How climates and landforms
influence culture, which includes language, lifestyle, religion,
politics, economics, folkways, mores, and historical
influences.
Locate and identify
landforms, countries and their capitals, and other major
cities.
To make maps from
scratch.
To compare and contrast
geography of various regions.
To organize and plan travel
itineraries in the US and the world.
Heritage:
Understand history and its
political implications and how to current trends will shape the
future.
Understand how folkways and
mores have influenced society.
Understand how past human
actions have effected the environment and how current human
actions with further affect the environment.
Citizenship:
Understand the basic
principals of democracy, monarchy, dictatorship, etc., and the
citizenship requirements and individual responsibilities of
each.
Understand historical origins
of constitutional concepts such as representative government,
separations of powers and trial by jury.
Comprehend the close
relationship between societies and the law, examine and understand
various political systems, and understand the structures and
processes of world governments.
Diversity:
Understand different cultures
view ethics differently.
Realize dignity and respect
for people should be the same regardless of culture, creed, race,
lifestyle choice, or sex.
Recognize the status of women
and minorities in the world and how they compare to our views in
America.
Understand backgrounds of the
immigrants as it relates to their immigration to the United
States.
Interdependence
Express personal convictions,
but understand points of view opposite or different from
one’s own biases and prejudices.
Develop ability to adjust own
behavior in order to work independently or within a group and to
make good choices in either setting.
Accept responsibility to
analyze issues and ideas to help find solutions to global
problems, in the proper setting.
Change:
Understand how geography can
affect the political and social changes within a
region.
Recognize how technological
advancement has affected human interaction with the world and the
environment.
Understand how changing world
demographics directly affect local, regional, and national
societies.