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Meigs County |
| The World in Spatial Terms |
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Geographic Tools
The learner will be able to use the appropriate geographic tools, including maps, other geographic representations, and technologies for gathering, categorizing, interpreting, and strong information about people, places and environments.
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Five Themes of Geography
The learner will be able to understand the nature of geography as presented in the five themes of location, place, relationships with place, movement,and regions.
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| Places and Regions |
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Land Forms, Climate Regions, Biomes
The learner will be able to demonstrate knowledge of the world's major landforms, climatic regions, and biomes, including their spatial distribution.
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Physical Features
The learner will be able to describe the characteristics and influences of physical features on the world's major regions.
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| Physical Systems |
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Physical and Human Forces
The learner will be able to explore and assess the physical and human forces that shape the lithospheric and hydrospheric and atmospheric features of the earth.
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Physical Processes
The learner will be able to examine and explain the five basic ideas that aid in understanding the interactions and effects of physical processes.
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Ecosystems
The learner will be able to understand that ecosystems are essential to the viability of the earth.
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| Human Systems |
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Human Population
The learner will be able to analyze the characteristics, distribution, and migration of human populations and observe the processes, patterns, and functions of human settlements.
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Regional Characteristics
The learner will be able to compare and contrast the cultural, economic, and political characteristics of the world's major regions.
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| Environment and Society |
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Natural Resources
The learner will be able to explore and evaluate the effects of changing technologies on the earth and its people.
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Preserving Resources
The learner will be able to understand the interactions between the earth's physical and human systems consistent with the ideal of preserving the environment and its natural resources.
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Natural Hazards
The learner will be able to describe human perceptions of, and reactions to, natural hazards.
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Resource Development
The learner will be able to examine how resource development and use change over time.
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| Use of Geography |
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Historical Events
The learner will be able to examine the fundamental role, geographical context has played in affecting historical events.
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Development of Policy
The learner will be able to understand how different points of view influence the development of policies designed to use and manage earth's resources.
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Contemporary Issues
The learner will be able to analyze a variety of contemporary issues in terms of earth's physical and human systems.
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