Social Studies Practice Detail - SS.SSP.5.5.1:
Use location terms and use geographic representations such as maps, photographs, satellite images, and models to describe where places in the Western Hemisphere are in relation to each other, to describe connections among places, and to evaluate the benefits of particular places for purposeful activities.

Social Studies Practice Detail - SS.SSP.5.5.2:
Distinguish human activities and human-made features from “environments” (natural events or physical features—land, air, and water—that are not directly made by humans) in the Western Hemisphere.

Social Studies Practice Detail - SS.SSP.5.5.3:
Identify and describe how environments affect human activities and how human activities affect physical environments through the study of cases in the Western Hemisphere.

Social Studies Practice Detail - SS.SSP.5.5.4:
Recognize and explain how characteristics (cultural, economic, and physical-environmental) of regions affect the history of societies in the Western Hemisphere.

Social Studies Practice Detail - SS.SSP.5.5.5:
Describe how human activities alter places and regions in the Western Hemisphere.

Social Studies Practice Detail - SS.SSP.5.5.6:
Recognize that boundaries and definitions of location are historically constructed.