Standards

Description

Lessons

1

Locate the prime meridian, equator, tropic of Capricorn, tropic of Cancer, international date line, and lines of latitude and longitude on maps and globes.

2

Describe physical characteristics including landforms, bodies of water, soil, and vegetation of various places on Earth.

3

Locate population shifts due to geographic, economic, and historic changes in the Western Hemisphere.

Identify national and international trading patterns of the United States.

Identify conflicts involving use of land, economic competition for scarce resources, different political views, boundary disputes, and cultural differences within and between different geographic areas.

Describe the relationships between the locations of resources and patterns of population distribution in the Western Hemisphere.

Identify the geographic links of land regions, river systems, and interstate highways between Alabama and other states.

Identify ways to prepare for natural disasters in the United States.

Describe characteristics and migration patterns of human populations in the Western Hemisphere.

Identify significant historical sites in Alabama, including locations of civil rights activities.