WG.1: The student will demonstrate skills for historical thinking, geographical analysis, economic decision making, and responsible citizenship by;
a) synthesizing evidence from artifacts and primary and secondary sources to obtain information about the world’s countries, cities, and environments;
g) analyzing multiple connections across time and place
Issues may include, Movement, Region, Human-Environment Interactions, Location, and place
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?
Cartographers use a variety of sources to collect information about a location. Describe the impact of the location’s geography on its social and cultural development. Tools and sources to consider for data collection may include the following:
GIS (Geographic Information Systems)
Field work
Satellite images
Photographs
Maps, globes
Databases
Primary sources
Diagrams
WG.3 - The student will apply the concept of a region by
d) explaining how different cultures use maps and place names to reflect their regional perspectives
e) describing the location of places in terms of reference points (e.g., the equator, prime meridian)
Maps and other visual images reflect changes in perspective over time.
People use maps to illustrate their perspectives of the world.
Place names
Taiwan, Republic of China
Palestine, Israel, West Bank, Gaza
Arabian Gulf vs. Persian Gulf
Sea of Japan vs. East Sea
Middle East vs. North Africa and Southwest Asia
Boundaries
Africa: In 1914; in present day after independence in the late twentieth century
Europe: Before World War II; after World War II; since 1990
Russia and the former Soviet Union
Middle East: Before 1948; after 1967
mental map: An individual’s internalized representation of aspects of Earth’s surface
WG.16: The student will apply social science skills to analyze the patterns of urban development by
a.) applying the concepts of site and situation to major cities in each region
Situation: Relative location (the location of a place with respect to other geographic features, regions, resources, and transport routes)