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Geography
Standard 14: Understands how human actions modify the physical environment.
Level II (Grades 3-5)
Benchmark 1: Knows the ways people alter the physical environment
Level III (Grades 6-8)
Benchmark 4: Understands the environmental consequences of both the unintended and intended outcomes of major technological changes in human history
Level IV (Grades 9-12)
Benchmark 3: Understands the global impacts of human changes in the physical environment

Standard 15: Understands how physical systems affect human systems.
Level III (Grades 6-8)
Benchmark 5: Knows the effects of natural hazards on human systems in different regions of the United States and the world
Level IV (Grades 9-12)
Benchmark 1: Knows changes in the physical environment that have reduced the capacity of the environment to support human activity

United States History
Standard 23: Understands the causes of the Great Depression and how it affected American Society.
Level II (Grades 5-6)
Benchmark 1: Understands economic aspects of the Great Depression
Benchmark 2. Understands the environmental and social impact of the Great Depression

 

Standards (General)  

Language Arts
Standard 1: Use the general skills and strategies of the writing process

  • Uses strategies to address different audiences
  • Writes expository compositions; synthesizes information from different sources
  • Writes fictional, biographical,, autobiographical and observational narrative compositions
  • Writes descriptive compositions; reflects on personal experience
  • Writes in response to literature; analyzes and interprets

Standard 2: Uses stylistic and rhetorical aspects of writing

  • Uses precise and descriptive language
  • Develops effective paragraphs in logical sequence; uses supporting details
  • Varies sentence structures
  • Uses a variety of transitional devises
  • Develops personal styles and voice
Author  
Cameron Douglas Craig has been a physical geography instructor since 2000. He holds a Bachelor of Science in History and a Master of Arts in Geography from Indiana State University. He is currently working toward receiving his Doctor of Philosophy in Physical Geography at Indiana State University that focuses on Geographic Education. His area of expertise includes climatology, physical geography, and atmospheric education. Currently, he is a faculty member of the Department of Geology/Geography at Eastern Illinois University.

 

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EIU WeatherCenter | Department of Geology/Geography | WEIU-PBS | Eastern Illinois University