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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.
Social Science - Standard 22
The competent social science teacher understands how culture and experience influence human perceptions of people, places, and regions.
Knowledge Indicators - The competent social science teacher:
22A. Understands that culture and technology affect perceptions of places and regions.  
22B. Understands the places and regions serve as cultural symbols for people.  
22C. Understands that relationships between cultural change and changing perceptions of places and regions.  
Performance Indicators - The competent social science teacher:
22D. Identifies ways culture and technology influence perceptions of places and regions.
22E. Explains how cultural processes (e.g., gender roles, resource use, transportation and communication) shape the features of places and regions.
22F. Assesses the relationship between cultural change and the perception and use of places and regions.
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