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K–12 Standards

Essential Elements: Geography (Geog): Grades K-12

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Wisconsin students will use geographic tools and ways of thinking to explore the world.SS.EE.Geog1

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    Target Level: Wisconsin students will use geographic tools and ways of thinking to explore the world.

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    Precursor Level: Wisconsin students will use geographic tools and identify geographic ways of thinking to explore the world.

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    Initial Level: Wisconsin students will explore the use of geographic tools to explore the world.

Wisconsin students will identify reasons for human movement and explore population patterns.SS.EE.Geog2

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    Target Level: Wisconsin students will identify reasons for human movement and explore population patterns.

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    Precursor Level: Wisconsin students will explore reasons for human movement and population distribution.

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    Initial Level: Wisconsin students will explore the movement of people.

Wisconsin students will identify the effects of global distribution of resources and geographic networks.SS.EE.Geog3

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    Target Level: Wisconsin students will identify the effects of global distribution of resources and geographic networks.

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    Precursor Level: Wisconsin students will identify how they access resources and the social and economic inter-relationships between states, regions, or countries.

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    Initial Level: Wisconsin students will identify a renewable resource and ways that people, things, and ideas move across spaces.

Wisconsin students will examine the relationship between identity and place.SS.EE.Geog4

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    Target Level: Wisconsin students will examine the relationship between identity and place.

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    Precursor Level: Wisconsin students will identify how the human characteristics of a place affect the people who live there.

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    Initial Level: Wisconsin students will identify how the physical characteristics of a place affect the people who live there.

Wisconsin students will examine the relationships between humans and the environment.SS.EE.Geog5

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    Target Level: Wisconsin students will examine the relationships between humans and the environment.

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    Precursor Level: Wisconsin students will identify positive and negative effects of human actions on our natural resources and physical environment.

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    Initial Level: Wisconsin students will explore positive or negative effects of human actions on our natural resources and physical environment.

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What grade levels do these standards cover?
Kindergarten, Grade 1, Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9, Grade 10, Grade 11, and Grade 12

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