National History Education Clearinghouse

AL.3. Standard: People, Places, and Regions

• 1.1. Objective: Geography

  Locate the prime meridian, equator, tropic of Capricorn, tropic of Cancer, international date line, and lines of latitude and longitude on maps and globes.

  • 1.1.1. Grade Level Example:

    Using cardinal and intermediate directions to find a location on a map or globe.

  • 1.1.2. Grade Level Example:

    Demonstrating an understanding of simple grid lines.

  • 1.1.3. Grade Level Example:

    Measuring distance between two locations using a scale of miles.

  • 1.1.4. Grade Level Example:

    Locating physical and human features on a map using labels, symbols, and legends.

  • 1.1.5. Grade Level Example:

    Identifying limitations of maps.

• 1.2. Objective: Geography/History

  Describe physical characteristics, including landforms, bodies of water, soil, and vegetation of various places on Earth.

  • 1.2.1. Grade Level Example:

    Locating countries in the Western Hemisphere.

  • 1.2.2. Grade Level Example:

    Locating historical landmarks on maps.

  • 1.2.3. Grade Level Example:

    Identifying the processes of Earth, including continental drift, erosion, natural hazards, weather, and climate.

• 1.3. Objective: Geography

  Identify the components of various ecosystems.

  • 1.3.1 Grade Level Example:

    Identifying ways in which humans alter the physical environment.

• 1.4. Objective: Economics/Geography/History

  Locate population shifts due to geographic, economic, and historic changes in the Western Hemisphere.

  • 1.4.1. Grade Level Example:

    Identifying human and physical criteria used to define regions.

• 1.5. Objective: Economics/Geography

  Identify national and international trading patterns of the United States.

  • 1.5.1. Grade Level Example:

    Differentiating between producers and consumers and imports and exports.

• 1.6. Objective: Economics/Geography/Political Science

  Identify conflicts involving use of land, economic competition for scarce resources, different political views, boundary disputes, and cultural differences within and between different geographic areas.

  • 1.6.1. Grade Level Example:

    Identifying examples of cooperation within and between different geographic areas.

  • 1.6.2. Grade Level Example:

    Locating areas of political conflict on maps and globes.

  • 1.6.3. Grade Level Example:

    Explaining different viewpoints on contemporary issues at the local, national, and international levels.

• 1.7. Objective: Economics/Geography

  Describe the relationship between the locations of resources and patterns of population distribution in the Western Hemisphere.

  • 1.7.1. Grade Level Example:

    Locating major natural resources and deposits throughout Alabama, the United States, and the Western Hemisphere.

  • 1.7.2. Grade Level Example:

    Describing present-day mechanization of labor as opposed to the historical use of human labor to harvest natural resources.

  • 1.7.3. Grade Level Example:

    Evaluating the geographic impact of using major energy and technological resources in the twenty-first century.

• 1.8. Objective: Economics/Geography/Political Science

  Identify the geographic links of land regions, river systems, and interstate highways between Alabama and other states.

  • 1.8.1. Grade Level Example:

    Locating the five geographic regions of Alabama.

  • 1.8.2. Grade Level Example:

    Comparing laws that pertain to citizens of the United States, including pollution laws, highway speed laws, seat belt laws, and interstate trade laws.

  • 1.8.3. Grade Level Example:

    Describing the cultural, political, and economic characteristics of people in the Western Hemisphere.

• 1.9. Objective: Geography

  Identify ways to prepare for natural disasters in the United States.

• 1.10. Objective: Geography

  Describe characteristics and migration patterns of human populations in the Western Hemisphere.

• 1.11. Objective: Geography/History

  Identify significant historical sites in Alabama, including locations of civil rights activities.