Identifying positive and negative ways people affect the environment
Examples: positive–restocking fish in lakes, reforesting cleared land
negative–polluting water, littering roadways, eroding soil
Recognizing benefits of recreation and tourism at state and national parks (Alabama)
Interpret legends, stories, and songs that contributed to the development of the cultural history of the United States.
Examples: American Indian legends, African-American stories, tall tales, stories of folk heroes
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Third Grade: Geographic and Historical Studies: People, Places, and Regions
Locate the prime meridian, equator, Tropic of Capricorn, Tropic of Cancer, International Date Line, and lines of latitude and longitude on maps and globes.
Using cardinal and intermediate directions to locate on a map or globe an area in Alabama or the world (Alabama)
Using coordinates to locate points on a grid
Determining distance between places on a map using a scale
Locating physical and cultural regions using labels, symbols, and legends on an Alabama or world map (Alabama)
Describing the use of geospatial technologies
Examples: Global Positioning System (GPS), geographic information system (GIS)
Interpreting information on thematic maps
Examples: population, vegetation, climate, growing season, irrigation
Using vocabulary associated with maps and globes, including megalopolis, landlocked, border, and elevation
Locate the continents on a map or globe.
Using vocabulary associated with geographical features of Earth, including hill, plateau, valley, peninsula, island, isthmus, ice cap, and glacier
Locating major mountain ranges, oceans, rivers, and lakes throughout the world (Alabama)
Describe ways the environment is affected by humans in Alabama and the world. (Alabama)
Examples: crop rotation, oil spills, landfills, clearing of forests, replacement of cleared lands, restocking of fish in waterways
Using vocabulary associated with human influence on the environment, including irrigation, aeration, urbanization, reforestation, erosion, and migration
Relate population dispersion to geographic, economic, and historic changes in Alabama and the world. (Alabama)
Examples: geographic–flood, hurricane, tsunami
economic–crop failure
historic–disease, war, migration
Identifying human and physical criteria used to define regions and boundaries
Examples: human–city boundaries, school district lines
physical–hemispheres, regions within continents or countries
Compare trading patterns between countries and regions.
Differentiating between producers and consumers
Differentiating between imports and exports
Examples: imports–coffee, crude oil
exports–corn, wheat, automobiles
Identify conflicts within and between geographic areas involving use of land, economic competition for scarce resources, opposing political views, boundary disputes, and cultural differences.
Identifying examples of cooperation among governmental agencies within and between different geographic areas
Examples: American Red Cross, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), World Health Organization (WHO)
Locating areas of political conflict on maps and globes
Explaining the role of the United Nations (UN) and the United States in resolving conflict within and between geographic areas
Describe the relationship between locations of resources and patterns of population distribution.
Examples: presence of trees for building homes, availability of natural gas supply for heating, availability of water supply for drinking and for irrigating crops
Locating major natural resources and deposits throughout the world on topographical maps
Comparing present-day mechanization of labor with the historical use of human labor for harvesting natural resources
Example: present-day practices of using machinery versus human labor to mine coal and harvest cotton and pecans
Explaining the geographic impact of using petroleum, coal, nuclear power, and solar power as major energy sources in the twenty-first century
Identify geographic links of land regions, river systems, and interstate highways between Alabama and other states. (Alabama)
Examples: Appalachian Mountains, Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway, Interstate Highway 65 (I-65), Natchez Trace Parkway (Alabama)
Locating the five geographic regions of Alabama (Alabama)
Locating state and national parks on a map or globe (Alabama)
Identify ways to prepare for natural disasters.
Examples: constructing houses on stilts in flood-prone areas, buying earthquake and flood insurance, providing hurricane or tornado shelters, establishing emergency evacuation routes
Recognize functions of the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States.
