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    Social Studies

    The BPSS (SST) Social Studies Commons course in Learnbps ...

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    Concepts of Geography


    Use these learning activities and resources to understand and apply concepts of geography.
    • SST-05.5 Concepts of Geography

        • SST-05.5.01 Explain the impact of climate, geography, and available resources on the daily lives of Native Americans (e.g., dwellings, clothes, food and crops, technology, tools, cultural traditions)
        • SST-05.5.02 Explain the impact of geography on western exploration and westward migration in the early nineteenth century (e.g., Northwest passage, colonization, Appalachian Mountains)
        • SST-05.5.03 Explain how human activity (e.g., settlement patterns, migration) affects the physical environment (e.g., soil uses, economy, pollution, use of energy sources)