Coping with Change:Preparing for Success on the Grade 10

Texas Assessment of Educational Knowledge and Skills

Three Step ProgramThree Step Program

Review the World Geography/World History Review the World Geography/World History Guide…Guide…

Introduce a strategy to analyze the Introduce a strategy to analyze the connections…connections…

Examine ways to integrate Grade 8 content Examine ways to integrate Grade 8 content into Grade 10 World Geography…into Grade 10 World Geography…

Explore one WG/WH connection in depth…Explore one WG/WH connection in depth… Consider a teaching strategy--teaching with Consider a teaching strategy--teaching with

maps--as a pathway for student success…maps--as a pathway for student success…

http://geog.tamu.edu/sarah/wgwhinstitute.htm

WG/WH Guide FormatWG/WH Guide Format

World World Geography Geography Student Student ExpectationExpectation

World History World History Student Student ExpectationExpectation

Examples of Examples of Common Common Concepts in Concepts in WG/WHWG/WH

WG1History: The student WG1History: The student understands how geographic understands how geographic contexts and processes of contexts and processes of spatial exchange (diffusion) spatial exchange (diffusion) influenced events in the past influenced events in the past and helped to shape the and helped to shape the present. The student is able present. The student is able toto

(A) Analyze the effects of (A) Analyze the effects of physical and human physical and human

geographic patterns…geographic patterns…

WH12 Geography: The WH12 Geography: The student understands the student understands the impact of geographic factors impact of geographic factors on major historical events. on major historical events. The student is expected to:The student is expected to:

(B) Analyze the effects of (B) Analyze the effects of physical and human physical and human geographic factors on major geographic factors on major events in world history.events in world history.

Effects of physical and Effects of physical and human geographic factors on human geographic factors on past and present events such past and present events such as:as:

Change: how and why places Change: how and why places and processes changeand processes change

Perception: how and why Perception: how and why peoples’ perceptions of peoples’ perceptions of events changeevents change

Relationships: how and why Relationships: how and why geography influences and geography influences and affects…affects…

WG/WH FormatWG/WH FormatExamples of Clarifying StrategiesExamples of Clarifying Strategies

Objective 2 Correlation: WG 1A and WH 12BObjective 2 Correlation: WG 1A and WH 12B

Patterns of MigrationPatterns of MigrationStrategy:Strategy:

Trace the geographic factors that contribute to migrations and the Trace the geographic factors that contribute to migrations and the effects of such migrations. Identify why people moved (push-pull effects of such migrations. Identify why people moved (push-pull factors), the factors that influenced their destinations, and the factors), the factors that influenced their destinations, and the effects of migration on both their point of origin and destination.effects of migration on both their point of origin and destination.

Concrete examples…Concrete examples…

World Geography & World World Geography & World History TAKS CorrelationsHistory TAKS Correlations

Correlations-ConnectionsCorrelations-Connections

Patterns of MigrationPatterns of Migration

Influence of Spatial Influence of Spatial ExchangeExchange

Patterns of Patterns of UrbanizationUrbanization

Interpreting Historical Interpreting Historical MapsMaps

Economic SystemsEconomic Systems Economic Economic

RelationshipsRelationships Processes of ChangeProcesses of Change

Human-Environmental Human-Environmental RelationshipsRelationships

Geographic Data Geographic Data AnalysisAnalysis

Application of Application of Geographic and Geographic and Historical InformationHistorical Information

Visual Analysis of Visual Analysis of Geographic and Geographic and Historical InformationHistorical Information

Influence of Spatial ExchangeInfluence of Spatial Exchange

Spatial DiffusionSpatial Diffusion Spread of Spread of

phenomena from phenomena from point of origin to point of origin to destinationsdestinations

Rate of spreadRate of spread Routes and paths Routes and paths

of spreadof spread Effects of spreadEffects of spread

Patterns of UrbanizationPatterns of Urbanization

Recognizing patterns and interpreting information Recognizing patterns and interpreting information contained in graphic sources and maps.contained in graphic sources and maps.

Interpreting Historical MapsInterpreting Historical Maps

Analyzing relationships between geography Analyzing relationships between geography and history through map interpretationand history through map interpretation

Economic SystemsEconomic Systems

Economic systems:Economic systems: Characteristics of Characteristics of

differing systemsdiffering systems Levels of economic Levels of economic

developmentdevelopment Standard of livingStandard of living

Economic RelationshipsEconomic Relationships

Economic SystemsEconomic Systems Characteristics of Characteristics of

differing systemsdiffering systems Effects on productionEffects on production Effects on tradeEffects on trade Systems of Systems of

exchangeexchange

Processes of ChangeProcesses of Change General Processes of Change, and Cause General Processes of Change, and Cause

and Effect Relationshipsand Effect Relationships

Human-Environmental Human-Environmental RelationshipsRelationships

Human and Human and Environmental Environmental Relationships:Relationships: How people, places, How people, places,

and environments and environments are connected and are connected and interdependentinterdependent

How different How different groups of people groups of people use resources and use resources and interact with the interact with the environmentenvironment

How resources How resources influence influence settlementsettlement

Geographic Data AnalysisGeographic Data Analysis

Data Analysis and Data Analysis and Map InterpretationMap Interpretation

Application of Geographic & Application of Geographic & Historical InformationHistorical Information

Data Data analysis and analysis and map map interpretatiointerpretationn

Visual Analysis of Geographic Visual Analysis of Geographic and Historical Informationand Historical Information

Data Data analysis analysis and map and map interpretainterpretationtion

Strategy to AnalyzeStrategy to Analyze

Use the document available at Use the document available at http://geog.tamu.edu/sarah/wgwhinstitute.htm

What Am I Already Doing?What Am I Already Doing?

Strategy to AnalyzeStrategy to Analyze

Use the document available at Use the document available at http://geog.tamu.edu/sarah/wgwhinstitute.htm

What Am I Already Doing?What Am I Already Doing? Encourage educators to work Encourage educators to work

individually, then in teams to:individually, then in teams to: Analyze & discuss each correlationAnalyze & discuss each correlation ConsiderConsider

What Am I Already Doing? What Am I Already Doing? What Else Can I Do?What Else Can I Do?

World GeographyStudent Expectation

World HistoryStudent Expectation

What Am I Already Doing?What Else Can I Do?

(WG 1) History. The studentunderstands how geographiccontexts (the geography of places inthe past) and processes of spatialexchange (diffusion) influencedevents in the past and helped toshape the present. The student isexpected to:

(A) analyze the effects of physicaland human geographic patterns andprocesses on events in the past anddescribe their effects on presentconditions, including significantphysical features and environmentalconditions that influenced migrationpatterns in the past and shaped thedistribution of culture groups today

(WH12) Geography. The studentunderstands the impact of geographicfactors on major historic events. Thestudent is expected to:

(B) analyze the effects of physical andhuman geographic factors on majorevents in world history [such as theeffects of the opening of the Suez Canalon world trade patterns]

Common Concepts in WG/WH: Effects of physical and human geographic factors on pastand present events

World GeographyStudent Expectation

World HistoryStudent Expectation

What Am I Already Doing?What Else Can I Do?

(WG 1) History. The studentunderstands how geographic contexts(the geography of places in the past)and processes of spatial exchange(diffusion) influenced events in thepast and helped to shape the present.The student is expected to:

(B) trace the spatial diffusion of aphenomenon and describe its effectson regions of contact such as thespread of bubonic plague, thediffusion and exchange of foodsbetween the New and Old Worlds, [orthe diffusion of American slang]

(WH 11) Geography. The student usesgeographic skills and tools to collect,analyze, and interpret data. Thestudent is expected to:

(B) [pose and] answer questions aboutgeographic distributions and patternsin world history shown on maps,graphs, charts, models, and databases

Common Concepts in WG/WH: Spatial diffusion: rate, routes/paths and effects ofspread of phenomena

World GeographyStudent Expectation

World HistoryStudent Expectation

What Am I Already Doing?What Else Can I Do?

(WG 6) Geography. The studentunderstands the types and patterns ofsettlement, the factors that affect wherepeople settle, and processes ofsettlement development over time. Thestudent is expected to:

(A) [locate settlements and] observepatterns in the size and distribution ofcities using maps, graphics, andinformation

(WH 26) Social Studies Skills. Thestudent communicates in written, oral,and visual forms. The student isexpected to:

(C) interpret [and create databases,research outlines, bibliographies, and]visuals including graphs, charts,timelines, and maps

Common Concepts in WG/WH: Recognizing patterns and interpreting informationcontained in graphic sources and maps

Common Concepts in WG/WH: Analyzing relationships between geography and historythrough map interpretation

World GeographyStudent Expectation

World HistoryStudent Expectation

What Am I Already Doing?What Else Can I Do?

(WG 21) Social Studies Skills. Thestudent applies critical-thinking skillsto organize and use informationacquired from a variety of sourcesincluding electronic technology. Thestudent is expected to:

(C) [construct and] interpret maps toanswer geographic questions, infer

geographic relationships, andanalyze geographic change

Note: This correlation will not beincluded on the Grade 11 exam.

(WH 12) Geography. The studentunderstands the impact of geographicfactors on major historic events. Thestudent is expected to

(C) interpret historical [andcontemporary] maps to identify andexplain geographic factors [such ascontrol of the Straits of Hormuz] thathave influenced people and events inthe past

Common Concepts in WG/WH: Economic systems: characteristics of differing systems,levels of economic development, standard of living

World GeographyStudent Expectation

World HistoryStudent Expectation

What Am I Already Doing?What Else Can I Do?

(WG 5) Geography. The student understandshow political, economic, and social processesshape cultural patterns and characteristics invarious places and regions. The student isexpected to:

(B) analyze political, economic, social,and demographic data to determine thelevel of development and standard ofliving in nations

(WH 14) Economics. Thestudent understands thehistoric origins of contemporaryeconomic systems. The student isexpected to:

(C) compare therelationships between and amongcontemporarycountries with differingeconomic systems

Common Concepts in WG/WH: Economic systems: characteristics of differing systems,effects on production, effects on trade, systems of exchange

World GeographyStudent Expectation

World HistoryStudent Expectation

What Am I Already Doing?What Else Can I Do?

(WG 10) Economics. The student understandsthe distribution and characteristics ofeconomic systems throughout the world. Thestudent is expected to:

(C) compare the ways people satisfytheir basic needs through theproduction of goods and services suchas subsistence agriculture versusmarket-oriented agriculture or cottageindustries versus commercial industries

(WH 14) Economics. The studentunderstands the historic origins ofcontemporary economic systems. The studentis expected to:

(C) compare the relationships betweenand among contemporary countrieswith differing economic systems

Common Concepts in WG/WH: Human and environmental relationships

World GeographyStudent Expectation

World HistoryStudent Expectation

What Am I Already Doing?What Else Can I Do?

(WG 8) Geography. The studentunderstands how people, places, andenvironments are connected andinterdependent. The student is expectedto:

(B) compare ways that humans dependon, adapt to, and modify the physicalenvironment using [local,] state,national, and international humanactivities in a variety of cultural andtechnological contexts

(WH 12) Geography. The studentunderstands the impact of geographicfactors on major historic events. Thestudent is expected to:

(B) analyze the effects of physical andhuman geographic factors on majorevents in world history [such as theeffects of the opening of the SuezCanal on world trade patterns]

(C) interpret historical [andcontemporary] maps to identify andexplain geographic factors [such ascontrol of the Straits of Hormuz] thathave influenced people and events inthe past

Common Concepts in WG/WH: Data analysis and map interpretation

World GeographyStudent Expectation

World HistoryStudent Expectation

What Am I Already Doing?What Else Can I Do?

(WG 21) Social Studies Skills. Thestudent applies critical-thinking skillsto organize and use informationacquired from a variety of sourcesincluding electronic technology . Thestudent is expected to:

(C) [construct and] interpret maps toanswer geographic questions, infergeographic relationships, and analyzegeographic change

(WH 11) Geography. The student usesgeographic skills and tools to collect,analyze, and interpret data. Thestudent is expected to:

(B) [pose and] answer questions aboutgeographic distributions and patternsin world history shown on maps,graphs, charts, models, and databases

(WH 12) Geography. The studentunderstands the impact of geographicfactors on major historic events. Thestudent is expected to:

(C) interpret historical [andcontemporary] maps to identify andexplain geographic factors [such ascontrol of the Straits of Hormuz] thathave influenced people and events inthe past

Common Concepts in WG/WH: Data analysis and map interpretation

World GeographyStudent Expectation

World HistoryStudent Expectation

What Am I Already Doing?What Else Can I Do?

(WG 21) Social Studies Skills. Thestudent applies critical-thinking skillsto organize and use informationacquired from a variety of sourcesincluding electronic technology. Thestudent is expected to:

ÿ use historical,geographic, and statistical informationfrom a variety of sources such asdatabases, field interviews, mediaservices, and questionnaires to answergeographic questions and infergeographic relationships

Note: This correlation will not be includedon the Grade 11 exam.

(WH 25) Social Studies Skills. Thestudent applies crit ical-thinking skillsto organize and use information acquired from a varietyof sources including electronictechnology. The student is expectedto:

(C) analyze information bysequencing, categorizing, identifyingcause-and-effect relationships,comparing, contrasting, finding themain idea, summarizing, makinggeneralizations [and predictions,] anddrawing inferences and conclusions

Common Concepts in WG/WH: Data analysis and map interpretation

World GeographyStudent Expectation

World HistoryStudent Expectation

What Am I Already Doing?What Else Can I Do?

(WG 21) Social Studies Skills. Thestudent applies critical-thinking skillsto organize and use informationacquired from a variety of sourcesincluding electronic technology. Thestudent is expected to:

(C) [construct and] interpret maps toanswer geographic questions, infergeographic relationships, and analyzegeographic change

(WH 26) Social Studies Skills. Thestudent communicates in written,

oral, and visual forms. The student isexpected to:

(C) interpret [and create databases,research outlines, bibliographies, and]visuals including graphs, charts,timelines, and maps

Data analysis and map interpretation

Review: Three Step ProgramReview: Three Step Program

Review the World Geography/World Review the World Geography/World History Guide…History Guide…

Introduce a strategy to analyze the Introduce a strategy to analyze the connections…connections…

Examine ways to integrate Grade 8 Examine ways to integrate Grade 8 content into Grade 10 World content into Grade 10 World Geography…Geography…