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Social Studies (Grades 5-8): People, Places and Environments
III. People, Places, and Environments
c. Use appropriate resources, data sources, and geographic tools such as aerial photographs, satellite images, geographic information systems (GIS), map projection, and cartography to generate, manipulate, and interpret information such as atlases, data bases, grid systems, charts, graphs, and maps.
h. Examine, interpret, and analyze physical and cultural patterns and their interactions, such as land use, settlement patterns, cultural transmission of customs and ideas, and ecosystem changes.
i. Describe ways that historical events have been influenced by, and have influenced, physical and human geographic factors in local, regional, national, and global settings.
k. Propose, compare, and evaluate alternative uses of land and resources in communities, regions, nations, and the world.
Source: National Council for the Social Studies, 1995
