEMS
  5. ENVIRONMENT AND SOCIETY
  6. THE USES OF GEOGRAPHY
9-12
  1. THE WORLD IN SPATIAL TERMS
  2. PLACES AND REGIONS
  3. PHYSICAL SYSTEMS
  4. HUMAN SYSTEMS
  5. ENVIRONMENT AND SOCIETY
  6. THE USES OF GEOGRAPHY

THE WORLD IN SPATIAL TERMS
Geography studies relationships between people, places, and environments by mapping information about them into a spatial context.
1. How to use maps and other geographic representations, tools and technologies to acquire, process and report information from a spatial perspective.
2. How to use mental maps to organize information about people, places, and environments in a spatial context.
3. How to analyze the spatial organization of people, places, and environments on Earth's surface.

PLACES AND REGIONS
The identities and lives of individuals and peoples are rooted in particular places in those human constructs called regions.
4. The physical and human characteristics of places.
5. That people create regions to interpret earth's complexity.
6. Low culture and experience influence people's perceptions of places and regions

PHYSICAL SYSTEMS
Phys. processes shape Earth's surface and interact with plant and animal life to create, sustain, and modify ecosystems.
7. The physical processes that shape the patterns of Earth's surface.
8. The characteristics and spatial distribution of ecosystems on Earth's surface.

HUMAN SYSTEMS
People are central to geography in that human activities help shape Earth's surface, human settlements and structures are part of Earth's surface, and humans compete for control of Earth's surface.
9. The characteristics, distribution, and migration of human population on Earth's surface.
10. The characteristics, distribution, and complexity of Earth's cultural mosaics.
11. The patterns and networks of economic interdependence on Earth's surface.
12. The processes, patterns, and functions of human settlement.
13. How the forces of cooperation and conflict among people influence human control of Earth's surface.

ENVIRONMENT AND SOCIETY
The phys. Environment is modified by human activities, largely as a consequence of the ways in which human societies value and use Earth's natural resources, and human activities are also influenced by Earth's physical features and processes.
14. How human actions modify the physical environment.
15. How physical systems affect human systems.
16. The changes that occur in meaning, use, distribution and importance or resources.

THE USES OF GEOGRAPHY
Knowledge of geography enables people to develop an understanding of the relationships between people, places, and environments over time--that is, of Earth as it was, is, and might be.
17. How to apply geography to interpret the past.
18. How to apply geography to interpret the present and plan for the future.








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