American History, 5th Grade Social Studies
GEOGRAPHY: Physical and Cultural Systems
Standard: Students develop a spatial understanding of Earth’s surface and the processes that shape it, the connections between people and places, and the relationship between man and his environment.
Places and Regions
Benchmark: G-1B-M3 identifying criteria used to define regions and explaining how and why regions change; (1, 2, 3, 4)
GLE 8. Identify physical or other criteria used to define regions and apply criteria to distinguish one region from another in the United States (G-1B-M3)