Bath School Department 2003
Content Area: Social Studies

Grade 6

Content Standard: Geography
A. Skills and Tools

Students will know how to construct and interpret maps and use globes and other geographic tools to locate and derive information about people, places, regions, and environments.
Common Assessment(s):
MAP task: Mappy Patterns of Movement
Performance Indicators

Students will be able to:

Essential Elements
(Specific grade level learning objectives)
Suggested Performance Activities

Suggested Classroom Assessments
Vocabulary

2. Develop maps, globes, charts, models, and databases to analyze geographical patterns on the earth.

Geographical terminology

Students will create a fictitious country or continent that shows their understanding of geographical patterns on the earth.

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land form
geographical terms, i.e., mountain peninsula
isthmus, etc.
geographical patterns