Geography Core Knowledge

National Geography Standard

Core Knowledgeâ

McREL Standard

Standard 1-How to use maps and other geographic representations, tools, and technologies to acquire, process, and report information

Kindergarten:  American Standard I-Geography, World Standard I-Geography: Spatial Sense, World Standard II-An Overview of the Seven Continents

Grade 1:  World Standard IA-Spatial Sense

Grade 2:  World Standard IA-Spatial Sense

Grade 3:  World Standard IA-Spatial Sense

Grade 4:  World Standard IA-Spatial Sense

Grade 5:  World Standard IA-Spatial Sense 

Grade 6:  World Standard IA-Spatial Sense

Standard 1-Understands the characteristics and uses of maps, globes, and other geographic tools and technologies

Standard 2-How to use mental maps to organize information about people, places, and environments

 

Standard 2-Knows the location of places, geographic features, and patterns of the environment

Standard 3-How to analyze the spatial organization of people, places, and environments on Earth's surface 

Kindergarten:  World Standard I-Geography: Spatial Sense, World Standard II-An Overview of the Seven Continents

Grade 1:  World Standard IA-Spatial Sense

Grade 2:  World Standard IA-Spatial Sense

Grade 3:  World Standard IA-Spatial Sense

Grade 4:  World Standard IA-Spatial Sense, World Standard IVC-Developments in History of the Christian Church 

Grade 5:  World Standard IA-Spatial Sense

Grade 6:  World Standard IA-Spatial Sense

Standard 3-Understands the characteristics and uses of spatial organization of Earth's surface

Standard 4-The physical and human characteristics of places

Grade 1:  World Standard IB-World Standard IIIA-Geography of Mexico

Grade 2:  American Standard VIIA-Geography of North America, American Standard VIIB-Geography of South America, World Standard IB-Geographical Terms and Features, World Standard IIA-Geography of Asia, World Standard IIIA-Geography of Japan

Grade 3:  American Standard IIIA-Geography of the Thirteen Colonies, World Standard IB-Geographical Terms and Features, World Standard IC-Canada, World Standard ID-Important Rivers of the World, World Standard IIA-Geography of the Mediterranean Region

Grade 4:  World Standard IB-Mountains and Mountain Ranges

Grade 5:  World Standard IB-Great Lakes of the World, World Standard IIA-Meso-American Civilizations: Geography, World Standard VIB-Geography of Russia, World Standard VIIB-Geography of Japan

Grade 6:  World Standard IB-Great Deserts of the World, World Standard VIIB-Geography of Latin America

Grade 7:  Standard IIB-Geography of Western and Central Europe, Standard IIIB-Russian Revolution: Geography, Standard VI-Geography of the United States

Grade 8:  Standard IB-Creation of the People's Republic of China, Standard VB-Geography of the Middle East, Standard VIII-Geography of Canada and Mexico

Standard 4-Understands the physical and human characteristics of place

Standard 5-That people create regions to interpret Earth's complexity

Kindergarten:  World Standard II-An Overview of the Seven Continents

Grade 1:  World Standard IA-Spatial Sense

Grade 2:  World Standard IA-Spatial Sense

Grade 3:  World Standard IA-Spatial Sense

Standard 5-Understands the concept of regions

Standard 6-How culture and experience influence people's perception of places and regions

 

Standard 6-Understands that culture and experience influence people's perceptions of places and regions

Standard 7-The physical processes that shape the patterns of Earth's surface

 

Standard 7-Knows the physical processes that shape patterns on Earth's surface

Standard 8-The characteristics and spatial distribution of ecosystems on Earth's surface 

 

Standard 8-Understands the characteristics of ecosystems on Earth's surface

Standard 9-The characteristics, distribution, and migration of human populations on Earth's surface

Grade 1:  American Standard IV-Early Exploration of the American West

Grade 2:  American Standard IIIA-Pioneers Head West, American Standard IIIB-Native Americans, American Standard V-Immigration and Citizenship

Grade 3:  American Standard IA-Crossing the Land Bridge

Standard 9-Understands the nature, distribution and migration of human populations on Earth's surface

Standard 10-The characteristics, distributions, and complexity of Earth's cultural mosaics

 

Standard 10-Understands the nature and complexity of Earth's cultural mosaics

Standard 11-The patterns and networks of economic interdependence on Earth's surface

 

Standard 11-Understands the patterns and networks of economic interdependence on Earth's surface

Standard 12-The process, patterns, and functions of human settlement

Grade 1:  American Standard IV-Early Exploration of the American West

Grade 2:  American Standard IIIA-Pioneers Head West, American Standard V-Immigration and Citizenship

Grade 3:  American Standard IIA-Early Spanish Exploration and Settlement, American Standard IIB-Exploration and Settlement of the American Southwest

Grade 5:  American Standard IA-Westward Expansion Before the Civil War, American Standard IB-Westward Expansion After the Civil War, World Standard IIIB-American Government Policies

Standard 12-Understands the patterns of human settlement and their causes

Standard 13-How forces of cooperation and conflict among people influence the division and control of Earth's surface

 

Standard 13-Understands the forces of cooperation and conflict that shape the divisions of Earth's surface

Standard 14-How human actions modify the physical environment

 

Standard 14-Understands how human actions modify the physical environment

Standard 15-How physical systems affect human systems

 

Standard 15-Understands how physical systems affect human systems

Standard 16-The changes that occur in the meaning, use, distribution, and importance of resources

 

Standard 16-Understands the changes that occur in the meaning, use, distribution and importance of resources

Standard 17-How to apply geography to interpret the past

 

Standard 17-Understands how geography is used to interpret the past

Standard 18-To apply geography to interpret the present and plan for the future

 

Standard 18-Understands global development and environmental issues

Permission to excerpt from the Core Knowledgeâ Sequence [1999] has been granted from the Core Knowledge Foundation.  The Core Knowledge Sequence[1999] can be acquired from the Core Knowledge Foundation at: www.coreknowledge.org