Students survey the earth's physical landscape and are enabled to describe and explain the global patterns of landforms, climate, natural vegetation and soils. Students are able to appreciate the role of our physical environment in influencing, constraining and directing our activities, and will be able to make more informed decisions regarding how our earth resources should be utilized. The basic principles of map construction and interpretation are studied.
Students survey the world's varied cultural landscapes.
Using either a regional or systematic approach, students are able to describe and explain global patterns of culture, including population, language, religion, economic activities and systems, and political organization. The basic principles of map construction and interpretation are understood . Students study the location and functioning of economic activity with emphasis on physical and human geographic factors in analyzing patterns of production, exchange, and consumption. Students study a survey of the physical and historical geology of Georgia, with emphasis on the influences of geographic resources on the development of settlement patterns from the time of the first Americans. Students analyze world population from a geographic perspective.