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General Information
Number: SS.8.G.2
Title: Understand physical and cultural characteristics of places.
Type:
Standard
Subject: Social Studies
Grade: 8
Strand: Geography
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This cluster includes the following access points.
Independent
SS.8.G.2.In.0
Identify physical elements, such as climate and terrain, and human elements—religion and economy—that explain settlement patterns in regions of the United States over time.
SS.8.G.2.In.1
Use geographic terms and tools to describe areas of the United States that have experienced critical economic or physical changes, such as flooding, earthquakes, or oil spills from ships.
SS.8.G.2.In.2
Use geographic terms and tools to examine how selected regions in the United States have changed over time.
Supported
SS.8.G.2.Su.0
Recognize physical elements, such as climate and terrain, and human elements—religion and economy—that affected where people settled in the United States.
SS.8.G.2.Su.1
Use geographic tools to identify areas in the United States that have experienced a critical economic or physical change, such as flooding, earthquakes, or oil spills from ships.
SS.8.G.2.Su.2
Use geographic tools to identify a way that a region in the United States has changed over time.
Participatory
SS.8.G.2.Pa.0
Recognize the effect of a physical element of a place, such as climate or terrain, on people.
SS.8.G.2.Pa.1
Recognize a change in a place due to a natural disaster or other event in the United States.
SS.8.G.2.Pa.2
Recognize a change in a place due to a natural disaster or other event in the United States.
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