I Culture

d. compare ways in which people from different cultures think about and deal with their physical environment and social conditions.

III People, Places and Environments

c. use appropriate resources, data sources, and geographic tools such as atlases, data bases, grid systems, charts, and maps to generate, manipulate, and interpret information.

g. describe how people create places that reflect ideas, personality, culture, and wants and needs as they design homes, playgrounds, classrooms, and the like.

h. examine the interaction of human beings and their physical environment, the use of land, building of cities, and ecosystem changes in selected locales and regions

1. Basic operations and concepts

• Use common input devices efficiently and effectively.

3. Technology productivity tools

• Use age-appropriate software applications to create cross-curricular word processing including opportunities to utilize fonts, alignment, graphics, spell check, drawing, spreadsheets, and multimedia projects.

4. Technology communications tools

• Use telecommunications under the direction of the teacher to access information, communicate with others in support of direct and independent learning, and pursue personal interests.

5.  Technology research tools

• Use search strategies and technology resources for problem solving, self-directed learning and extended learning activities.

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