Targeted Content Standards and Benchmarks
National Geographic Standards
Standard 4
The Physical and Human Characteristics of Places. Students need an understanding of why places are the way they are. This understanding enriches their own sense of identity with a particular place, and it enables them to comprehend and appreciate both the similarities and differences in places around their own community, state, country, and planet.
Standard 5
The People Create Regions to Interpret the Earth’s Complexity. Through understanding the idea of region, students can apply geographic knowledge, skills, and perspectives to solving problems. Most importantly, studying regions enables students to synthesize their understanding of the physical and human properties of the Earth’s surface at scales that range from local to global.
Standard 6
How Culture and Experience Influence People’s Perception of Places and Regions. Culture and experience shape belief systems, which in turn influence people’s perceptions of places and regions throughout their lives. With a growing understanding of culture, students will appreciate the diverse values of others in a multicultural world, and will be able to engage in accurate and sensitive analysis of people, places, and environments.
Standard 11
The Patterns and Networks of Economic Interdependence on Earth’s Surface. Students understand world patterns and networks of economic interdependence and realize that traditional patterns of trade, human migration, and cultural and political alliances are being altered as a consequence of global interdependence.
Student Objectives
Students will be able to:
- Learn about different countries from students living in those countries
- Understand how world events and conditions impact health and longevity
- Use a spreadsheet to collect and display data
- Use a database to manipulate data and identify relationships
- Synthesize data to identify problems and possible solutions
- Present information in a way that meets a prescribed goal (that is, prompts change)
- Communicate data in graphic form to support a position
- Learn collaboration skills that allow them to form alliances and solve problems in a mock UN meeting
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