By the end of grade twelve, students will:
A.12.1 Use various types of atlases and appropriate vocabulary
to describe the physical attributes of a place or region, employing
such concepts as climate, plate tectonics, volcanism, and landforms,
and to describe the human attributes, employing such concepts
as demographics, birth and death rates, doubling time, emigration,
and immigration
A.12.2 Analyze information generated from a computer about a place,
including statistical sources, aerial and satellite images, and
three-dimensional models
A.12.3 Construct mental maps of the world and the world's regions
and draw maps from memory showing major physical and human features
A.12.4 Analyze the short-term and long-term effects that major
changes in population in various parts of the world have had or
might have on the environment
A.12.5 Use a variety of geographic information and resources to
analyze and illustrate the ways in which the unequal global distribution
of natural resources influences trade and shapes economic patterns
A.12.6 Collect and analyze geographic information to examine the
effects that a geographic or environmental change in one part
of the world, such as volcanic activity, river diversion, ozone
depletion, air pollution, deforestation, or desertification, may
have on other parts of the world
A.12.7 Collect relevant data to analyze the distribution of products
among global markets and the movement of people among regions
of the world
A.12.8 Identify the world's major ecosystems and analyze how different
economic, social, political, religious, and cultural systems have
adapted to them
A.12.9 Identify and analyze cultural factors, such as human needs,
values, ideals, and public policies, that influence the design
of places, such as an urban center, an industrial park, a public
project, or a planned neighborhood
A.12.10 Analyze the effect of cultural ethics and values in various
parts of the world on scientific and technological development
A.12.11 Describe scientific and technological development in
various regions of the world and analyze the ways in which development
affects environment and culture
A.12.12 Assess the advantages and disadvantages of selected land
use policies in the local community, Wisconsin, the United States,
and the world
A.12.13 Give examples and analyze conflict and cooperation in
the establishment of cultural regions and political boundaries
Content Standard A
For questions about this information, contact Beverly J. Kniess (608) 266-3706
Last updated on 2/25/2008 1:43:10 PM
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