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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 2
The competent geography teacher is able to use mental maps to organize information about people, places, and environments in a spatial context.
Knowledge Indicators - The competent geography teacher:
Classes at EIU:
2A.

understands how to use mental maps of physical and human features of the world to answer complex geographic questions.

 

GEG 3800
2B.

understands how mental maps reflect the human perception of places.

 

GEG 3800
2C.

understands how mental maps influence spatial and environmental decision-making.

 

GEG 3800
Performance Indicators - The competent history teacher:
Classes at EIU:
2D.

uses mental maps to analyze physical and human systems to answer complex geographic questions.

 

GEG 3800
2E.

identifies the ways in which mental maps influence human decisions about location, settlement, and public policy.

 

GEG 3800
2F.

analyzes ways in which people's mental maps reflect an individual's attitudes towards places.

 

GEG 3800
2G.

explains how mental maps influence spatial and environmental decision-making.

 

GEG 3800
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Web-Site Last Updated 4-30-2005