STANDARD 3    Geography

Social Studies

Students will use a variety of intellectual skills to demonstrate their understanding of the geography of the interdependent world in which we live—local, national, and global--including the distribution of people, places, and environments over the Earth's surface.

Key Idea: Students will study local, State, national and global geography. Geography can be divided into six essential elements: The world in spatial terms, places and regions, physical settings (including natural resources), human systems, environment and society and the use of geography.

 
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Performance Indicators
for Students with Severe Disabilities

Performance Indicators--Students:
• communicate about how people live, work, and utilize natural resources

•draw or build maps and diagrams representing their home, school and community

• locate places within the local community, New York State and United States

• gather and organize geographic information from a variety of sources and display it in a number of ways

• identify and compare physical characteristics of different regions and people

• demonstrate their location within their community, State and world