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Geography
 Standard 18.Understands global development and environmental issues
   
Topics1. Environmental issues; 2. Population density, distribution, and growth rates; 3. Impact of the environment on society
   Level IV [Grade 9-12]
   Benchmark 3. Understands contemporary issues in terms of Earth's physical and human systems (e.g., the processes of land degradation and desertification, the consequences of population growth or decline in a developed economy, the consequences of a world temperature increase)
    
Vocabulary terms
A. contemporary issues of Earth’s systems
B. desertification
C. effects of population change
D. world temperature increase

Knowledge/skill statements
1. Understands contemporary issues in terms of the Earth’s physical systems  
2. Understands contemporary issues in terms of the Earth’s human systems  
3. Understands the processes of land degradation and desertification   
4. Understands the consequences of population growth in a developed economy  
5. Understands the consequences of population decline in a developed economy  
6. Understands the consequences of a world temperature increase  

McREL Activity(s)
Environmentalism: Then and Now


Citation Log: BD(GE,222;IEE,26,29,30,31;IGE,9,10,11,12;NI,76)
Citation reference
BD = benchmark, declarative
BP = benchmark, procedural
BC = benchmark, contextual

1st letter/number of each code in parentheses:
DD   Department of Defense: Prekindergarten Social Studies Standards
E   JCGE: Guidelines for Geographic Education
G   GESP: National Geography Standards
HS   Head Start: Child Outcomes Framework
I   IDOE: The Foundations for Young Children to the Indiana Academic Standards
IE   International Baccalaureate: Environmental Systems
IG   International Baccalaureate: Geography
MH   McGraw-Hill: Pre-Kindergarten Standards: Guidelines for Teaching and Learning
N   NAEP: Item Specifications in Geography
NZ   New Zealand Ministry of Education: Early Childhood Curriculum
O   OSDE: Oklahoma Developmental Learning Skills for Four-Year-Olds
T   GENIP: K-6 Geography: Themes, Key Ideas
TX   TEA: Texas Prekindergarten Curriculum Guidelines

2nd letter code :
E = Explicitly stated in document
I = Implicit in document

Number:
Page number of the cited document