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Worldometers
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Social Studies: Geography

  Curriculum Standard 12
Students will demonstrate an understanding of landform patterns and water systems on Earth's surface; the physical processes that shape these patterns; and the characteristics and distribution of ecosystems.

Proficiency Standards
By the end of grade six students will be able to:

  • Discuss potential outcomes of the continued movement of Earth's crust or tectonic plates including continental drift, earthquakes, and volcanic activity.
  Curriculum Standard 13
Students will demonstrate an understanding of the impact of human systems on Earth's surface including the characteristics, distribution, and migration of human populations; the nature and complexity of patterns of cultural diffusion; patterns and networks of economic interdependence; processes, patterns, and functions of human settlement; and the forces of cooperation and conflict that shape human geographic divisions.

Proficiency Standards
By the end of grade ten students will be able to:

  • Discuss the population characteristics of a country or region including such demographic factors as birth and death rates, population growth rate, doubling time, and life expectancy.
  Curriculum Standard 15
Students will demonstrate the ability to apply their knowledge of geographic concepts, skills, and technology to interpret the past and the present and to plan for the future.

Proficiency Standards
By the end of grade ten students will be able to:

  • Evaluate, using spatial and environmental perspectives, the potential short- and long-term impact of current issues and policies related to population changes and human development; food and agriculture; oceans and coasts; and changes in weather and climate.

Social Studies: History

  Curriculum Standard 16

Students will demonstrate the ability to employ historical analysis, interpretation, and comprehension to make reasoned judgments and to gain an understanding, perspective, and appreciation of history and its uses in contemporary situations.

Proficiency Standards
By the end of grade six students will be able to:

  • Locate events in time--past, present, and future--by using basic chronological concepts including calendars, elapsed time, and story sequence (beginning, middle, end).