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Standard Three: Geography Students will use a variety of intellectual skills to demonstrate their understanding of the geography of the interdependent world in which we live—local, national, and global—including the distribution of people, places, and environments over the Earth’s surface.

Key Idea		Geography can be divided into six essential elements which can be used to analyze important historic, geographic, economic, and environmental questions and issues. These six elements include: the world in spatial terms, places and regions, physical settings (including natural resources), human systems, environment and society, and the use of geography.

		PI	Students understand how to develop and use maps and other graphic representations to display geographic issues, problems, and questions.	The Great War: Evaluating the Treaty of Versailles Hammurabi's Code: What Does It Tell Us About Old Babylonia? Where Should I Build My Business? Map Projections The United States/Mexico Border What's Up With the Weather? Geographic Diffusion of Disease: The Flu Pandemic of 1918-19 Places and Processes: Physical Processes in Shaping Places Through the Eyes of a Refugee Defining Regions of the United States Population Issues in China and India Map Projections and Careers in Geography Volcano Hazards: Describing a Dangerous Mix Darfur and the Janjaweed
		PI	Students describe the physical characteristics of the Earth's surface and investigate the continual reshaping of the surface by physical processes and human activities.	Tapped Dry: How Do You Solve a Water Shortage? Environmental Issues in the Polar Regions Climate and CO2: Analyzing Their Relationship Globalization Gold: From the Mine to You Perception of Place Physical Characteristics of Places: The Fossil Record Changing Nature's Course: A Look at the Kissimmee River What's Up With the Weather? Human Migration Within and Into the United States Places and Processes: Physical Processes in Shaping Places International Alliances Lewis and Clark: A Legacy to Remember Sprawl: The National and Local Situation Island Culture and Vulnerability Volcano Hazards: Describing a Dangerous Mix Gestures, Signals, and Sign Language Maps and Current Events New World Influences on Asia You've Got Oil ... or Maybe You Don't
		PI	Students investigate the characteristics, distribution, and migration of human populations on the Earth's surface.	Life on the Great Plains Where Should I Build My Business? Environmental Issues in the Polar Regions Map Projections Perception of Place What Can We Learn from Satellite Images? Cultural Characteristics Influence a Region's Character Life on the Edge: Cities on the Fringe Urban Daydreams: You Should See What I See Through the Eyes of a Refugee Population Issues in China and India Slang: Are You Sure We're All Speaking English?
		PI	Students understand the development and interactions of social/cultural, political, economic, and religious systems in different regions of the world.	What Can We Learn from Satellite Images? International Trade in a Global Village Life on the Edge: Cities on the Fringe Population Issues in China and India Darfur and the Janjaweed Slang: Are You Sure We're All Speaking English?
		PI	Students analyze how the forces of cooperation and conflict among people influence the division and control of the Earth's surface.	Yours, Mine, and Ours: Determining Boundaries The United States/Mexico Border Cultural Characteristics Influence a Region's Character Through the Eyes of a Refugee Was the United States Ready For Pearl Harbor? International Alliances Darfur and the Janjaweed
		PI	Students explain how technological change affects people, places and regions	Communications Technologies Sprawl: The National and Local Situation

Key Idea		Geography requires the development and application of the skills of asking and answering geographic questions; analyzing theories of geography; and acquiring, organizing and analyzing geographic information.

		PI	Students plan, organize, and present geographic research projects.	A Web of Resources Places and Processes: Physical Processes in Shaping Places Putting Geography to Good Use Your Hometown: A Teenage Perspective
		PI	Students locate and gather geographic information from a variety of primary and secondary sources.
		PI	Students select and design maps, graphs, tables, charts, diagrams, and other graphic representations to present geographic information.	A Look at the Population Density of the United States Maps and Current Events New World Influences on Asia
		PI	Students analyze geographic information by developing and testing inferences and hypotheses, and formulating conclusions from maps, photographs, computer models and other geographic representations.	Life on the Great Plains Mapping the Past Hammurabi's Code: What Does It Tell Us About Old Babylonia? The Demographics of Mortality What Can We Learn from Satellite Images? Cultural Characteristics Influence a Region's Character A Web of Resources Geographic Diffusion of Disease: The Flu Pandemic of 1918-19 A Look at the Population Density of the United States Defining Regions of the United States Sprawl: The National and Local Situation Migration Station: Should We Stay or Should We Go?
		PI	Students develop and test generalizations and conclusions and pose analytical questions based on the results of geographic inquiry.	Population Growth: Friend or Foe? The Economics of the Family Farm: A Primer Globalization A Web of Resources Geographic Diffusion of Disease: The Flu Pandemic of 1918-19 Defining Regions of the United States John Brown and the Underground Railroad Lewis and Clark: A Legacy to Remember Maps and Current Events GeoSpy

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	The Demographics of Mortality By the time students enter high school, they should be able to locate information in reference books, computer databases, and other sources. In this activity, students utilize these research skills to explore some of the factors that can affect the size and rate of growth of human populations.


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