Content Standard(s):
Social Studies 4 ) Evaluate spatial patterns and the demographic structure of population on Earth's surface in terms of density, dispersion, growth and mortality rates, natural increase, and doubling time.
Examples: spatial patterns—major population clusters
demographic structure—age and sex distribution using population pyramids
• Predicting reasons and consequences of migration, including push and pull factors
Examples: push—politics, war, famine
pull—potential jobs, family
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Strand: Economics, Geography, History, Civics and Government
Course Title: Geography
Evidence Of Student Attainment:
Students:
Describe and analyze spatial patterns, the demographic structure of population on Earth's surface, and changes in the demographic structure of population. Teacher Vocabulary:
demographic structure
population pyramid
density
dispersion
growth
mortality rate
natural population increase
doubling time and migration Knowledge:
Students know:
Spatial patterns—major population clusters.
Demographic structure—age and sex distribution using population pyramids.
Types of migration and reasons for migration including both push and pull reasons. Skills:
Students are able to:
Interpret demographic and population data.
Predict and calculate changes in population.
Evaluate causes and consequences of historical events, such as migration. Understanding:
Students understand that:
There are spatial patterns and demographic structure to the population on Earth's surface.
Social Studies 5 ) Explain how cultural features, traits, and diffusion help define regions, including religious structures, agricultural patterns, ethnic enclaves, ethnic restaurants, and the spread of Islam.
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Strand: Economics, Geography, History
Course Title: Geography
Evidence Of Student Attainment:
Students:
Explain how cultural features, traits, and diffusion help define regions.
Analyze changes in regions over time. Teacher Vocabulary:
cultural traits
diffusion
agriculture
ethnic
cultural landscape
culture regions Knowledge:
Students know:
How cultural features, traits, and diffusion help define regions.
Cultural characteristics of regions including religious structures and agricultural patterns.
Changes in the cultural characteristics of regions including development of ethnic enclaves, introduction of ethnic restaurants, and changes in religious belief such as the spread of Islam. Skills:
Students are able to:
Define and recognize elements of culture and expressions of culture on the landscape that collectively define a culture region, i.e., Mormon culture region. Understanding:
Students understand that:
Cultural features, traits, and diffusion help define regions and change over time.
Social Studies 7 ) Classify spatial patterns of settlement in different regions of the world, including types and sizes of settlement patterns.
Examples: types—linear, clustered, grid
sizes—large urban, small urban, and rural areas
• Explaining human activities that resulted in the development of settlements at particular locations due to trade, political importance, or natural resources
Examples: Timbuktu near caravan routes; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and Birmingham, Alabama, as manufacturing centers near coal and iron ore deposits; Singapore near a major ocean transportation corridor (Alabama)
• Describing settlement patterns in association with the location of resources
Examples: fall line settlements near waterfalls used as a source of energy for mills, European industrial settlements near coal seams, spatial arrangement of towns and cities in North American Corn Belt settlements
• Describing ways in which urban areas interact and influence surrounding regions
Examples: daily commuters from nearby regions; communication centers that service nearby and distant locations through television, radio, newspapers, and the Internet; regional specialization in services or production
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Strand: Economics, Geography, History, Civics and Government
Course Title: Geography
Evidence Of Student Attainment:
Students:
Analyze and describe spatial patterns of settlement in different regions of the world.
Evaluate the influence of changes in settlement over time. Teacher Vocabulary:
linear
clustered
grid
settlement
settlement patterns
urban area
spatial interaction Knowledge:
Students know:
Different types of settlements by type, size, major functions, such as linear, clustered, grid, large urban, small urban, and rural.
Ways in which urban areas interact and influence surrounding regions.
Regions where human activities resulted in the development of settlements at particular locations due to trade, political importance, or natural resources.
Settlement patterns in association with the location of resources.
Skills:
Students are able to:
Classify types and sizes of settlements.
Determine geographic and cultural reasons for settlement locations.
Evaluate relationships between different settlement regions. Understanding:
Students understand that:
There are spatial patterns of settlement in different regions of the world.
Social Studies 12 ) Explain ways geographic features and environmental issues have influenced historical events.
Examples: geographic features—fall line, Cumberland Gap, Westward Expansion in the United States, weather conditions at Valley Forge and the outcome of the American Revolution, role of ocean currents and winds during exploration by Christopher Columbus
environmental issues—boundary disputes, ownership of ocean resources, revitalization of downtown areas
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Strand: Economics, Geography, History, Civics and Government
Course Title: Geography
Evidence Of Student Attainment:
Students:
Analyze and describe the ways geographic features and environmental issues have influenced historical events. Teacher Vocabulary:
geographic features
physical environments
environmental issues
revitalization Knowledge:
Students know:
The ways geographic feature can effect historical events.
The ways environmental issues can effect historical events.
Geographic features: fall line, Cumberland Gap, desert southwest, global and local landscape patterns, climate and weather conditions (local to global), central business district/downtown. Skills:
Students are able to:
Read and interpret physical geography maps related to historical events.
Trace the progression of a historical event or era on a map.
Analyze changing realities of natural resources. Understanding:
Students understand that:
Historical events are influenced by geographic features and environmental issues.
Digital Literacy and Computer Science R5) Locate and curate information from digital sources to answer research questions.
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Evidence Of Student Attainment:
Students will:
locate information from digital sources to answer given research questions.
curate information from digital sources to answer given research questions. Teacher Vocabulary:
Knowledge:
Students know:
how to find valid sources and cite those sources to answer a given research topic. Skills:
Students are able to:
locate valid digital resources to answer given research questions. Understanding:
Students understand that:
a great deal of information is available.
it is important to validate the information and to cite the source of the information.
Digital Literacy and Computer Science 16) Construct content designed for specific audiences through an appropriate medium.
Examples: Design a multi-media children's e-book with an appropriate readability level.
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Evidence Of Student Attainment:
Students will:
construct content designed for specific audiences through an appropriate medium. Knowledge:
Students know:
how to select and design an appropriate medium to display designed content. Skills:
Students are able to:
select the best medium for the content design. Understanding:
Students understand that:
while many mediums exist, it is best to select the one most appropriate to your intended audience.
