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New Hampshire Frameworks Correlations
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Intended
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Social Studies: Geography
Curriculum Standard 10
Students will demonstrate the ability to use maps, mental maps, globes,
and other graphic tools and technologies to acquire, process, report, and analyze
geographic information.
Proficiency Standards
By the end of grade six students will be able to:
- Identify and use the major graphic elements of maps and globes
and describe different types of map scales and map projections.
- Locate on a grid
system particular geographic features in their neighborhood and community.
- Describe the absolute
and relative location of their community and places within it.
- Locate on a map
or globe the continents; major nations; smaller political entities (for example,
provinces, states, cities); and major oceans, rivers, and mountain ranges.
- Employ coordinates,
including latitude and longitude, to construct maps and plot locations.
- Employ photographs
to classify areas as rural, suburban, and urban, and to identify similarities
and differences in land use in those areas.
Proficiency Standards
By the end of grade ten students will be able to:
- Compare the purpose, nature, and intended use of maps provided by different
sources.
- Employ maps and
other images to identify, analyze, and communicate why various human geographic
features are located in particular areas.
- Locate, using maps,
plans, and schematics, the major components of the infrastructure of their community
and region.
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:
- Identify and describe
the major landforms and water systems found on Earth's surface.
- Describe the roles
of water, wind, ice, temperature, and slope in shaping the physical features
of Earth's major landforms and discuss how glaciers, wind, and water have shaped
the physical landscape of New Hampshire.
Proficiency Standards
By the end of grade ten students will be able to:
- Describe how physical characteristics, including climate, soil, ocean currents,
and salinity, affect the number, kind, and distribution of plants and animals
in an ecosystem.
- Evaluate the relationship
between the carrying capacity of different ecosystems and optimal land use patterns.
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