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Created by the EIU History Department to assist students of Eastern Illinois University in meeting the Illinois state standards for specialization in the social sciences.
Geography - Standard 1
The competent geography teacher understands how to use maps and other geographic representations, tools, and technologies to acquire and use information about people, places, and environments on Earth.
Knowledge Indicators - The competent geography teacher:
Classes at EIU:
1A.

understands how to use maps and other graphic representations to depict geographic problems.

 
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1B.

understands how to use technologies to represent and interpret Earth's physical and human systems.

 
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1C.

understands how to use geographic representations and tools to analyze, explain, and solve geographic problems.

 
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Performance Indicators - The competent history teacher:
Classes at EIU:
1D.

produces, interprets, and evaluates maps and other geographic representations to solve geographic problems.

 
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1E.

uses maps and other geographic representations to analyze world events and susgest solutions to world problems.

 
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1F.

uses geographic tools and technologies to pose and answer questions about spatial distributions and patterns on Earth.

 
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1G.

uses technologies (e.g., satellite images, aerial photographs, Geographic Information Systems, Global Positioning Systems) to represent, interpret, and analyze Earth's Physical and Human systems.

 
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