Geography for Life - National Geography Standards in the United States

The Geography Education National Implementation Project (GENIP) - a consortium of the Association of American Geographers (AAG), the American Geographical Society (AGS), the National Council for Geographic Education (NCGE), the National Geographic Society (NGS)  - has released  Geography for Life: National Geography Standards, Second Edition, an update of the 1994 publication.
The revised edition features restructured content and a new format. Revised content captures the growth and importance of geospatial technologies and spatial thinking in geography over the last 18 years. Each standard is presented through four components: an introductory essay; knowledge statements; performance statements and examples. Knowledge statements and performance statements are broken down by grade band (grades 4, 8 and 12).

Information:
www.ncge.org

Content:
http://www.ncge.org/files

Notes from Susan Gallagher Heffron (Association of American Geographers):
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