SS.Geog1
Wisconsin Social Studies Standards · 4th Grade
Wisconsin students will use geographic tools and ways of thinking to analyze the world.
Child standards (12)
- SS.Geog1.a.1Recognize the difference between maps (paper or digital) and globes, and why someone might choose one over the other for a given task.
- SS.Geog1.a.4-5Summarize how location (absolute and relative) affects people, places, and environment. Construct maps (paper or digital), charts, and graphs using appropriate elements (i.e., date, orientation, grid, scale, title, author, index, legend, situation)
- SS.Geog1.a.hUse printed and digital maps to ask and answer geographic questions (e.g., Where are there patterns? Why there? So what?) and evaluate the appropriateness of geographic data and representations to understand real-world problems. Explain how current geospatial technologies (e.g., Geographic Information Systems (GIS), Global Positioning Systems (GPS), satellite images, remote sensing) are used for personal, business, and government purposes.
- SS.Geog1.a.mUse paper and digital maps to ask and answer geographic questions (e.g., Where are there patterns? Why there? So what?). Analyze how various map projections distort shape, area, distance, and direction (e.g., Mercator, Robinson, Peters).
- SS.Geog1.b.1-2Identify physical and human characteristics of a place using maps, graphs, photographs, and other representations.
- SS.Geog1.b.hInterpret maps and images (e.g., political, physical, relief, thematic, virtual or electronic) to analyze geographic problems and changes over time.
- SS.Geog1.b.iIdentify purposes of and differences among maps, globes, aerial photographs, charts, and satellite images.
- SS.Geog1.b.mInterpret patterns in a variety of maps, charts, and graphs to display geographic information (contour, cartogram, population, natural resource, historical maps) and explain relationships among them.
- SS.Geog1.c.1Construct a map (paper or digital) of a familiar place (i.e., bedroom, classroom, playground) using title, compass rose, and symbols.
- SS.Geog1.c.4-5Create and label a map (paper or digital) of the local community, state, tribal lands, and country, including both physical (e.g., oceans and continents) and human (e.g., roads, buildings) characteristics. Identify and construct regions (digital or paper) in Wisconsin and the United States.
- SS.Geog1.c.hCompare and contrast a mental map before and after an event to see if perception reshaped their perspectives. Explain how using a virtual or electronic mapping application can aid in the development of a more complete and accurate mental map of places and region.
- SS.Geog1.c.mConstruct a mental map of regions and locate the major regions of the world and their physical and cultural features including continents, cities, countries, bodies of water, landforms, mountain ranges, and climate zones. Compare mental maps shaped by individual perceptions of people, places, regions, and environments.