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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 4
The competent geography teacher understands the physical and human characteristics of places.
Knowledge Indicators - The competent geography teacher:
Classes at EIU:
4A. understands the meaning and significance of places.

GEG 1100G

 

4B.

understands the changing physical and human characteristics of places.

 

GEG 1100G
4C.

understands how relationships between humans and the physical environment lead to the formation of places and to a sense of personal and community identity.

 

GEG 1100G
Performance Indicators - The competent history teacher:
Classes at EIU:
4D.

describes and interprets physical processes that shape places.

 

GEG 1100G
4E.

explains how social, cultural, and economic processes shape the features of places.

 

GEG 1100G
4F.

analyzes how technology shapes the physical and human characteristics of places.

 

GEG 1100G
4G.

evaluates how humans interact with physical environments to form places.

 

GEG 1100G
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Web-Site Last Updated 4-30-2004