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9-10 Grades: Social Studies Benchmarks for Geography
A. Analyze the cultural, physical, economic, and political
characteristics that define regions and describe reasons that regions
change over time.
B. Analyze geographic changes brought about by human activity using
appropriate maps and other geographic data.
C. Analyze the patterns and processes of movement of people, products,
and ideas.
Geography (Places and Regions)
9th Grade:
1. Interpret data to make comparisons between and among countries and
regions including:
 a.
Birth rates;
b. Death rates;
c. Infant mortality
rates;
d. Education levels;
e. Per capita Gross Domestic Product (GDP).
2. Explain how differing points of view play a role in conflicts over
territory and resources.
3. Explain how political and economic conditions, resources, geographic
locations, and cultures have contributed to cooperation and
conflict.
Geography (Human
Environmental Interaction)
9th Grade:
4. Explain the causes and consequences of urbanization including
economic development, population growth, and environmental change.
Geography (Movement)
9th Grade:
5. Analyze the social, political, economic, and environmental factors
that have contributed to human migration now and in the past.
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Campus Martius:
Migration Walk
(262 k)
Students will learn of two waves of migration that shaped Ohio's
history: The 1850 to 1910 movement of many rural Ohioans to the cities; and the 1910 to 1970
influx of Appalachian people from Kentucky and West Virginia into Ohio's industrial centers
such as Dayton and Akron.
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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