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Overarching Question:
What are the responsibilities and roles of citizens in a
nation?
Enduring
Understandings:
Nations
are regulated by governments.
International
organizations affect the way nations govern.
A law is a rule or regulation
created by a governing body.
Nations must have a form of
government.
There are many different types of
governments that nations have.
International organizations (European
Alliance of Nations, the United Nations, etc) affect governments in a
variety of ways.
There are many different ways
that nations become established and develop.
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Overarching Questions:
How is geography related to
civilization?
How can
interpreting/creating maps and graphs help us to understand the physical
and political world?
Enduring Understandings:
Maps, atlases, and
graphs help us to understand the physical and political world.
Knowledge of the language and symbols of geography can
help us to better understand the world.
We can read and create maps and graphs.
Reading maps uses receptive language, creating maps uses expressive
language)
The discipline of geography has a specific vocabulary.
Geographic terms are used to describe the physical
world.
Demographic terms are used to describe the political
world.
Regions to study
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Africa
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Southeast Asia and Oceania,
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South America
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Europe
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Overarching Question:
What are the major characteristics
of civilizations?
Human Origins in Africa Through the Neolithic Age
Overarching Question:
What steps lead to the
development of civilizations?
The characteristics of
civilizations include:
The presence of geographic boundaries and political institutions.
An economy that produces food surpluses.
A concentration of population in distinct areas or cities.
The existence of social classes.
Developed systems of religion, learning, art, and architecture.
A system of record keeping
Archaeologists have found
evidence of the origins of modern human beings in various sites in Africa.
The invention of agriculture is
related to the settlement, population growth, and the emergence of
civilization.
Egypt: An Ancient River
Civilization
Overarching Question:
How is civilization related to
geography?
Enduring Understandings:
Archaeologists and historians
have studied artifacts to draw conclusions about the social and economic
characteristics of ancient Egypt.
The achievements of Egyptian civilization
have impact on life today.
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Overarching
Question:
How do the following five
factors impact a
nation’s economic
growth?
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Absolute and relative
locations
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Climate
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Major physical
characteristics
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Major natural resources
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Population size
Enduring
Understandings:
Standards of living vary widely
throughout
the world.
Supply and demand determine how
resources get used.
Trade (import and export) is an
integral
part of the economy of a nation.
The purpose of taxes is to enable the
government to provide some goods and
services.
Individuals and nations decide
what/why/and
for whom to produce.
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