National
Geography Standard |
Journey
North Mystery Class
Connections |
THE
WORLD IN SPATIAL TERMS |
1.
How to use maps and other geographic representations, tools, and technologies
to acquire, process, and report information. |
Entire
Mystery Class Challenge
Does
the Sun Really "Rise" and "Set"?
|
2.
How to use mental maps to organize information about people, places,
and environments. |
Entire
Mystery Class Challenge |
3.
How
to analyze the spatial organization of people, places, and environments
on Earth's surface. |
Last
6 weeks of Mystery
Class Challenge
World Clocks
Does the Sun Really
"Rise" and "Set"?
|
PLACES
AND REGIONS |
4.
The physical and human characteristics of places. |
Entire
Mystery Class Challenge |
5.
That people create regions to interpret Earth's complexity. |
Last
6 weeks of Mystery Class Challenge |
6.
How culture and experience influence people's perception of places
and regions. |
Last
6 weeks of Mystery Class Challenge |
PHYSICAL
SYSTEMS |
7.
The physical processes that shape the patterns of Earth's surface. |
Entire
Mystery Class Challenge |
8.
The characteristics and spatial distribution of ecosystems on Earth's
surface. |
Last
6 weeks of Mystery Class Challenge |
HUMAN
SYSTEMS |
9.
The characteristics, distribution, and migration of human populations
on Earth's surface. |
Last
6 weeks of Mystery Class Challenge |
10.
The characteristics, distributions, and complexity of Earth's cultural
mosaics. |
Last
6 weeks of Mystery Class Challenge |
11.
The patterns and networks of economic interdependence on Earth's surface. |
|
12.
The process, patterns, and functions of human settlement. |
Last
6 weeks of Mystery Class Challenge |
13.
How forces of cooperation and conflict among people influence the
division and control of Earth's surface. |
|
ENVIRONMENT
AND SOCIETY |
14.
How human actions modify the physical environment. |
Last
6 weeks of Mystery Class Challenge |
15.
How physical systems affect human systems. |
Last
6 weeks of Mystery Class Challenge |
16.
The changes that occur in the meaning, use, distribution, and importance
of resources. |
|
THE
USES OF GEOGRAPHY |
17.
How to apply geography to interptret the past. |
|
18.
To apply geography to interpret the present and plan for the future. |
Last
6 weeks of Mystery Class Challenge |