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Geography: 4-5 Cluster
Geography 1 [Maps]: Students will demonstrate the development of mental maps of
Delaware and of the United States which include the relative location and characteristics
of major physical features, political divisions, and human settlements.
Location (circle one) :
United States
or
Delaware
Relative Location
Major Physical Features
Major Political Divisions
Major Human Settlements
Developed by:
Delaware Social Studies Education Project
University of Delaware – www.udel.edu/dssep
Characteristics
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Geography: 4-5 Cluster
Geography 2 [Environment]: Apply a knowledge of topography, climate, soils, and vegetation
of Dealware and the United Sates to understand how human society alters, and is affected by, the
physical environment.
Location (circle one) :
United States
or
Delaware
Human society alters the
physical environment
Topography
Climate
Soils
Vegetation
Developed by:
Delaware Social Studies Education Project
University of Delaware – www.udel.edu/dssep
Human society is altered
by the physical
environment
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Geography: 4-5 Cluster
Geography 3 [Places]: Students will understand the reasons for the locations of human
activities and settlements and routes connecting them in Delaware and in the United
States.
Human Activity
Activity
Route(s) Connecting
Activities & Settlements
Route
Settlement
Location:
Location
Location
Reason for Location
Reason for Location
Reason for Location
Human Activity
Human Settlement
Activity
Route(s) Connecting
Activities & Settlements
Route
Settlement
Location:
Location
Location
Reason for Location
Reason for Location
Reason for Location
Human Activity
Human Settlement
Activity
Route(s) Connecting
Activities & Settlements
Route
Human Settlement
Settlement
Location:
Location
Location
Reason for Location
Reason for Location
Reason for Location
Developed by:
Delaware Social Studies Education Project
University of Delaware – www.udel.edu/dssep
Benchmark Definition Tools
Geography: 4-5 Cluster
Geography 4: Students will apply geographic skills to develop a profile of the local
community by placing it in the context of physical, cultural, and other types of regions.
Local Community
________________________________________
Profile
Physical Region
Cultural Region
Other Type of Region?
Skill(s) Used:
Skill(s) Used:
Skill(s) Used:
Characteristics
Characteristics
Characteristics
Developed by:
Delaware Social Studies Education Project
University of Delaware – www.udel.edu/dssep