Number: SS.912.G.6
Title: Understand how to apply geography to interpret the past and present and plan for the future.
Type:
Standard
Subject: Social Studies
Grade: 912
Strand: Geography
Related Benchmarks
This cluster includes the following benchmarks
| Code |
Description |
| SS.912.G.6.1: | Use appropriate maps and other graphic representations to analyze geographic problems and changes over time. |
| SS.912.G.6.2: | Develop databases about specific places and provide a simple analysis about their importance. |
| SS.912.G.6.3: | Formulate hypotheses and test geographic models that demonstrate complex relationships between physical and cultural phenomena. |
| SS.912.G.6.4: | Translate narratives about places and events into graphic representations.
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| SS.912.G.6.5: | Develop criteria for assessing issues relating to human spatial organization and environmental stability to identify solutions. |
Related Access Points
This cluster includes the following access points.
Access Points
| Access Point Number |
Access Point Title |
| SS.912.G.6.AP.1: | Use appropriate maps and other graphic representations to examine geographic problems and changes over time. |
| SS.912.G.6.AP.2: | Identify, organize, and determine the importance of information about a specific place. |
| SS.912.G.6.AP.3: | Identify the relationship between physical and cultural phenomena in specific places using geographic models. |
| SS.912.G.6.AP.4: | Use narratives about places and events to create graphic representations, such as maps, tables, or graphs. |
| SS.912.G.6.AP.5a: | Identify issues relating to human spatial organization and environmental stability. |
| SS.912.G.6.AP.5b: | Identify solutions relating to human spatial organization and environmental stability. |
Related Resources
Vetted resources educators can use to teach the concepts and skills in this topic.
Lesson Plan
| Name |
Description |
| Civil Rights Road Trip: | Students will go on a "road trip" to learn about events surrounding the Civil Rights Movement while becoming familiar with the geography of the United States. |
Teaching Idea
| Name |
Description |
| Literary Pilgrimages: Exploring the Role of Place in Writers’ Lives and Works: | How do places and experiences affect writers' lives and works? Is where a writer comes from relevant to reading their work? In this lesson, students consider the power of place in their own lives, research the life of a writer, and develop travel brochures and annotated maps representing the significance of geography in a writer's life. |
