WebQuest Topic

The 13 Colonies: What did they offer the colonists?

New York State Learning Standards for Social Studies--Intermediate

S3 Geography

1. Geography can be divided into six essential elements which can be used to analyze important historic, geographic, economic, and environmental questions and issues. These six elements include: the world in spatial terms, places and regions, physical settings (including natural resources), human systems, envi-ronment and society, and the use of geography.(Adapted from The National Geography Standards,1994: Geography for Life)

Students:

• map information about people, places, and environments

• understand the characteristics, functions, and applications of maps, globes, aerial and other photographs, satellite-produced images, and models

(Taken from National Geography Standards, 1994)

• investigate why people and places are located where they are located and what patterns can be perceived in these locations

• describe the relationships between people and environments and the connections between people and places.

2. Geography requires the development and application of the skills of asking and answering geographic questions; analyzing theories of geography; and acquiring, organizing, and analyzing geographic information. (Adapted from The National Geography Standards, 1994: Geography for Life)

Students:

• formulate geographic questions and define geographic

issues and problems

• use a number of research skills (e.g., computer databases, periodicals, census reports, maps, standard reference works, interviews, surveys) to locate and gather geographical information about issues and problems (Adapted from National Geography Standards, 1994)

• present geographic information in a variety of formats,

including maps, tables, graphs, charts, diagrams, and computer-generated models

• interpret geographic information by synthesizing data and developing conclusions and generalizations about geographic issues and problems.