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Number: SS.8.G.5
Title: Understand how human actions can impact the environment.
Type:
Standard
Subject: Social Studies
Grade: 8
Strand: Geography
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This cluster includes the following benchmarks.
Related Access Points
This cluster includes the following access points.
Independent
SS.8.G.5.In.0
Identify ways humans depend on the physical environment and natural resources to satisfy basic needs in their local environments in the United States.
SS.8.G.5.In.1
Identify impacts of selected human modifications, such as deforestation and agriculture, on the environment in the United States throughout history.
Supported
SS.8.G.5.Su.0
Recognize ways that humans depend on the physical environment and natural resources to satisfy basic needs in their local environments in the United States.
SS.8.G.5.Su.1
Recognize impacts of a selected human modification, such as deforestation, on the environment in the United States.
Participatory
SS.8.G.5.Pa.0
Recognize that people use natural resources to satisfy basic needs.
SS.8.G.5.Pa.1
Recognize the impact of a human modification on the environment.
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