Standard 6: Understand how to apply geography to interpret the past and present and plan for the future.

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Number: SS.8.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: 8
Strand: Geography

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SS.8.G.6.AP.1
Use maps and other graphic representations to describe geographic problems and changes in the United States over time.
SS.8.G.6.AP.2
Illustrate a place or event in United States history using a narrative and graphic representation, such as a map, graph, or table.

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Portraits in Patriotism - Ivonne Blank: Middle and High School:

Ivonne Blank immigrated to the United States in 1961 as part of Operation Pedro Pan, the largest exodus on unaccompanied minors in the Western Hemisphere. Ms. Blank talks about how difficult it was waiting for her parents and living in an orphanage in Denver, CO. Her parents later left the island by boat, were rescued by the Coast Guard, and resettled in the United States. After the family was reunited, they were able to rebuild their lives with support from their community. Ms. Blank went on to become a lifelong educator and U.S. citizen.

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