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SOCIAL STUDIES CURRICULUM FRAMEWORK
9th Grade
Topic: Geography
Big Idea: Geography
Geography includes the study of the five fundamental themes of location, place, regions, movement and human/environmental interaction. Students
need geographic knowledge to analyze issues and problems to better understand how humans have interacted with their environment over time, how
geography has impacted settlement and population, and how geographic factors influence climate, culture, the economy and world events. A
geographic perspective also enables students to better understand the past and present and to prepare for the future.
Academic Expectations
2.19
Students recognize and understand the relationship between people and geography and apply their knowledge in real-life situations.
Program Of
Studies:
Understandings
SS-H-Ge-U-1
Students will
understand that
patterns emerge as
humans move, settle
and interact on
Earth’s surface, and
can be identified by
examining the
location of physical
and human
characteristics, how
they are arranged,
and why they are in
particular locations.
Economic, political,
cultural and social
processes interact to
Program of Studies:
Skills and Concepts
SS-H-Ge-S-1
Students will use a variety of
geographic tools (e.g., maps,
globes, charts, graphs,
photographs, models, data bases,
satellite images):
a)
analyze the distribution
of physical and human features
on Earth's surface
b)
interpret patterns and
develop rationales for the
location and distribution of
Earth's human features (e.g.,
available transportation, location
of resources and markets,
individual preference,
centralization versus dispersion)
SS-H-Ge-S-2
Students will investigate regions
Core Content For
Assessment
DOK
Essential
Questions/
Content
SS-HS-4.3.1
Students will
describe the
movement and
settlement patterns
of people in various
places and analyze
the causes of that
movement and
settlement (e.g.,
push factors such as
famines or military
conflicts; pull factors
such as climate or
economic
opportunity) and the
impacts in the
modern world (1500
A.D. to present) and
What factors
have caused the
movement of
people around
the world?
How do
geographers use
the five themes
of geography?
How has the
diversity in
culture around
the world led to
conflict?
How does a
country’s
physical
Level of
Mastery
Essential
Vocabulary
Resources
Assessments
2nd nine
weeks
Map
Mercator
Robinson
Database
Physical
Political
Thematic
Centralization
Dispersion
Physical
features
Secondary
Sources
Push & Pull
Factors
Climate
Location
Place
Movement
Hemisphere
Prime
Understandings
shape patterns of
human populations,
interdependence,
cooperation and
conflict.
SS-H-Ge-U-6
Students will
understand that
citizens in an
interdependent global
community impact
their physical
environments
through the use of
land and other
resources.
Skills & Concepts
of the Earth’s surface using
information from print and nonprint sources (e.g., books, films,
periodicals, Internet, geographic
tools, news media):
a)
analyze pros and cons of
physical (e.g., climate,
mountains, rivers) and human
characteristics (e.g., interstate
highways, urban centers,
workforce) of regions in terms of
human activity
b)
explain how cultural
differences and perspectives
sometimes result in conflicts in
the modern world (1500 A.D. to
present) and United States
(Reconstruction to present)
SS-H-Ge-S-3
Students will describe movement
and settlement patterns in the
modern world (1500 A.D. to
present) and United States
(Reconstruction to present):
a)
analyze the causes of
movement and settlement (e.g.,
famines, military conflicts,
climate, economic opportunity)
and their impacts in different
places and at different times in
history
b)
explain how technology
has facilitated the movement of
goods, services and populations,
increased economic
interdependence, and influenced
development of centers of
economic activity (e.g., cities,
interstate highways, airports,
Core Content
DoK
United States
(Reconstruction to
present).
DOK 3
SS-HS-4.1.1
Students will use a
variety of
geographic tools
(e.g., maps, globes,
photographs,
models, satellite
images, charts,
graphs, databases) to
explain and analyze
the reasons for the
distribution of
physical and human
features on Earth's
surface.
DOK 3
2
Essential
Level of
Questions
Mastery
geography affect
its natural
resources,
population
patterns, and
access to
transportation?
Essential
Vocabulary
Meridian
Equator
Resources/
Assessments
Understandings
Skills & Concepts
Core Content
DoK
Essential
Questions
Level of
Mastery
Essential
Vocabulary
rivers, railroads, computers,
telecommunications
SS-H-Ge-U-5
Students will
understand that the use
of maps, geographic
tools, and mental maps
helps interpret
information, analyze
patterns and spatial
data, predict
consequences and
find/propose solutions
to world problems.
SS-H-Ge-S-1
Students will use a variety of
geographic tools (e.g., maps,
globes, charts, graphs,
photographs, models, data
bases, satellite images):
a) analyze the distribution
of physical and human
features on Earth's
surface
b) interpret patterns and
develop rationales for
the location and
distribution of Earth's
human features (e.g.,
available transportation,
location of resources
and markets, individual
preference,
centralization versus
dispersion)
SS-HS-4.1.1
Students will use a
variety of geographic
tools (e.g., maps,
globes, photographs,
models, satellite
images, charts,
graphs, databases)
to explain and
analyze the reasons
for the distribution of
physical and human
features on Earth's
surface.
DOK 3
SS-HS-4.1.2
Students will explain
how mental maps,
the mental image a
person has of an
area including
knowledge of
features and spatial
relationships,
become more
complex as
experience, study
and the media bring
new geographic
information.
SS-HS-4.1.3
Students will use
geographic tools
(e.g., maps, globes,
photographs,
models, satellite
images) to interpret
the reasoning
patterns (e.g.,
3
How do
geographers use
maps to analyze
data?
Geographic
Symbols
Population
density
Latitude
Longitude
Compass
Rose
Scale
Continents
Map
Database
Mental Map
Resources/
Assessments
Understandings
SS-H-Ge-U-3
Students will
understand that human
actions modify the
physical environment
and, in turn, the
physical environment
limits or promotes
human activities.
Skills & Concepts
SS-H-Ge-S-4
Students will investigate
interactions among human
activities and the physical
environment in the modern world
(1500 A.D. to present) and
United States (Reconstruction to
present):
a) describe human
strategies (e.g.,
transportation,
communication,
technology) used to
overcome limits of the
physical environment
b) interpret and analyze
possible global effects
(e.g., global warming,
destruction of the
rainforest, acid rain) of
human modifications to
the physical environment
(e.g., deforestation,
mining), perspectives on
the use of natural
resources (e.g., oil,
water, land), and natural
disasters (e.g.,
earthquakes, tsunamis,
floods)
Core Content
DoK
available
transportation,
location of resources
and markets,
individual
preference,
centralization versus
dispersion) on which
the location and
distribution of Earth's
human features is
based.
SS-HS-4.4.1
Students will explain
how humans
develop strategies
(e.g., transportation,
communication,
technology) to
overcome limits of
their physical
environment.
SS-HS-4.4.2
Students will explain
how human
modifications to the
physical environment
(e.g., deforestation,
mining), perspectives
on the use of natural
resources (e.g., oil,
water, land), and
natural disasters
(e.g., earthquakes,
tsunamis, floods) may
have possible global
effects (e.g., global
warming, destruction
of the rainforest, acid
rain) in the modern
world (1500 A.D. to
present) and United
4
Essential
Questions
How does the
destruction of
natural resources
affect the climate
of the world?
What kinds of
strategies do
people develop
to overcome their
physical
geography?
Level of
Mastery
Essential
Vocabulary
Global
warming
Rainforest
Acid rain
Deforestation
Natural
resources
Centralization
Dispersion
Canal
Natural
resources
Tsunamis
Greenhouse
effect
Fossil fuel
Nonrenewable
resource
Renewable
resource
Resources/
Assessments
Understandings
SS-H-Ge-U-4
Students will
understand that human
and physical features
of the Earth's surface
can be identified by
absolute and relative
location.
Skills & Concepts
SS-H-Ge-S-1
Students will use a variety of
geographic tools (e.g., maps,
globes, charts, graphs,
photographs, models, data
bases, satellite images):
a) analyze the distribution
of physical and human
features on Earth's
surface
b) interpret patterns and
develop rationales for
the location and
distribution of Earth's
human features (e.g.,
available transportation,
location of resources
and markets, individual
preference,
centralization versus
dispersion)
Core Content
DoK
States
(Reconstruction to
present).
DOK 2
SS-HS-4.4.3
Students will explain
how group and
individual
perspectives impact
the use of natural
resources (e.g.,
mineral extraction,
land reclamation).
SS-HS-4.1.1
Students will use a
variety of geographic
tools (e.g., maps,
globes, photographs,
models, satellite
images, charts,
graphs, databases)
to explain and
analyze the reasons
for the distribution of
physical and human
features on Earth's
surface.
DOK 3
5
Essential
Questions
How do maps
identify the
locations of
various places?
Level of
Mastery
Essential
Vocabulary
Absolute
location
Relative
location
Mountains
Vegetation
Canal
Resources/
Assessments