HGAStandards


Geography for Life
National Geography Standards 1994 (Gr. 9-12)

THE WORLD IN SPATIAL TERMS

Geography Standard 1: How to use maps and other geographic represetations, tools, and technologies to acquire, process, and report information from a spatial persepective

Geography Standard 2: How to use mental maps to organize information about people, places and environments in a spatial context

Geography Standard 3: How to analyze the spatial organization of people, places, and environments on earths surface

PLACES AND REGIONS

Geography Standard 4: The physical and human characteristics of places

Geography Standard 5: The people create regions to interpret earths complexity

Geography Standard 6: How culture and experience influence peoples perceptions of places and regions

PHYSICAL SYSTEMS

Geography Standard 7: The physical processes that shape the patterns of earths surface

Geography Standard 8: The characteristics and spatial distribution of ecosystems on earths surface

HUMAN SYSTEMS

Geography Standard 9: The characterstics, distribution, and migration of human populations on Earths surface

Geography Standard 10: The characteristics, distribution, and complexity of earths cultural mosaics

Geography Standard 11: The patterns and networks of economic interdependence on earths surface

Geography Standard 12: The processes, patterns, and functions of human settlement.

Geography Standard 13: How the forces of cooperation and conflict among people influence the division and control of Earths surface

ENVIRONMENT AND SOCIETY

Geography Standard 14: How human actions modify the physical environment

Geography Standard 15: How physical systems affect human systems

Geography Standard 16: The changes that occur in the meaning, use, distribution, and importance of resources

THE USES OF GEOGRAPHY

Geography Standard 17: How to apply geography to interpret the past

Geography Standard 18: How to apply geography to interpret the present and plan for the future

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Compliments of the Hawaii Geographic Alliance.
August, 1998