STRAND 3. Geography

CODE 0.3.1.1.1

SUBSTRAND 1. Geospatial Skills

STANDARD 1. People use geographic representations and geospatial technologies to acquire, process and report information within a spatial context.

BENCHMARK Describe spatial information depicted in simple drawings and pictures. For example: While looking at a picture, the student says, "The boy is in front of the house. The house is at the edge of the woods." Other words describing spatial information in a picture include up, down, left, right, near, far, back, in front of.

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CODE 0.3.1.1.2

SUBSTRAND 1. Geospatial Skills

STANDARD 1. People use geographic representations and geospatial technologies to acquire, process and report information within a spatial context.

BENCHMARK Describe a map and a globe as a representation of a space.

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CODE 0.3.2.3.1

SUBSTRAND 2. Places and Regions

STANDARD 3. Places have physical characteristics (such as climate, topography and vegetation) and human characteristics (such as culture, population, political and economic systems).

BENCHMARK Identify the physical and human characteristics of places, including real and imagined places. For example: Physical characteristics—landforms (Rocky Mountains, Mount Everest), ecosystems (forest), bodies of water (Hudson Bay, Indian Ocean, Amazon River), soil, vegetation, weather and climate. Human characteristics—structures (Great Wall of China, Eiffel Tower), bridges (Golden Gate Bridge), canals (Erie Canal), cities, political boundaries, population distribution, settlement patterns, language, ethnicity, nationality, religious beliefs.

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