The National Geography Standards

The National Geography Standards for this program include standards 4, 6, and 11. You may read in-depth descriptions of specific standards by clicking on the links below. All of the standards are available here.

Standard 4: The physical and human characteristics of places.

Standard 6: How culture and experience influence people's perceptions of places and regions.

Standard 11: The patterns and networks of economic interdependence on Earth's surface.

Liverpool: A Tale of Two Cities shows Liverpool to be a community poised for economic revival. Its interdependence with the world's economy and growing technology service sector are both factors affecting this change. The second case study, Randstad: Preserving the Green Heart, explains how the protests of the residents of the "green heart" reflect their relationship to and identification with rural places as they face the possibility of increased development.