MO Social Studies Standards (Geography, 6-8)

Create and use historical maps and timelines in order to represent continuity and change within and among regions over time.

Evaluate historical solutions to problems within and among world regions in order to draw conclusions about current and future decisions.

With assistance, develop a research plan, identify appropriate resources for investigating social studies topics and create a research product which applies an aspect of geography to a contemporary issue.

Using an inquiry lens, develop compelling geographic questions, determine helpful resources and consider multiple points of views represented in the resources.

Analyze the causes and consequences of a current geographic issue as well as the challenges and opportunities faced by those trying to address the problem.

Explain how regions of the world change over time in relation to historical events and trends and the human characteristics of place.

Explain how forces of nature impact historic and current conflicts and cooperation.

Using a geographic lens, analyze laws, policies and processes to determine how governmental systems affect individuals and groups in society.

Analyze current human environmental issues using relevant geographic sources to propose solutions.

Using a geographic lens, analyze the laws and governmental systems of a place in order to determine their effects on individuals, groups, and institutions.

Draw conclusions about how laws impact the development of a place and how a place impacts the development of laws.

Describe how physical processes shape the environment of a place.

Describe a variety of ecosystems, and explain where they may be found.

Explain how human-environmental interactions shape people and places.

Analyze resource availability to explain its causes and impacts on conflict or cooperation.

Analyze patterns of resource distribution to explain the consequences of personal and public economic decisions.

Analyze material culture to explain a people's perspective and use of place.

Explain how the physical and human characteristics of places and regions are connected to human identities and cultures.

Compare and contrast the human characteristics within and among regions.

Explain how groups and institutions of a place develop to meet peoples' needs.

Analyze the relationship between the physical environments and cultural traditions to determine their impact on individuals, groups, and institutions.

Analyze religion and belief systems of a place to determine their varying impact on people, groups, and cultures.