STANDARD WHII.1b The student will demonstrate skills for historical thinking, geographical analysis, economic decision making, and responsible citizenship by b) using geographic information to determine patterns and trends in world history; Essential Understandings Experiences may include but are not limited to the following: Analyzing and interpreting involves identifying the Use a variety of sources, such as the following: important elements of geographic sources in order to make GIS (Geographic Information Systems) inferences and generalizations and draw conclusions. Field work Satellite images Knowledge of geography and application of geographic Photographs skills enable us to understand relationships between people, Maps, globes their behavior, places, and the environment for problem Charts and graphs solving and historical understanding. Databases Primary sources The physical geography of a location had a direct impact on Diagrams the lives of people in world history and how they adapted to Analyze the dynamic relationship between physical and human geography. their environment. Analyze geographic information related to movement of people, products, resources, ideas, and language to determine patterns and trends. Five Themes of Geography Examine maps of a location before and after a major conflict to discuss how the major conflict Location: Defined according to its position on the impacted the social, political, and economic landscape of a location. is it? earth’s surface; where Use maps to explain how the location of resources influences patterns, trends, and migration of a Place: Locations having distinctive features that give population. them meaning and character that differ from other locations; what is it like? Region: A unit on the earth's surface that has unifying characteristics; how are places similar or different? Movement: The way people, products, and information move from one place to another; how do people, goods, and ideas move from one location to another? Human-Environment Interaction: The relationship between people and their environment; how do people relate to the physical world?
STANDARD WHII.1b The student will demonstrate skills for historical thinking, geographical analysis, economic decision making, and responsible citizenship by b) using geographic information to determine patterns and trends in world history; Essential Understandings Experiences may include but are not limited to the following: Analyzing and interpreting involves identifying the important elements of geographic sources in order to make inferences and generalizations and draw conclusions. Knowledge of geography and application of geographic skills enable us to understand relationships between people, their behavior, places, and the environment for problem solving and historical understanding. The physical geography of a location had a direct impact on the lives of people in world history and how they adapted to their environment. Five Themes of Geography Location: Defined according to its position on the earth’s surface; where is it? Place: Locations having distinctive features that give them meaning and character that differ from other locations; what is it like? Region: A unit on the earth's surface that has unifying characteristics; how are places similar or different? Movement: The way people, products, and information move from one place to another; how do people, goods, and ideas move from one location to another? Human-Environment Interaction: The relationship between people and their environment; how do people relate to the physical world? Use a variety of sources, such as the following: GIS (Geographic Information Systems) Field work Satellite images Photographs Maps, globes Charts and graphs Databases Primary sources Diagrams Analyze the dynamic relationship between physical and human geography. Analyze geographic information related to movement of people, products, resources, ideas, and language to determine patterns and trends. Examine maps of a location before and after a major conflict to discuss how the major conflict impacted the social, political, and economic landscape of a location. Use maps to explain how the location of resources influences patterns, trends, and migration of a population.
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