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6-8 Grades: Social Studies Benchmarks for Geography
A. Identify on a map the location of major physical and human features
of each continent.
B. Define and identify regions using human and physical characteristics.
C. Explain how the environment influences the way people live in
different places and the consequences of modifying the environment.
D. Explain reasons that people, products, and ideas move from place to
place and the effects of that movement on geographic patterns.
Geography (Location)
6th Grade:
1. Place countries, cities, deserts, mountain ranges, and bodies of
water on the continents on which they are located.
2. Use coordinates of latitudes and longitude to locate points on a
world map.
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Cedar Bog:
Human Migration
(333 k)
Students will learn about the impact of human migration on natural areas and
natural resources including: agriculture, transportation, communications and energy; the loss of
natural areas, environmental pollution, the availability, usage, and pollution of water, global
warming, and population dynamics.
Cedar Bog:
Climate: Location
(264 k)
Why do trees grow well in Ohio but not well in western prairies? Do landforms make
a difference in climate? Does weather play a role? Why did prairies invade Ohio? How much rain makes
a rainforest and was Ohio ever part of a temperate rainforest? Does distance from the equator or the
arctic circle make a difference? All these questions and more are covered by this tour. We discuss
bodies of water, landforms, vegetation, the water cycle, and historical climates in Ohio.
Ohio Historical Center:
Proficiency Tracks
(168 k)
Sharpen those proficiency skills with this engaging, hands-on stations that involve problem solving.
Students will work with timelines, matching games, storytellers, and hands-on activities to review
some of the skills necessary for success in the up-coming proficiency tests.
Geography (Places and Regions)
6th Grade:
3. Explain the distribution patterns of economic activities and how
changes in technology, transportation, communication, and resources
affect those patterns including:
 a.
Agriculture;
b. Mining;
c. Fishing;
d. Manufacturing.
4. Identify and describe a variety of physical and human regions by
analyzing maps, charts, and graphs that show patterns of characteristics
that define regions.
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Buckeye Furnace:
Buildings and Grounds
(523 k)
Students will learn of the raw materials and the
process of producing iron.
Cedar Bog:
Climate: Location
(264 k)
Why do trees grow well in Ohio but not well in western prairies? Do landforms make
a difference in climate? Does weather play a role? Why did prairies invade Ohio? How much rain makes
a rainforest and was Ohio ever part of a temperate rainforest? Does distance from the equator or the
arctic circle make a difference? All these questions and more are covered by this tour. We discuss
bodies of water, landforms, vegetation, the water cycle, and historical climates in Ohio.
Youngstown:
Museum Tour (2,107 k)
Students will learn about the places where steelworkers lived and labored.
Geography (Human
Environmental Interaction)
6th Grade:
5. Describe ways human settlements and activities are influenced by
environmental factors and processes in different places and regions
including:
a.
Bodies of water;
b. Landforms;
c. Climates;
d. Vegetation;
e. Weathering;
f. Seismic Activity.
6. Describe ways in which human migration has an impact on the physical
and human characteristics of places including:
a.
Urbanization;
b. Desertification;
c. Deforestation.
7. Describe ways humans depend on and modify the environment and the
positive and negative consequences of the modifications including:
a.
Dam building;
b. Energy production/usage;
c. Agriculture;
d. Urban
growth.
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Campus Martius:
Early Settlement
(1,468 k)
Students will learn of the Northwest Territory and
the founding of Marietta in 1788.
Cedar Bog:
History in Cedar Bog
(197 k)
Study the Ice Age, human attitudes towards natural resources especially wetlands, and how people
usewetlands and forests as it pertains to Cedar Bog.
Cedar Bog:
Wetlands and Water
(225 k)
Did you know that Cedar Bog is really a fen? Fens, bogs, marshes and swamps will be compared and
contrasted; wetlands ecology, wetlands and man; the functions of wetlands; adaptations to wetlands;
the water cycle; and succession.
Cedar Bog:
Human Migration
(333 k)
Students will learn about the impact of human migration on natural areas and
natural resources including: agriculture, transportation, communications and energy; the loss of
natural areas, environmental pollution, the availability, usage, and pollution of water, global
warming, and population dynamics.
Geography (Movement)
6th Grade:
8. Explain push and pull factors that cause people to migrate from place
to place including:
a.
Oppression/Freedom;
b. Poverty/Economic
opportunity;
c. Cultural ties;
d. Political conflicts;
e. Environmental
factors.
9. Identify and explain primary geographic causes for world trade
including the uneven distribution of natural resources.
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Campus Martius:
Early Settlement
(1,468 k)
Students will learn of the Northwest Territory and
the founding of Marietta in 1788.
Campus Martius:
Assembly Line
(134 k)
Students will learn about the industrial period of
the 1940s. Is it faster to build widgets on an assembly line or make them individually.
Cedar Bog:
History in Cedar Bog
(197 k)
Study the Ice Age, human attitudes towards natural resources especially wetlands, and how people
usewetlands and forests as it pertains to Cedar Bog.
Cedar Bog:
Wetlands and Water
(225 k)
Did you know that Cedar Bog is really a fen? Fens, bogs, marshes and swamps will be compared and
contrasted; wetlands ecology, wetlands and man; the functions of wetlands; adaptations to wetlands;
the water cycle; and succession.
Cedar Bog:
Human Migration
(333 k)
Students will learn about the impact of human migration on natural areas and
natural resources including: agriculture, transportation, communications and energy; the loss of
natural areas, environmental pollution, the availability, usage, and pollution of water, global
warming, and population dynamics.
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