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Welcome Back. I hope you had a wonderful weekend. I need to let you know that I will not be at school on Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday. My mother-in-law passed away Sunday. Please keep our family in your prayers and meditations. Thank YOU! I want you to do your best for our substitute, Mrs. McCullar. I have prepared lessons for you to do while I am gone. PLEASE do your BEST. The CRCT is coming soon. We have less than a month to prepare for our test. I expect you to behave and learn your new material. I will be back on Friday. We will review all the material that you have learned when I come back. Now don't let me down, I know you can do it. Come to school prepared and be ready to learn. See ya Friday.
My grading system is as follows:
Classwork is worth 15 percent
Homework is worth 15 percent
Quizzes are worth 30 percent
Tests are worth 40 percent
Projects will be treated like a test.
All homework is expected to be turned in on time. All completed homework will receive a 100. Missing homework will receive a Zero. Late homework may be turned in as soon as possible. A reduced grade of 80 will replace the zero in my grade book as soon as the work given to the teacher.
Mr. Taccati M Ed.
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This year we will be studying the culture and history of our Western world. We will start our studying Geography, then move onto Europe,Russia and its Western Neighbors, The Pacific World, Antarctica, Middle and south America, and end up with the United States, and Canada.
There are NO Georgia Performance Standards for Chapter 1-2 sections 1-3.
1.The material in this lesson extends beyond the Georgia state standards.
STANDARDS this week:
SS6H8 The student will describe the culture and development of Australia prior to contact with Europeans.
a. Describe the origins and culture of the Aborigines.
SS6H9 The student will explain the impact European exploration and colonization had on Australia.
a. Explain the reasons for British colonization of Australia; include the use of prisoners as colonists.
b. Explain the impact of European colonization of Australia in terms of diseases and weapons on the indigenous peoples of Australia.
SS6G13 The student will explain the impact of location, climate, distribution of natural resources, and population distribution on Australia. a. Describe how Australia’s location, climate, and natural resources have affected where people live.
b. Describe how Australia’s location, climate, and natural resources impact trade.
Essential Questions:
How did Aborigines migrate to Australia?
What impact did the migration of the Aborigines have on the development of society and culture in Australia?
What are the reasons for British colonization of Australia (use of prisoners as colonists)?
How are the indigenous people affected by colonization (diseases and weapons)?
How does the factors of location, climate, access to water, and natural resources affect where Australians choose to live and work?
How do the factors of location, climate, access to water, and natural resources affect trade?
PREVIOUS STANDARDS:
SS6CG3 The student will explain the structure of the national government of Canada.
a. Describe the structure of the Canadian government as a constitutional monarchy, a parliamentary democracy, and a federation, distinguishing the role of the citizen in terms of voting and personal freedoms.
SS6H4 The student will describe the impact of European contact on Canada. a. Describe the influence of the French and the English on the language and religion of Canada.
b. Explain how Canada became an independent nation.
SS6H5 The student will analyze important contemporary issues in Canada.
a. Describe Quebec’s independence movement.
SS6G12 The student will be able to locate selected features of Australia.
a. Locate on a world and regional political-physical map: the Great Barrier Reef, Coral Sea, Ayers Rock, and Great Victoria Desert.
SS6E2 The student will give examples of how voluntary trade benefits buyers and sellers in Latin America and the Caribbean and Canada.
a. Explain how specialization encourages trade between countries.
b. Compare and contrast different types of trade barriers, such as tariffs, quotas, and embargoes.
c. Explain the functions of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). d. Explain why international trade requires a system for exchanging currencies between nations.
SS6G6 The student will explain the impact of location, climate, distribution of natural resources, and population distribution on Canada.
a. Describe how Canada’s location, climate, and natural resources have affected where people live.
b. Describe how Canada’s location, climate, and natural resources impact trade.
SS6G7 The student will discuss environmental issues in Canada.
a. Explain the major environmental concerns of Canada regarding acid rain and pollution of the Great Lakes, the extraction and use of natural resources on the Canadian Shield, and timber resources.
SS6G5 The student will locate selected features of Canada.
a. Locate on a world and regional political-physical map: the St. Lawrence River, Hudson Bay, Atlantic Ocean, Pacific Ocean, the Great Lakes, Canadian Shield, and Rocky Mountains.
SS6E1 The student will analyze different economic systems.
a. Compare how traditional, command, and market, economies answer the economic questions of 1-what to produce, 2-how to produce, and 3-for whom to produce.
b. Explain how most countries have a mixed economy located on a continuum between pure market and pure command.
c. Compare and contrast the basic types of economic systems found in Canada, Cuba, and Brazil.
SS6E3 The student will describe the factors that cause economic growth and examine their presence or absence in Latin America.
a. Explain the relationship between investment in human capital (education and training) and gross domestic product (GDP).
b. Explain the relationship between investment in capital goods (factories, machinery, and technology) and gross domestic product (GDP).
c. Describe the role of natural resources in a country’s economy.
d. Describe the role of entrepreneurship.
SS6E4 The student will explain personal money management choices in terms of
income, spending, credit, saving, and investing.
NOTE: We will be presenting our Latin American Country Projects this week. Therefore, I will list only the standard addresses. If you need to see the complete standard, they are listed below under, "Previous Standards.
The projects should cover all or most of the standards listed: SS6G1,SS6a.b.,SS6G2a.,SS6G3a.b,SS6G4a.b.c.,SS6CG1a.b.c.,SS6CG2a.,SS6CG3a.,SS6H1a.b.,SS6H2a.b.c.,and SS6H3a.b.
SS6CG1 The student will compare and contrast various forms of government.
a. Describe the ways government systems distribute power: unitary, confederation, and federal.
b. Explain how governments determine citizen participation: autocratic, oligarchic, and democratic.
c. Describe the two predominate forms of democratic governments: parliamentary and presidential.
SS6G4 The student will describe the cultural characteristics of Latin America and the Caribbean.
a. Describe the results of blending of ethnic groups in Latin America and the Caribbean.
b. Explain why Latin America is a region based on the languages of Portuguese and Spanish.
c. Evaluate how the literacy rate affects the standard of living.
SS6CG2 The student will explain the structures of national governments in Latin America and the Caribbean.
a. Compare the federal-republican systems of the Federative Republic of Brazil (Brazil) and the United Mexican States (Mexico) to the dictatorship of Republic of Cuba (Cuba), distinguishing the form of leadership and the role of the citizen in terms of voting and personal freedoms.
SS6G2 The student will discuss environmental issues in Latin America. a. Explain the major environmental concerns of Latin America regarding the issues of air pollution in Mexico City, Mexico, the destruction of the rain forest in Brazil, and oil-related pollution in Venezuela.
SS6H3 The student will analyze important 20th century issues in Latin America and the Caribbean.
a. Explain the impact of the Cuban Revolution.
b. Explain the impact and political outcomes of the Zapatista guerrilla movement in Mexico.
SS6G3 The student will explain the impact of location, climate, physical characteristics, natural resources, and population distribution on Latin America and the Caribbean.
a. Compare how the location, climate, and natural resources of Mexico and Venezuela affect where people live and how they live.
b. Compare how the location, climate, and natural resources of Brazil and Cuba affect where people live and how they trade.
c. Evaluate how the literacy rate affects the standard of living.
SS6H2 The student will explain the development of Latin America and the Caribbean as colonies of European nations and on through their independence.
b. Explain the influence of the Spanish and the Portuguese on the language and religions of Latin America.
c. Explain the Latin American independence movements: include the importance of Toussaint, L'Ouverture, Simon Bolivar, and Miguel Hidalgo.
SS6H2 The student will explain the development of Latin America and the Caribbean as colonies of European nations and on through their independence.
a. Describe the influence of African slavery on the development of the Americas.
SS6G1 The student will locate selected features of Latin America and the Caribbean.
a. Locate on a world and regional political-physical map: Amazon River, Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico, Pacific Ocean, Panama Canal, Andes Mountains, Sierra Madre Mountains, and Atacama Desert.
b. Locate on a world and regional political-physical map in the countries of Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Haiti, Mexico, Panama, and Venezuela.
SS6H1 The student will describe the impact of European contact on Latin America.
a. Describe the encounter and consequences of the conflict between the Spanish and the Aztecs and Incas and the roles of Cortes, Montezuma, Pizarro, and Atahualpa.
b. Explain the impact of the Colombian Exchange on Latin America and Europe in terms of the decline of the indigenous population, agricultural change, and the introduction of the horse.
SS6E6 The student will analyze the benefits of and barriers to voluntary trade in Europe.
a. Compare and contrast different types of trade barriers such as tariffs, quotas, and embargoes.
b. Explain why international trade requires a system for exchanging currencies between nations.
SS6E7 The student will describe the factors that cause economic growth and examine their presence or absence in Europe.
a. Explain the relationship between investment in human capital (education and training) and gross domestic product (GDP).
b. Explain the relationship between investment in capital goods (factories, machinery, and technology) and gross domestic product (GDP).
c. Describe the role of natural resources in a country’s economy.
d. Describe the role of entrepreneurship.
SS6G9 The student will discuss environmental issues in Europe.
a. Explain the major concerns of Europeans regarding the issues such as acid rain in Germany, air pollution in the United Kingdom, and the nuclear disaster in Chernobyl, Ukraine.
SS6CG4 The student will compare and contrast various forms of government.
a. Describe the ways government systems distribute power: unitary, confederation, and federal.
b. Explain how governments determine citizen participation: autocratic, oligarchic, and democratic.
c. Describe the two predominant forms of democratic governments: parliamentary and presidential.
SS6CG5 The student will explain the structure of modern European
governments.
a. Compare the parliamentary system of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (United Kingdom), the federal system of the Federal Republic of Germany (Germany), and the federation of the Russian Federation (Russia), distinguishing the form of leadership and the role of the citizen in terms of voting and personal freedoms.
b. Describe the purpose of the European Union and the relationship between member nations.
SS6G11 The student will describe the cultural characteristics of Europe.
a. Explain the diversity of European culture as seen in a comparison of German, English, Russian, French, and Italian.
b. Describe the major religions in Europe; include Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.
c. Explain how the literacy rate affects the standard of living in Europe.
SS6H7 The student will explain conflict and change in Europe to the 21st century.
a. Describe major developments following World War I: the Russian Revolution, the Treaty of Versailles, world-wide depression, and the rise of Nazism.
b. Explain the impact of WWII in terms of the Holocaust, the origins of the Cold War, and the rise of Superpowers.
c.Explain how the collapse of the Soviet Union led to the rend of the Cold War and German reunification.
SS6H6 The student will analyze the impact of European exploration and colonization on various world regions.
a. Identify the causes of European exploration and colonization; include religion, natural resources, a market for goods, and the contributions of Prince Henry the Navigator.
b.Trace the empires of Portugal, Spain, England, and France in Asia, Africa, and the Americas.
c. Trace the colonization of Australia by the United Kingdom
d. Explain the impact of European empire building in Africa and Asia on the outbreak of WWI.
ELA6W3 The student uses research and technology to support writing.
ELA6W4 The student consistently uses the writing process to develop, revise, and evaluate writing..
SS6G8 The student will locate selected features of Europe.
a. Locate on a world and regional political- physical map: the Danube River, Rhine River, English Channel, Mediterranean Sea, European Plain, the Alps, Pyrenees, Ural Mountains, Iberian Peninsula, and Scandinavian Peninsula.
b. Locate on a world and regional political-physical map the countries of Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Russia, Spain, Ukraine, and United Kingdom.
SS6G10 The student will explain the impact of location, climate, natural resources, and population distribution on Europe.
a. Compare how the location, climate, and natural resources of the United Kingdom and Russia affect where people live and how they trade.
b. Compare how the location, climate, and natural resources of Germany and Italy affect where people live and how they trade.
SS6E1 The student will describe different economic systems and how they answer the basic economic questions and explain the basic types of economic systems found in Canada, Mexico, Cuba, and Argentina;
SS6E2.a analyze how Canada, Mexico, Venezuela, and Brazil benefit from trade;
SS6E3.a describe investment in human capital;
SS6E3.b describe investment in capital goods;
SS6E3.c describe the role of natural resources;
SS6E3.d describe the role of entrepreneurs who take the risks of organizing productive resources;
SS6E4 The student will explain personal money management choices in terms of income, spending, credit, saving, and investing;
SS6E7.a describe investment in human capital, including the health, education, and training of people;
SS6E7.b describe investments in capital goods, including factories, machinery, and new technology;
SS6E7.c describe the role of natural resources, including land, air, water, minerals, time, and other gifts of nature;
SS6E7.d describe the role of entrepreneurs who take the risks of organizing productive resources;
SSE10.c describe the role of natural resources, including land, air, water, minerals, time, and other gifts of nature;
SSE10.d describe the role of entrepreneurs who take the risks of organizing productive resources.
1. Identify the factors that create climate and weather.
2. Describe how climate, plants, and animal life are related.
SS6E3.c Describe the role of natural resources.
SS6E7.c Describe the role of natural resources, including land, air, water,
minerals, time, and other gifts of nature.
SSE10.c Describe the role of natural resources, including land, air, water, minerals, time, and other gifts of nature.
Previous Essential Questions:
What type of government systems exists in Canada?
What is the role of the legislature? What role does the citizen have as a participant in Canada’s government?
How have the French and English influenced the languages and religions of Canada?
Why does Quebec want independence?
What conflicts have occurred because of Quebec’s independence movement?
Why hasn’t Quebec been granted independence?
What changes in Canada could occur if Quebec is granted independence?
What are the major physical features of Australia, and where are they located on a map (Great Barrier Reef, Coral Sea, Ayers Rock, and Great Victoria Desert)?
How does specialization encourages trade between countries.
How do trade barriers (tariffs, quotas, and embargoes) hinder voluntary trade from occurring between countries?
How does the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) impact Canada’s economy and trade?
Why is it necessary to exchange currencies for nations to trade?
How do the factors of location, climate, access to water, and natural resources affect where Canadians choose to live and work?
How do the factors of location, climate, access to water, and natural resources affect trade?
How are acid rain, pollution of the Great Lakes, the extraction and use of natural resources on the Canadian Shield, and timber resources Canada’s major environmental concerns?
What are the major physical features of Canada, and where are they located on a map?
How does traditional, command, and market, economies answer the economic questions of 1-what to produce, 2-how to produce, and 3-for whom to produce?
What are the factors that promote economic growth in countries?
How has the distribution of natural resources affected the economies of the Caribbean?
What is the role of entrepreneurship in Latin America?
What are the types of economic systems found in Canada, Cuba, and Brazil.
What are ways to earn income as a teenager?
What factors can improve a person’s income making potential?
By what methods can people save their money?
What are the advantages and disadvantages of using credit?
1.What is the relationship between the literacy rate of people in Latin America and the Caribbean and their standard of living?
2.How is power distributed in different forms of government (unitary, confederation, and federal)?
3.How do citizens participate in different forms of government (autocratic, oligarchic, democratic)? 4.What are the important democratic features of parliamentary and presidential forms of government?
1.What level of voting rights and personal freedoms do citizens have in Brazil, Mexico, and Cuba?
2.What is the impact of development and trade on the environment? (air pollution in Mexico City destruction of rain forests in Brazil, and oil-related pollution in Venezuela)
1.What lasting impact did the Cuban Revolution have on Cuba and the region?
2.How do guerrilla movements affect the politics in countries in which they exist?
3.How do the factors of climate, access to water, and natural resources affect where Latin America and the Caribbean choose to live and work?
4.How has the blending of ethnic groups impacted the people and the culture in Latin America?
5.Why are the Spanish and Portuguese languages and religions significant in the cultural development of Latin America & the Caribbean?
1.How did the Spanish and Portuguese influence the languages spoken and the religions practiced in Latin America and the Caribbean?
2.Why were Toussaint L'Ouverture, Simon Bolivar and Miguel Hidalgo important in the independence movements of Latin America?
1.How were the Europeans able to conquer the Aztecs and Incas?
2.What roles did Cortes, Montezuma, Pizarro, and Atahualpa play in the Spanish encounter and conquest of the Aztecs and Incas?
3.What were the consequences of Spain‘s conquest of the Aztecs and the Incas?
4.How did the Colombian Exchange lead to the decline of the indigenous population, change agriculture and introduce the horse?
5.How did African slavery influence the development of the Americas?
1.What are the major physical features of Latin America and the Caribbean, and where are they located on a map?
2.What are the major countries of Latin America and the Caribbean, and where are they located on a map?
1.How do trade barriers (tariffs, quotas, and embargoes) hinder voluntary trade from occurring between countries?
2.Why is it necessary to exchange currencies for nations to trade?
3.What is the relationship between human capital, capital investment, and gross domestic product (GDP)?
4.How does the unequal distribution of resources affect European countries? What is an entrepreneur?
5.What environmental concerns do countries in Europe face?
6.How are specific European countries addressing specific environmental concerns (acid rain in Germany, and air pollution in England)?
7.How has the nuclear disaster that occurred in Chernobyl, Ukraine affected the region and other surrounding areas?
1.How is power distributed in different forms of government (unitary, confederation, and federal)?
2.How do citizens participate in different forms of government (autocratic, oligarchic, democratic)? 3.What are the important democratic features of parliamentary and presidential forms of government?
4.How are the governments of the United Kingdom, Germany, and Russia different and how are these governments similar? 5.What is the purpose of the European Union?
6.What is the relationship of it’s the member nations of the European Union?
1. How does the diversity of languages in Europe (German, English, Russian, French, Italian) reflect its unique cultural characteristics?
2. How do the people of Europe overcome the barriers created by the diversity of cultures?
3. What are the characteristics of the three major religions in Europe (Judaism, Christianity, Islam)?
4. What is the relationship between literacy rate and standard of living?
5. How is power distributed in different forms of government (unitary, confederation, and federal)?
6. How do citizens participate in different forms of government (autocratic, oligarchic, democratic)?
1.How did the existence of large European colonial empires in Africa and Asia impact the outbreak of WWI?
2.How did the Russian Revolution contribute to instability in Europe during and after WWI?
3.How did the Treaty of Versailles and world-wide depression impact Europe in the years between WWI and WWII?
4.How did the idea of Nazism lead to WWII?
1.What factors, including the contributions of Prince Henry the Navigator, influenced European nations to begin overseas exploration?
2.Why did European nations build colonial empires in Africa, Asia, the Americas, and Australia?
1. What information can a student find by using research and technology to support writing.
2. What can a student create by consistently using the writing process to develop, revise, and evaluate writing.
3. What are the major physical features of Europe, and where are they located on a map?
4. What are the major countries of Europe, and where are they located on a map?
5. How do the factors of climate, access to water, and natural resources affect where Europeans choose to live and work?
1. What is economics
2. How are industrialized countries different from developing countries?
3. Wat are the different types of economic systems?
4. Where do most people on Earth live?
5. What is globalization?
6. How are people around the world connected?
7. Why are refugees a global problem?
8. What caused famine?
9. How do people in need get help?
1. What factors create climate and weather?
2. How are climate, plants, and animal life related?
3. What are the most important renewable resources?
4. How do the main energy resources differ?
5. How do we use mineral resources?
6. How do resources affect people
1. What is culture?
2. Why are cultural symbols important?
3. What influences how cultures develop?
4. How did agriculture affect the development of culture?
1.What were some of the achievements of early Greek civilizations?
2.What were the Greek city-states?
3.How did Greek government change over time?
4.What ere some features of democracy in Athens?
5.How did Greek power weaken? What took its place?
6.How were government and society organized in the early Roman Republics?
7.What ere some key evens in Rome’s expansion?
8.What issues caused problems for the late Roman Republic?
9.How did Christianity begin and spread?
10.Why did the Roman Empire decline?
11.What did the Romans contribute to other cultures?
12.What were some key events of the Early Middle Ages?
13.How was society organized during the Middle Ages?
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World History Studies
There are NO Georgia Performance Standards for Chapter 1-2 sections 1-3.
1.The material in this lesson extends beyond the Georgia state standards.
STANDARDS this week:
SS6H8 The student will describe the culture and development of Australia prior to contact with Europeans.
a. Describe the origins and culture of the Aborigines.
SS6H9 The student will explain the impact European exploration and colonization had on Australia.
a. Explain the reasons for British colonization of Australia; include the use of prisoners as colonists.
b. Explain the impact of European colonization of Australia in terms of diseases and weapons on the indigenous peoples of Australia.
SS6G13 The student will explain the impact of location, climate, distribution of natural resources, and population distribution on Australia. a. Describe how Australia’s location, climate, and natural resources have affected where people live.
b. Describe how Australia’s location, climate, and natural resources impact trade.
Essential Questions:
How did Aborigines migrate to Australia?
What impact did the migration of the Aborigines have on the development of society and culture in Australia?
What are the reasons for British colonization of Australia (use of prisoners as colonists)?
How are the indigenous people affected by colonization (diseases and weapons)?
How does the factors of location, climate, access to water, and natural resources affect where Australians choose to live and work?
How do the factors of location, climate, access to water, and natural resources affect trade?
PREVIOUS STANDARDS:
SS6CG3 The student will explain the structure of the national government of Canada.
a. Describe the structure of the Canadian government as a constitutional monarchy, a parliamentary democracy, and a federation, distinguishing the role of the citizen in terms of voting and personal freedoms.
SS6H4 The student will describe the impact of European contact on Canada. a. Describe the influence of the French and the English on the language and religion of Canada.
b. Explain how Canada became an independent nation.
SS6H5 The student will analyze important contemporary issues in Canada.
a. Describe Quebec’s independence movement.
SS6G12 The student will be able to locate selected features of Australia.
a. Locate on a world and regional political-physical map: the Great Barrier Reef, Coral Sea, Ayers Rock, and Great Victoria Desert.
SS6E2 The student will give examples of how voluntary trade benefits buyers and sellers in Latin America and the Caribbean and Canada.
a. Explain how specialization encourages trade between countries.
b. Compare and contrast different types of trade barriers, such as tariffs, quotas, and embargoes.
c. Explain the functions of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). d. Explain why international trade requires a system for exchanging currencies between nations.
SS6G6 The student will explain the impact of location, climate, distribution of natural resources, and population distribution on Canada.
a. Describe how Canada’s location, climate, and natural resources have affected where people live.
b. Describe how Canada’s location, climate, and natural resources impact trade.
SS6G7 The student will discuss environmental issues in Canada.
a. Explain the major environmental concerns of Canada regarding acid rain and pollution of the Great Lakes, the extraction and use of natural resources on the Canadian Shield, and timber resources.
SS6G5 The student will locate selected features of Canada.
a. Locate on a world and regional political-physical map: the St. Lawrence River, Hudson Bay, Atlantic Ocean, Pacific Ocean, the Great Lakes, Canadian Shield, and Rocky Mountains.
SS6E1 The student will analyze different economic systems.
a. Compare how traditional, command, and market, economies answer the economic questions of 1-what to produce, 2-how to produce, and 3-for whom to produce.
b. Explain how most countries have a mixed economy located on a continuum between pure market and pure command.
c. Compare and contrast the basic types of economic systems found in Canada, Cuba, and Brazil.
SS6E3 The student will describe the factors that cause economic growth and examine their presence or absence in Latin America.
a. Explain the relationship between investment in human capital (education and training) and gross domestic product (GDP).
b. Explain the relationship between investment in capital goods (factories, machinery, and technology) and gross domestic product (GDP).
c. Describe the role of natural resources in a country’s economy.
d. Describe the role of entrepreneurship.
SS6E4 The student will explain personal money management choices in terms of
income, spending, credit, saving, and investing.
NOTE: We will be presenting our Latin American Country Projects this week. Therefore, I will list only the standard addresses. If you need to see the complete standard, they are listed below under, "Previous Standards.
The projects should cover all or most of the standards listed: SS6G1,SS6a.b.,SS6G2a.,SS6G3a.b,SS6G4a.b.c.,SS6CG1a.b.c.,SS6CG2a.,SS6CG3a.,SS6H1a.b.,SS6H2a.b.c.,and SS6H3a.b.
SS6CG1 The student will compare and contrast various forms of government.
a. Describe the ways government systems distribute power: unitary, confederation, and federal.
b. Explain how governments determine citizen participation: autocratic, oligarchic, and democratic.
c. Describe the two predominate forms of democratic governments: parliamentary and presidential.
SS6G4 The student will describe the cultural characteristics of Latin America and the Caribbean.
a. Describe the results of blending of ethnic groups in Latin America and the Caribbean.
b. Explain why Latin America is a region based on the languages of Portuguese and Spanish.
c. Evaluate how the literacy rate affects the standard of living.
SS6CG2 The student will explain the structures of national governments in Latin America and the Caribbean.
a. Compare the federal-republican systems of the Federative Republic of Brazil (Brazil) and the United Mexican States (Mexico) to the dictatorship of Republic of Cuba (Cuba), distinguishing the form of leadership and the role of the citizen in terms of voting and personal freedoms.
SS6G2 The student will discuss environmental issues in Latin America. a. Explain the major environmental concerns of Latin America regarding the issues of air pollution in Mexico City, Mexico, the destruction of the rain forest in Brazil, and oil-related pollution in Venezuela.
SS6H3 The student will analyze important 20th century issues in Latin America and the Caribbean.
a. Explain the impact of the Cuban Revolution.
b. Explain the impact and political outcomes of the Zapatista guerrilla movement in Mexico.
SS6G3 The student will explain the impact of location, climate, physical characteristics, natural resources, and population distribution on Latin America and the Caribbean.
a. Compare how the location, climate, and natural resources of Mexico and Venezuela affect where people live and how they live.
b. Compare how the location, climate, and natural resources of Brazil and Cuba affect where people live and how they trade.
c. Evaluate how the literacy rate affects the standard of living.
SS6H2 The student will explain the development of Latin America and the Caribbean as colonies of European nations and on through their independence.
b. Explain the influence of the Spanish and the Portuguese on the language and religions of Latin America.
c. Explain the Latin American independence movements: include the importance of Toussaint, L'Ouverture, Simon Bolivar, and Miguel Hidalgo.
SS6H2 The student will explain the development of Latin America and the Caribbean as colonies of European nations and on through their independence.
a. Describe the influence of African slavery on the development of the Americas.
SS6G1 The student will locate selected features of Latin America and the Caribbean.
a. Locate on a world and regional political-physical map: Amazon River, Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico, Pacific Ocean, Panama Canal, Andes Mountains, Sierra Madre Mountains, and Atacama Desert.
b. Locate on a world and regional political-physical map in the countries of Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Haiti, Mexico, Panama, and Venezuela.
SS6H1 The student will describe the impact of European contact on Latin America.
a. Describe the encounter and consequences of the conflict between the Spanish and the Aztecs and Incas and the roles of Cortes, Montezuma, Pizarro, and Atahualpa.
b. Explain the impact of the Colombian Exchange on Latin America and Europe in terms of the decline of the indigenous population, agricultural change, and the introduction of the horse.
SS6E6 The student will analyze the benefits of and barriers to voluntary trade in Europe.
a. Compare and contrast different types of trade barriers such as tariffs, quotas, and embargoes.
b. Explain why international trade requires a system for exchanging currencies between nations.
SS6E7 The student will describe the factors that cause economic growth and examine their presence or absence in Europe.
a. Explain the relationship between investment in human capital (education and training) and gross domestic product (GDP).
b. Explain the relationship between investment in capital goods (factories, machinery, and technology) and gross domestic product (GDP).
c. Describe the role of natural resources in a country’s economy.
d. Describe the role of entrepreneurship.
SS6G9 The student will discuss environmental issues in Europe.
a. Explain the major concerns of Europeans regarding the issues such as acid rain in Germany, air pollution in the United Kingdom, and the nuclear disaster in Chernobyl, Ukraine.
SS6CG4 The student will compare and contrast various forms of government.
a. Describe the ways government systems distribute power: unitary, confederation, and federal.
b. Explain how governments determine citizen participation: autocratic, oligarchic, and democratic.
c. Describe the two predominant forms of democratic governments: parliamentary and presidential.
SS6CG5 The student will explain the structure of modern European
governments.
a. Compare the parliamentary system of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (United Kingdom), the federal system of the Federal Republic of Germany (Germany), and the federation of the Russian Federation (Russia), distinguishing the form of leadership and the role of the citizen in terms of voting and personal freedoms.
b. Describe the purpose of the European Union and the relationship between member nations.
SS6G11 The student will describe the cultural characteristics of Europe.
a. Explain the diversity of European culture as seen in a comparison of German, English, Russian, French, and Italian.
b. Describe the major religions in Europe; include Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.
c. Explain how the literacy rate affects the standard of living in Europe.
SS6H7 The student will explain conflict and change in Europe to the 21st century.
a. Describe major developments following World War I: the Russian Revolution, the Treaty of Versailles, world-wide depression, and the rise of Nazism.
b. Explain the impact of WWII in terms of the Holocaust, the origins of the Cold War, and the rise of Superpowers.
c.Explain how the collapse of the Soviet Union led to the rend of the Cold War and German reunification.
SS6H6 The student will analyze the impact of European exploration and colonization on various world regions.
a. Identify the causes of European exploration and colonization; include religion, natural resources, a market for goods, and the contributions of Prince Henry the Navigator.
b.Trace the empires of Portugal, Spain, England, and France in Asia, Africa, and the Americas.
c. Trace the colonization of Australia by the United Kingdom
d. Explain the impact of European empire building in Africa and Asia on the outbreak of WWI.
ELA6W3 The student uses research and technology to support writing.
ELA6W4 The student consistently uses the writing process to develop, revise, and evaluate writing..
SS6G8 The student will locate selected features of Europe.
a. Locate on a world and regional political- physical map: the Danube River, Rhine River, English Channel, Mediterranean Sea, European Plain, the Alps, Pyrenees, Ural Mountains, Iberian Peninsula, and Scandinavian Peninsula.
b. Locate on a world and regional political-physical map the countries of Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Russia, Spain, Ukraine, and United Kingdom.
SS6G10 The student will explain the impact of location, climate, natural resources, and population distribution on Europe.
a. Compare how the location, climate, and natural resources of the United Kingdom and Russia affect where people live and how they trade.
b. Compare how the location, climate, and natural resources of Germany and Italy affect where people live and how they trade.
SS6E1 The student will describe different economic systems and how they answer the basic economic questions and explain the basic types of economic systems found in Canada, Mexico, Cuba, and Argentina;
SS6E2.a analyze how Canada, Mexico, Venezuela, and Brazil benefit from trade;
SS6E3.a describe investment in human capital;
SS6E3.b describe investment in capital goods;
SS6E3.c describe the role of natural resources;
SS6E3.d describe the role of entrepreneurs who take the risks of organizing productive resources;
SS6E4 The student will explain personal money management choices in terms of income, spending, credit, saving, and investing;
SS6E7.a describe investment in human capital, including the health, education, and training of people;
SS6E7.b describe investments in capital goods, including factories, machinery, and new technology;
SS6E7.c describe the role of natural resources, including land, air, water, minerals, time, and other gifts of nature;
SS6E7.d describe the role of entrepreneurs who take the risks of organizing productive resources;
SSE10.c describe the role of natural resources, including land, air, water, minerals, time, and other gifts of nature;
SSE10.d describe the role of entrepreneurs who take the risks of organizing productive resources.
1. Identify the factors that create climate and weather.
2. Describe how climate, plants, and animal life are related.
SS6E3.c Describe the role of natural resources.
SS6E7.c Describe the role of natural resources, including land, air, water,
minerals, time, and other gifts of nature.
SSE10.c Describe the role of natural resources, including land, air, water, minerals, time, and other gifts of nature.
Previous Essential Questions:
What type of government systems exists in Canada?
What is the role of the legislature? What role does the citizen have as a participant in Canada’s government?
How have the French and English influenced the languages and religions of Canada?
Why does Quebec want independence?
What conflicts have occurred because of Quebec’s independence movement?
Why hasn’t Quebec been granted independence?
What changes in Canada could occur if Quebec is granted independence?
What are the major physical features of Australia, and where are they located on a map (Great Barrier Reef, Coral Sea, Ayers Rock, and Great Victoria Desert)?
How does specialization encourages trade between countries.
How do trade barriers (tariffs, quotas, and embargoes) hinder voluntary trade from occurring between countries?
How does the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) impact Canada’s economy and trade?
Why is it necessary to exchange currencies for nations to trade?
How do the factors of location, climate, access to water, and natural resources affect where Canadians choose to live and work?
How do the factors of location, climate, access to water, and natural resources affect trade?
How are acid rain, pollution of the Great Lakes, the extraction and use of natural resources on the Canadian Shield, and timber resources Canada’s major environmental concerns?
What are the major physical features of Canada, and where are they located on a map?
How does traditional, command, and market, economies answer the economic questions of 1-what to produce, 2-how to produce, and 3-for whom to produce?
What are the factors that promote economic growth in countries?
How has the distribution of natural resources affected the economies of the Caribbean?
What is the role of entrepreneurship in Latin America?
What are the types of economic systems found in Canada, Cuba, and Brazil.
What are ways to earn income as a teenager?
What factors can improve a person’s income making potential?
By what methods can people save their money?
What are the advantages and disadvantages of using credit?
1.What is the relationship between the literacy rate of people in Latin America and the Caribbean and their standard of living?
2.How is power distributed in different forms of government (unitary, confederation, and federal)?
3.How do citizens participate in different forms of government (autocratic, oligarchic, democratic)? 4.What are the important democratic features of parliamentary and presidential forms of government?
1.What level of voting rights and personal freedoms do citizens have in Brazil, Mexico, and Cuba?
2.What is the impact of development and trade on the environment? (air pollution in Mexico City destruction of rain forests in Brazil, and oil-related pollution in Venezuela)
1.What lasting impact did the Cuban Revolution have on Cuba and the region?
2.How do guerrilla movements affect the politics in countries in which they exist?
3.How do the factors of climate, access to water, and natural resources affect where Latin America and the Caribbean choose to live and work?
4.How has the blending of ethnic groups impacted the people and the culture in Latin America?
5.Why are the Spanish and Portuguese languages and religions significant in the cultural development of Latin America & the Caribbean?
1.How did the Spanish and Portuguese influence the languages spoken and the religions practiced in Latin America and the Caribbean?
2.Why were Toussaint L'Ouverture, Simon Bolivar and Miguel Hidalgo important in the independence movements of Latin America?
1.How were the Europeans able to conquer the Aztecs and Incas?
2.What roles did Cortes, Montezuma, Pizarro, and Atahualpa play in the Spanish encounter and conquest of the Aztecs and Incas?
3.What were the consequences of Spain‘s conquest of the Aztecs and the Incas?
4.How did the Colombian Exchange lead to the decline of the indigenous population, change agriculture and introduce the horse?
5.How did African slavery influence the development of the Americas?
1.What are the major physical features of Latin America and the Caribbean, and where are they located on a map?
2.What are the major countries of Latin America and the Caribbean, and where are they located on a map?
1.How do trade barriers (tariffs, quotas, and embargoes) hinder voluntary trade from occurring between countries?
2.Why is it necessary to exchange currencies for nations to trade?
3.What is the relationship between human capital, capital investment, and gross domestic product (GDP)?
4.How does the unequal distribution of resources affect European countries? What is an entrepreneur?
5.What environmental concerns do countries in Europe face?
6.How are specific European countries addressing specific environmental concerns (acid rain in Germany, and air pollution in England)?
7.How has the nuclear disaster that occurred in Chernobyl, Ukraine affected the region and other surrounding areas?
1.How is power distributed in different forms of government (unitary, confederation, and federal)?
2.How do citizens participate in different forms of government (autocratic, oligarchic, democratic)? 3.What are the important democratic features of parliamentary and presidential forms of government?
4.How are the governments of the United Kingdom, Germany, and Russia different and how are these governments similar? 5.What is the purpose of the European Union?
6.What is the relationship of it’s the member nations of the European Union?
1. How does the diversity of languages in Europe (German, English, Russian, French, Italian) reflect its unique cultural characteristics?
2. How do the people of Europe overcome the barriers created by the diversity of cultures?
3. What are the characteristics of the three major religions in Europe (Judaism, Christianity, Islam)?
4. What is the relationship between literacy rate and standard of living?
5. How is power distributed in different forms of government (unitary, confederation, and federal)?
6. How do citizens participate in different forms of government (autocratic, oligarchic, democratic)?
1.How did the existence of large European colonial empires in Africa and Asia impact the outbreak of WWI?
2.How did the Russian Revolution contribute to instability in Europe during and after WWI?
3.How did the Treaty of Versailles and world-wide depression impact Europe in the years between WWI and WWII?
4.How did the idea of Nazism lead to WWII?
1.What factors, including the contributions of Prince Henry the Navigator, influenced European nations to begin overseas exploration?
2.Why did European nations build colonial empires in Africa, Asia, the Americas, and Australia?
1. What information can a student find by using research and technology to support writing.
2. What can a student create by consistently using the writing process to develop, revise, and evaluate writing.
3. What are the major physical features of Europe, and where are they located on a map?
4. What are the major countries of Europe, and where are they located on a map?
5. How do the factors of climate, access to water, and natural resources affect where Europeans choose to live and work?
1. What is economics
2. How are industrialized countries different from developing countries?
3. Wat are the different types of economic systems?
4. Where do most people on Earth live?
5. What is globalization?
6. How are people around the world connected?
7. Why are refugees a global problem?
8. What caused famine?
9. How do people in need get help?
1. What factors create climate and weather?
2. How are climate, plants, and animal life related?
3. What are the most important renewable resources?
4. How do the main energy resources differ?
5. How do we use mineral resources?
6. How do resources affect people
1. What is culture?
2. Why are cultural symbols important?
3. What influences how cultures develop?
4. How did agriculture affect the development of culture?
1.What were some of the achievements of early Greek civilizations?
2.What were the Greek city-states?
3.How did Greek government change over time?
4.What ere some features of democracy in Athens?
5.How did Greek power weaken? What took its place?
6.How were government and society organized in the early Roman Republics?
7.What ere some key evens in Rome’s expansion?
8.What issues caused problems for the late Roman Republic?
9.How did Christianity begin and spread?
10.Why did the Roman Empire decline?
11.What did the Romans contribute to other cultures?
12.What were some key events of the Early Middle Ages?
13.How was society organized during the Middle Ages?
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World History Studies
There are NO Georgia Performance Standards for Chapter 1-2 sections 1-3.
1.The material in this lesson extends beyond the Georgia state standards.
STANDARDS this week:
SS6H8 The student will describe the culture and development of Australia prior to contact with Europeans.
a. Describe the origins and culture of the Aborigines.
SS6H9 The student will explain the impact European exploration and colonization had on Australia.
a. Explain the reasons for British colonization of Australia; include the use of prisoners as colonists.
b. Explain the impact of European colonization of Australia in terms of diseases and weapons on the indigenous peoples of Australia.
SS6G13 The student will explain the impact of location, climate, distribution of natural resources, and population distribution on Australia. a. Describe how Australia’s location, climate, and natural resources have affected where people live.
b. Describe how Australia’s location, climate, and natural resources impact trade.
Essential Questions:
How did Aborigines migrate to Australia?
What impact did the migration of the Aborigines have on the development of society and culture in Australia?
What are the reasons for British colonization of Australia (use of prisoners as colonists)?
How are the indigenous people affected by colonization (diseases and weapons)?
How does the factors of location, climate, access to water, and natural resources affect where Australians choose to live and work?
How do the factors of location, climate, access to water, and natural resources affect trade?
PREVIOUS STANDARDS:
SS6CG3 The student will explain the structure of the national government of Canada.
a. Describe the structure of the Canadian government as a constitutional monarchy, a parliamentary democracy, and a federation, distinguishing the role of the citizen in terms of voting and personal freedoms.
SS6H4 The student will describe the impact of European contact on Canada. a. Describe the influence of the French and the English on the language and religion of Canada.
b. Explain how Canada became an independent nation.
SS6H5 The student will analyze important contemporary issues in Canada.
a. Describe Quebec’s independence movement.
SS6G12 The student will be able to locate selected features of Australia.
a. Locate on a world and regional political-physical map: the Great Barrier Reef, Coral Sea, Ayers Rock, and Great Victoria Desert.
SS6E2 The student will give examples of how voluntary trade benefits buyers and sellers in Latin America and the Caribbean and Canada.
a. Explain how specialization encourages trade between countries.
b. Compare and contrast different types of trade barriers, such as tariffs, quotas, and embargoes.
c. Explain the functions of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). d. Explain why international trade requires a system for exchanging currencies between nations.
SS6G6 The student will explain the impact of location, climate, distribution of natural resources, and population distribution on Canada.
a. Describe how Canada’s location, climate, and natural resources have affected where people live.
b. Describe how Canada’s location, climate, and natural resources impact trade.
SS6G7 The student will discuss environmental issues in Canada.
a. Explain the major environmental concerns of Canada regarding acid rain and pollution of the Great Lakes, the extraction and use of natural resources on the Canadian Shield, and timber resources.
SS6G5 The student will locate selected features of Canada.
a. Locate on a world and regional political-physical map: the St. Lawrence River, Hudson Bay, Atlantic Ocean, Pacific Ocean, the Great Lakes, Canadian Shield, and Rocky Mountains.
SS6E1 The student will analyze different economic systems.
a. Compare how traditional, command, and market, economies answer the economic questions of 1-what to produce, 2-how to produce, and 3-for whom to produce.
b. Explain how most countries have a mixed economy located on a continuum between pure market and pure command.
c. Compare and contrast the basic types of economic systems found in Canada, Cuba, and Brazil.
SS6E3 The student will describe the factors that cause economic growth and examine their presence or absence in Latin America.
a. Explain the relationship between investment in human capital (education and training) and gross domestic product (GDP).
b. Explain the relationship between investment in capital goods (factories, machinery, and technology) and gross domestic product (GDP).
c. Describe the role of natural resources in a country’s economy.
d. Describe the role of entrepreneurship.
SS6E4 The student will explain personal money management choices in terms of
income, spending, credit, saving, and investing.
NOTE: We will be presenting our Latin American Country Projects this week. Therefore, I will list only the standard addresses. If you need to see the complete standard, they are listed below under, "Previous Standards.
The projects should cover all or most of the standards listed: SS6G1,SS6a.b.,SS6G2a.,SS6G3a.b,SS6G4a.b.c.,SS6CG1a.b.c.,SS6CG2a.,SS6CG3a.,SS6H1a.b.,SS6H2a.b.c.,and SS6H3a.b.
SS6CG1 The student will compare and contrast various forms of government.
a. Describe the ways government systems distribute power: unitary, confederation, and federal.
b. Explain how governments determine citizen participation: autocratic, oligarchic, and democratic.
c. Describe the two predominate forms of democratic governments: parliamentary and presidential.
SS6G4 The student will describe the cultural characteristics of Latin America and the Caribbean.
a. Describe the results of blending of ethnic groups in Latin America and the Caribbean.
b. Explain why Latin America is a region based on the languages of Portuguese and Spanish.
c. Evaluate how the literacy rate affects the standard of living.
SS6CG2 The student will explain the structures of national governments in Latin America and the Caribbean.
a. Compare the federal-republican systems of the Federative Republic of Brazil (Brazil) and the United Mexican States (Mexico) to the dictatorship of Republic of Cuba (Cuba), distinguishing the form of leadership and the role of the citizen in terms of voting and personal freedoms.
SS6G2 The student will discuss environmental issues in Latin America. a. Explain the major environmental concerns of Latin America regarding the issues of air pollution in Mexico City, Mexico, the destruction of the rain forest in Brazil, and oil-related pollution in Venezuela.
SS6H3 The student will analyze important 20th century issues in Latin America and the Caribbean.
a. Explain the impact of the Cuban Revolution.
b. Explain the impact and political outcomes of the Zapatista guerrilla movement in Mexico.
SS6G3 The student will explain the impact of location, climate, physical characteristics, natural resources, and population distribution on Latin America and the Caribbean.
a. Compare how the location, climate, and natural resources of Mexico and Venezuela affect where people live and how they live.
b. Compare how the location, climate, and natural resources of Brazil and Cuba affect where people live and how they trade.
c. Evaluate how the literacy rate affects the standard of living.
SS6H2 The student will explain the development of Latin America and the Caribbean as colonies of European nations and on through their independence.
b. Explain the influence of the Spanish and the Portuguese on the language and religions of Latin America.
c. Explain the Latin American independence movements: include the importance of Toussaint, L'Ouverture, Simon Bolivar, and Miguel Hidalgo.
SS6H2 The student will explain the development of Latin America and the Caribbean as colonies of European nations and on through their independence.
a. Describe the influence of African slavery on the development of the Americas.
SS6G1 The student will locate selected features of Latin America and the Caribbean.
a. Locate on a world and regional political-physical map: Amazon River, Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico, Pacific Ocean, Panama Canal, Andes Mountains, Sierra Madre Mountains, and Atacama Desert.
b. Locate on a world and regional political-physical map in the countries of Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Haiti, Mexico, Panama, and Venezuela.
SS6H1 The student will describe the impact of European contact on Latin America.
a. Describe the encounter and consequences of the conflict between the Spanish and the Aztecs and Incas and the roles of Cortes, Montezuma, Pizarro, and Atahualpa.
b. Explain the impact of the Colombian Exchange on Latin America and Europe in terms of the decline of the indigenous population, agricultural change, and the introduction of the horse.
SS6E6 The student will analyze the benefits of and barriers to voluntary trade in Europe.
a. Compare and contrast different types of trade barriers such as tariffs, quotas, and embargoes.
b. Explain why international trade requires a system for exchanging currencies between nations.
SS6E7 The student will describe the factors that cause economic growth and examine their presence or absence in Europe.
a. Explain the relationship between investment in human capital (education and training) and gross domestic product (GDP).
b. Explain the relationship between investment in capital goods (factories, machinery, and technology) and gross domestic product (GDP).
c. Describe the role of natural resources in a country’s economy.
d. Describe the role of entrepreneurship.
SS6G9 The student will discuss environmental issues in Europe.
a. Explain the major concerns of Europeans regarding the issues such as acid rain in Germany, air pollution in the United Kingdom, and the nuclear disaster in Chernobyl, Ukraine.
SS6CG4 The student will compare and contrast various forms of government.
a. Describe the ways government systems distribute power: unitary, confederation, and federal.
b. Explain how governments determine citizen participation: autocratic, oligarchic, and democratic.
c. Describe the two predominant forms of democratic governments: parliamentary and presidential.
SS6CG5 The student will explain the structure of modern European
governments.
a. Compare the parliamentary system of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (United Kingdom), the federal system of the Federal Republic of Germany (Germany), and the federation of the Russian Federation (Russia), distinguishing the form of leadership and the role of the citizen in terms of voting and personal freedoms.
b. Describe the purpose of the European Union and the relationship between member nations.
SS6G11 The student will describe the cultural characteristics of Europe.
a. Explain the diversity of European culture as seen in a comparison of German, English, Russian, French, and Italian.
b. Describe the major religions in Europe; include Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.
c. Explain how the literacy rate affects the standard of living in Europe.
SS6H7 The student will explain conflict and change in Europe to the 21st century.
a. Describe major developments following World War I: the Russian Revolution, the Treaty of Versailles, world-wide depression, and the rise of Nazism.
b. Explain the impact of WWII in terms of the Holocaust, the origins of the Cold War, and the rise of Superpowers.
c.Explain how the collapse of the Soviet Union led to the rend of the Cold War and German reunification.
SS6H6 The student will analyze the impact of European exploration and colonization on various world regions.
a. Identify the causes of European exploration and colonization; include religion, natural resources, a market for goods, and the contributions of Prince Henry the Navigator.
b.Trace the empires of Portugal, Spain, England, and France in Asia, Africa, and the Americas.
c. Trace the colonization of Australia by the United Kingdom
d. Explain the impact of European empire building in Africa and Asia on the outbreak of WWI.
ELA6W3 The student uses research and technology to support writing.
ELA6W4 The student consistently uses the writing process to develop, revise, and evaluate writing..
SS6G8 The student will locate selected features of Europe.
a. Locate on a world and regional political- physical map: the Danube River, Rhine River, English Channel, Mediterranean Sea, European Plain, the Alps, Pyrenees, Ural Mountains, Iberian Peninsula, and Scandinavian Peninsula.
b. Locate on a world and regional political-physical map the countries of Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Russia, Spain, Ukraine, and United Kingdom.
SS6G10 The student will explain the impact of location, climate, natural resources, and population distribution on Europe.
a. Compare how the location, climate, and natural resources of the United Kingdom and Russia affect where people live and how they trade.
b. Compare how the location, climate, and natural resources of Germany and Italy affect where people live and how they trade.
SS6E1 The student will describe different economic systems and how they answer the basic economic questions and explain the basic types of economic systems found in Canada, Mexico, Cuba, and Argentina;
SS6E2.a analyze how Canada, Mexico, Venezuela, and Brazil benefit from trade;
SS6E3.a describe investment in human capital;
SS6E3.b describe investment in capital goods;
SS6E3.c describe the role of natural resources;
SS6E3.d describe the role of entrepreneurs who take the risks of organizing productive resources;
SS6E4 The student will explain personal money management choices in terms of income, spending, credit, saving, and investing;
SS6E7.a describe investment in human capital, including the health, education, and training of people;
SS6E7.b describe investments in capital goods, including factories, machinery, and new technology;
SS6E7.c describe the role of natural resources, including land, air, water, minerals, time, and other gifts of nature;
SS6E7.d describe the role of entrepreneurs who take the risks of organizing productive resources;
SSE10.c describe the role of natural resources, including land, air, water, minerals, time, and other gifts of nature;
SSE10.d describe the role of entrepreneurs who take the risks of organizing productive resources.
1. Identify the factors that create climate and weather.
2. Describe how climate, plants, and animal life are related.
SS6E3.c Describe the role of natural resources.
SS6E7.c Describe the role of natural resources, including land, air, water,
minerals, time, and other gifts of nature.
SSE10.c Describe the role of natural resources, including land, air, water, minerals, time, and other gifts of nature.
Previous Essential Questions:
What type of government systems exists in Canada?
What is the role of the legislature? What role does the citizen have as a participant in Canada’s government?
How have the French and English influenced the languages and religions of Canada?
Why does Quebec want independence?
What conflicts have occurred because of Quebec’s independence movement?
Why hasn’t Quebec been granted independence?
What changes in Canada could occur if Quebec is granted independence?
What are the major physical features of Australia, and where are they located on a map (Great Barrier Reef, Coral Sea, Ayers Rock, and Great Victoria Desert)?
How does specialization encourages trade between countries.
How do trade barriers (tariffs, quotas, and embargoes) hinder voluntary trade from occurring between countries?
How does the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) impact Canada’s economy and trade?
Why is it necessary to exchange currencies for nations to trade?
How do the factors of location, climate, access to water, and natural resources affect where Canadians choose to live and work?
How do the factors of location, climate, access to water, and natural resources affect trade?
How are acid rain, pollution of the Great Lakes, the extraction and use of natural resources on the Canadian Shield, and timber resources Canada’s major environmental concerns?
What are the major physical features of Canada, and where are they located on a map?
How does traditional, command, and market, economies answer the economic questions of 1-what to produce, 2-how to produce, and 3-for whom to produce?
What are the factors that promote economic growth in countries?
How has the distribution of natural resources affected the economies of the Caribbean?
What is the role of entrepreneurship in Latin America?
What are the types of economic systems found in Canada, Cuba, and Brazil.
What are ways to earn income as a teenager?
What factors can improve a person’s income making potential?
By what methods can people save their money?
What are the advantages and disadvantages of using credit?
1.What is the relationship between the literacy rate of people in Latin America and the Caribbean and their standard of living?
2.How is power distributed in different forms of government (unitary, confederation, and federal)?
3.How do citizens participate in different forms of government (autocratic, oligarchic, democratic)? 4.What are the important democratic features of parliamentary and presidential forms of government?
1.What level of voting rights and personal freedoms do citizens have in Brazil, Mexico, and Cuba?
2.What is the impact of development and trade on the environment? (air pollution in Mexico City destruction of rain forests in Brazil, and oil-related pollution in Venezuela)
1.What lasting impact did the Cuban Revolution have on Cuba and the region?
2.How do guerrilla movements affect the politics in countries in which they exist?
3.How do the factors of climate, access to water, and natural resources affect where Latin America and the Caribbean choose to live and work?
4.How has the blending of ethnic groups impacted the people and the culture in Latin America?
5.Why are the Spanish and Portuguese languages and religions significant in the cultural development of Latin America & the Caribbean?
1.How did the Spanish and Portuguese influence the languages spoken and the religions practiced in Latin America and the Caribbean?
2.Why were Toussaint L'Ouverture, Simon Bolivar and Miguel Hidalgo important in the independence movements of Latin America?
1.How were the Europeans able to conquer the Aztecs and Incas?
2.What roles did Cortes, Montezuma, Pizarro, and Atahualpa play in the Spanish encounter and conquest of the Aztecs and Incas?
3.What were the consequences of Spain‘s conquest of the Aztecs and the Incas?
4.How did the Colombian Exchange lead to the decline of the indigenous population, change agriculture and introduce the horse?
5.How did African slavery influence the development of the Americas?
1.What are the major physical features of Latin America and the Caribbean, and where are they located on a map?
2.What are the major countries of Latin America and the Caribbean, and where are they located on a map?
1.How do trade barriers (tariffs, quotas, and embargoes) hinder voluntary trade from occurring between countries?
2.Why is it necessary to exchange currencies for nations to trade?
3.What is the relationship between human capital, capital investment, and gross domestic product (GDP)?
4.How does the unequal distribution of resources affect European countries? What is an entrepreneur?
5.What environmental concerns do countries in Europe face?
6.How are specific European countries addressing specific environmental concerns (acid rain in Germany, and air pollution in England)?
7.How has the nuclear disaster that occurred in Chernobyl, Ukraine affected the region and other surrounding areas?
1.How is power distributed in different forms of government (unitary, confederation, and federal)?
2.How do citizens participate in different forms of government (autocratic, oligarchic, democratic)? 3.What are the important democratic features of parliamentary and presidential forms of government?
4.How are the governments of the United Kingdom, Germany, and Russia different and how are these governments similar? 5.What is the purpose of the European Union?
6.What is the relationship of it’s the member nations of the European Union?
1. How does the diversity of languages in Europe (German, English, Russian, French, Italian) reflect its unique cultural characteristics?
2. How do the people of Europe overcome the barriers created by the diversity of cultures?
3. What are the characteristics of the three major religions in Europe (Judaism, Christianity, Islam)?
4. What is the relationship between literacy rate and standard of living?
5. How is power distributed in different forms of government (unitary, confederation, and federal)?
6. How do citizens participate in different forms of government (autocratic, oligarchic, democratic)?
1.How did the existence of large European colonial empires in Africa and Asia impact the outbreak of WWI?
2.How did the Russian Revolution contribute to instability in Europe during and after WWI?
3.How did the Treaty of Versailles and world-wide depression impact Europe in the years between WWI and WWII?
4.How did the idea of Nazism lead to WWII?
1.What factors, including the contributions of Prince Henry the Navigator, influenced European nations to begin overseas exploration?
2.Why did European nations build colonial empires in Africa, Asia, the Americas, and Australia?
1. What information can a student find by using research and technology to support writing.
2. What can a student create by consistently using the writing process to develop, revise, and evaluate writing.
3. What are the major physical features of Europe, and where are they located on a map?
4. What are the major countries of Europe, and where are they located on a map?
5. How do the factors of climate, access to water, and natural resources affect where Europeans choose to live and work?
1. What is economics
2. How are industrialized countries different from developing countries?
3. Wat are the different types of economic systems?
4. Where do most people on Earth live?
5. What is globalization?
6. How are people around the world connected?
7. Why are refugees a global problem?
8. What caused famine?
9. How do people in need get help?
1. What factors create climate and weather?
2. How are climate, plants, and animal life related?
3. What are the most important renewable resources?
4. How do the main energy resources differ?
5. How do we use mineral resources?
6. How do resources affect people
1. What is culture?
2. Why are cultural symbols important?
3. What influences how cultures develop?
4. How did agriculture affect the development of culture?
1.What were some of the achievements of early Greek civilizations?
2.What were the Greek city-states?
3.How did Greek government change over time?
4.What ere some features of democracy in Athens?
5.How did Greek power weaken? What took its place?
6.How were government and society organized in the early Roman Republics?
7.What ere some key evens in Rome’s expansion?
8.What issues caused problems for the late Roman Republic?
9.How did Christianity begin and spread?
10.Why did the Roman Empire decline?
11.What did the Romans contribute to other cultures?
12.What were some key events of the Early Middle Ages?
13.How was society organized during the Middle Ages?
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World History Studies
There are NO Georgia Performance Standards for Chapter 1-2 sections 1-3.
1.The material in this lesson extends beyond the Georgia state standards.
STANDARDS this week:
SS6H8 The student will describe the culture and development of Australia prior to contact with Europeans.
a. Describe the origins and culture of the Aborigines.
SS6H9 The student will explain the impact European exploration and colonization had on Australia.
a. Explain the reasons for British colonization of Australia; include the use of prisoners as colonists.
b. Explain the impact of European colonization of Australia in terms of diseases and weapons on the indigenous peoples of Australia.
SS6G13 The student will explain the impact of location, climate, distribution of natural resources, and population distribution on Australia. a. Describe how Australia’s location, climate, and natural resources have affected where people live.
b. Describe how Australia’s location, climate, and natural resources impact trade.
Essential Questions:
How did Aborigines migrate to Australia?
What impact did the migration of the Aborigines have on the development of society and culture in Australia?
What are the reasons for British colonization of Australia (use of prisoners as colonists)?
How are the indigenous people affected by colonization (diseases and weapons)?
How does the factors of location, climate, access to water, and natural resources affect where Australians choose to live and work?
How do the factors of location, climate, access to water, and natural resources affect trade?
PREVIOUS STANDARDS:
SS6CG3 The student will explain the structure of the national government of Canada.
a. Describe the structure of the Canadian government as a constitutional monarchy, a parliamentary democracy, and a federation, distinguishing the role of the citizen in terms of voting and personal freedoms.
SS6H4 The student will describe the impact of European contact on Canada. a. Describe the influence of the French and the English on the language and religion of Canada.
b. Explain how Canada became an independent nation.
SS6H5 The student will analyze important contemporary issues in Canada.
a. Describe Quebec’s independence movement.
SS6G12 The student will be able to locate selected features of Australia.
a. Locate on a world and regional political-physical map: the Great Barrier Reef, Coral Sea, Ayers Rock, and Great Victoria Desert.
SS6E2 The student will give examples of how voluntary trade benefits buyers and sellers in Latin America and the Caribbean and Canada.
a. Explain how specialization encourages trade between countries.
b. Compare and contrast different types of trade barriers, such as tariffs, quotas, and embargoes.
c. Explain the functions of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). d. Explain why international trade requires a system for exchanging currencies between nations.
SS6G6 The student will explain the impact of location, climate, distribution of natural resources, and population distribution on Canada.
a. Describe how Canada’s location, climate, and natural resources have affected where people live.
b. Describe how Canada’s location, climate, and natural resources impact trade.
SS6G7 The student will discuss environmental issues in Canada.
a. Explain the major environmental concerns of Canada regarding acid rain and pollution of the Great Lakes, the extraction and use of natural resources on the Canadian Shield, and timber resources.
SS6G5 The student will locate selected features of Canada.
a. Locate on a world and regional political-physical map: the St. Lawrence River, Hudson Bay, Atlantic Ocean, Pacific Ocean, the Great Lakes, Canadian Shield, and Rocky Mountains.
SS6E1 The student will analyze different economic systems.
a. Compare how traditional, command, and market, economies answer the economic questions of 1-what to produce, 2-how to produce, and 3-for whom to produce.
b. Explain how most countries have a mixed economy located on a continuum between pure market and pure command.
c. Compare and contrast the basic types of economic systems found in Canada, Cuba, and Brazil.
SS6E3 The student will describe the factors that cause economic growth and examine their presence or absence in Latin America.
a. Explain the relationship between investment in human capital (education and training) and gross domestic product (GDP).
b. Explain the relationship between investment in capital goods (factories, machinery, and technology) and gross domestic product (GDP).
c. Describe the role of natural resources in a country’s economy.
d. Describe the role of entrepreneurship.
SS6E4 The student will explain personal money management choices in terms of
income, spending, credit, saving, and investing.
NOTE: We will be presenting our Latin American Country Projects this week. Therefore, I will list only the standard addresses. If you need to see the complete standard, they are listed below under, "Previous Standards.
The projects should cover all or most of the standards listed: SS6G1,SS6a.b.,SS6G2a.,SS6G3a.b,SS6G4a.b.c.,SS6CG1a.b.c.,SS6CG2a.,SS6CG3a.,SS6H1a.b.,SS6H2a.b.c.,and SS6H3a.b.
SS6CG1 The student will compare and contrast various forms of government.
a. Describe the ways government systems distribute power: unitary, confederation, and federal.
b. Explain how governments determine citizen participation: autocratic, oligarchic, and democratic.
c. Describe the two predominate forms of democratic governments: parliamentary and presidential.
SS6G4 The student will describe the cultural characteristics of Latin America and the Caribbean.
a. Describe the results of blending of ethnic groups in Latin America and the Caribbean.
b. Explain why Latin America is a region based on the languages of Portuguese and Spanish.
c. Evaluate how the literacy rate affects the standard of living.
SS6CG2 The student will explain the structures of national governments in Latin America and the Caribbean.
a. Compare the federal-republican systems of the Federative Republic of Brazil (Brazil) and the United Mexican States (Mexico) to the dictatorship of Republic of Cuba (Cuba), distinguishing the form of leadership and the role of the citizen in terms of voting and personal freedoms.
SS6G2 The student will discuss environmental issues in Latin America. a. Explain the major environmental concerns of Latin America regarding the issues of air pollution in Mexico City, Mexico, the destruction of the rain forest in Brazil, and oil-related pollution in Venezuela.
SS6H3 The student will analyze important 20th century issues in Latin America and the Caribbean.
a. Explain the impact of the Cuban Revolution.
b. Explain the impact and political outcomes of the Zapatista guerrilla movement in Mexico.
SS6G3 The student will explain the impact of location, climate, physical characteristics, natural resources, and population distribution on Latin America and the Caribbean.
a. Compare how the location, climate, and natural resources of Mexico and Venezuela affect where people live and how they live.
b. Compare how the location, climate, and natural resources of Brazil and Cuba affect where people live and how they trade.
c. Evaluate how the literacy rate affects the standard of living.
SS6H2 The student will explain the development of Latin America and the Caribbean as colonies of European nations and on through their independence.
b. Explain the influence of the Spanish and the Portuguese on the language and religions of Latin America.
c. Explain the Latin American independence movements: include the importance of Toussaint, L'Ouverture, Simon Bolivar, and Miguel Hidalgo.
SS6H2 The student will explain the development of Latin America and the Caribbean as colonies of European nations and on through their independence.
a. Describe the influence of African slavery on the development of the Americas.
SS6G1 The student will locate selected features of Latin America and the Caribbean.
a. Locate on a world and regional political-physical map: Amazon River, Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico, Pacific Ocean, Panama Canal, Andes Mountains, Sierra Madre Mountains, and Atacama Desert.
b. Locate on a world and regional political-physical map in the countries of Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Haiti, Mexico, Panama, and Venezuela.
SS6H1 The student will describe the impact of European contact on Latin America.
a. Describe the encounter and consequences of the conflict between the Spanish and the Aztecs and Incas and the roles of Cortes, Montezuma, Pizarro, and Atahualpa.
b. Explain the impact of the Colombian Exchange on Latin America and Europe in terms of the decline of the indigenous population, agricultural change, and the introduction of the horse.
SS6E6 The student will analyze the benefits of and barriers to voluntary trade in Europe.
a. Compare and contrast different types of trade barriers such as tariffs, quotas, and embargoes.
b. Explain why international trade requires a system for exchanging currencies between nations.
SS6E7 The student will describe the factors that cause economic growth and examine their presence or absence in Europe.
a. Explain the relationship between investment in human capital (education and training) and gross domestic product (GDP).
b. Explain the relationship between investment in capital goods (factories, machinery, and technology) and gross domestic product (GDP).
c. Describe the role of natural resources in a country’s economy.
d. Describe the role of entrepreneurship.
SS6G9 The student will discuss environmental issues in Europe.
a. Explain the major concerns of Europeans regarding the issues such as acid rain in Germany, air pollution in the United Kingdom, and the nuclear disaster in Chernobyl, Ukraine.
SS6CG4 The student will compare and contrast various forms of government.
a. Describe the ways government systems distribute power: unitary, confederation, and federal.
b. Explain how governments determine citizen participation: autocratic, oligarchic, and democratic.
c. Describe the two predominant forms of democratic governments: parliamentary and presidential.
SS6CG5 The student will explain the structure of modern European
governments.
a. Compare the parliamentary system of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (United Kingdom), the federal system of the Federal Republic of Germany (Germany), and the federation of the Russian Federation (Russia), distinguishing the form of leadership and the role of the citizen in terms of voting and personal freedoms.
b. Describe the purpose of the European Union and the relationship between member nations.
SS6G11 The student will describe the cultural characteristics of Europe.
a. Explain the diversity of European culture as seen in a comparison of German, English, Russian, French, and Italian.
b. Describe the major religions in Europe; include Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.
c. Explain how the literacy rate affects the standard of living in Europe.
SS6H7 The student will explain conflict and change in Europe to the 21st century.
a. Describe major developments following World War I: the Russian Revolution, the Treaty of Versailles, world-wide depression, and the rise of Nazism.
b. Explain the impact of WWII in terms of the Holocaust, the origins of the Cold War, and the rise of Superpowers.
c.Explain how the collapse of the Soviet Union led to the rend of the Cold War and German reunification.
SS6H6 The student will analyze the impact of European exploration and colonization on various world regions.
a. Identify the causes of European exploration and colonization; include religion, natural resources, a market for goods, and the contributions of Prince Henry the Navigator.
b.Trace the empires of Portugal, Spain, England, and France in Asia, Africa, and the Americas.
c. Trace the colonization of Australia by the United Kingdom
d. Explain the impact of European empire building in Africa and Asia on the outbreak of WWI.
ELA6W3 The student uses research and technology to support writing.
ELA6W4 The student consistently uses the writing process to develop, revise, and evaluate writing..
SS6G8 The student will locate selected features of Europe.
a. Locate on a world and regional political- physical map: the Danube River, Rhine River, English Channel, Mediterranean Sea, European Plain, the Alps, Pyrenees, Ural Mountains, Iberian Peninsula, and Scandinavian Peninsula.
b. Locate on a world and regional political-physical map the countries of Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Russia, Spain, Ukraine, and United Kingdom.
SS6G10 The student will explain the impact of location, climate, natural resources, and population distribution on Europe.
a. Compare how the location, climate, and natural resources of the United Kingdom and Russia affect where people live and how they trade.
b. Compare how the location, climate, and natural resources of Germany and Italy affect where people live and how they trade.
SS6E1 The student will describe different economic systems and how they answer the basic economic questions and explain the basic types of economic systems found in Canada, Mexico, Cuba, and Argentina;
SS6E2.a analyze how Canada, Mexico, Venezuela, and Brazil benefit from trade;
SS6E3.a describe investment in human capital;
SS6E3.b describe investment in capital goods;
SS6E3.c describe the role of natural resources;
SS6E3.d describe the role of entrepreneurs who take the risks of organizing productive resources;
SS6E4 The student will explain personal money management choices in terms of income, spending, credit, saving, and investing;
SS6E7.a describe investment in human capital, including the health, education, and training of people;
SS6E7.b describe investments in capital goods, including factories, machinery, and new technology;
SS6E7.c describe the role of natural resources, including land, air, water, minerals, time, and other gifts of nature;
SS6E7.d describe the role of entrepreneurs who take the risks of organizing productive resources;
SSE10.c describe the role of natural resources, including land, air, water, minerals, time, and other gifts of nature;
SSE10.d describe the role of entrepreneurs who take the risks of organizing productive resources.
1. Identify the factors that create climate and weather.
2. Describe how climate, plants, and animal life are related.
SS6E3.c Describe the role of natural resources.
SS6E7.c Describe the role of natural resources, including land, air, water,
minerals, time, and other gifts of nature.
SSE10.c Describe the role of natural resources, including land, air, water, minerals, time, and other gifts of nature.
Previous Essential Questions:
What type of government systems exists in Canada?
What is the role of the legislature? What role does the citizen have as a participant in Canada’s government?
How have the French and English influenced the languages and religions of Canada?
Why does Quebec want independence?
What conflicts have occurred because of Quebec’s independence movement?
Why hasn’t Quebec been granted independence?
What changes in Canada could occur if Quebec is granted independence?
What are the major physical features of Australia, and where are they located on a map (Great Barrier Reef, Coral Sea, Ayers Rock, and Great Victoria Desert)?
How does specialization encourages trade between countries.
How do trade barriers (tariffs, quotas, and embargoes) hinder voluntary trade from occurring between countries?
How does the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) impact Canada’s economy and trade?
Why is it necessary to exchange currencies for nations to trade?
How do the factors of location, climate, access to water, and natural resources affect where Canadians choose to live and work?
How do the factors of location, climate, access to water, and natural resources affect trade?
How are acid rain, pollution of the Great Lakes, the extraction and use of natural resources on the Canadian Shield, and timber resources Canada’s major environmental concerns?
What are the major physical features of Canada, and where are they located on a map?
How does traditional, command, and market, economies answer the economic questions of 1-what to produce, 2-how to produce, and 3-for whom to produce?
What are the factors that promote economic growth in countries?
How has the distribution of natural resources affected the economies of the Caribbean?
What is the role of entrepreneurship in Latin America?
What are the types of economic systems found in Canada, Cuba, and Brazil.
What are ways to earn income as a teenager?
What factors can improve a person’s income making potential?
By what methods can people save their money?
What are the advantages and disadvantages of using credit?
1.What is the relationship between the literacy rate of people in Latin America and the Caribbean and their standard of living?
2.How is power distributed in different forms of government (unitary, confederation, and federal)?
3.How do citizens participate in different forms of government (autocratic, oligarchic, democratic)? 4.What are the important democratic features of parliamentary and presidential forms of government?
1.What level of voting rights and personal freedoms do citizens have in Brazil, Mexico, and Cuba?
2.What is the impact of development and trade on the environment? (air pollution in Mexico City destruction of rain forests in Brazil, and oil-related pollution in Venezuela)
1.What lasting impact did the Cuban Revolution have on Cuba and the region?
2.How do guerrilla movements affect the politics in countries in which they exist?
3.How do the factors of climate, access to water, and natural resources affect where Latin America and the Caribbean choose to live and work?
4.How has the blending of ethnic groups impacted the people and the culture in Latin America?
5.Why are the Spanish and Portuguese languages and religions significant in the cultural development of Latin America & the Caribbean?
1.How did the Spanish and Portuguese influence the languages spoken and the religions practiced in Latin America and the Caribbean?
2.Why were Toussaint L'Ouverture, Simon Bolivar and Miguel Hidalgo important in the independence movements of Latin America?
1.How were the Europeans able to conquer the Aztecs and Incas?
2.What roles did Cortes, Montezuma, Pizarro, and Atahualpa play in the Spanish encounter and conquest of the Aztecs and Incas?
3.What were the consequences of Spain‘s conquest of the Aztecs and the Incas?
4.How did the Colombian Exchange lead to the decline of the indigenous population, change agriculture and introduce the horse?
5.How did African slavery influence the development of the Americas?
1.What are the major physical features of Latin America and the Caribbean, and where are they located on a map?
2.What are the major countries of Latin America and the Caribbean, and where are they located on a map?
1.How do trade barriers (tariffs, quotas, and embargoes) hinder voluntary trade from occurring between countries?
2.Why is it necessary to exchange currencies for nations to trade?
3.What is the relationship between human capital, capital investment, and gross domestic product (GDP)?
4.How does the unequal distribution of resources affect European countries? What is an entrepreneur?
5.What environmental concerns do countries in Europe face?
6.How are specific European countries addressing specific environmental concerns (acid rain in Germany, and air pollution in England)?
7.How has the nuclear disaster that occurred in Chernobyl, Ukraine affected the region and other surrounding areas?
1.How is power distributed in different forms of government (unitary, confederation, and federal)?
2.How do citizens participate in different forms of government (autocratic, oligarchic, democratic)? 3.What are the important democratic features of parliamentary and presidential forms of government?
4.How are the governments of the United Kingdom, Germany, and Russia different and how are these governments similar? 5.What is the purpose of the European Union?
6.What is the relationship of it’s the member nations of the European Union?
1. How does the diversity of languages in Europe (German, English, Russian, French, Italian) reflect its unique cultural characteristics?
2. How do the people of Europe overcome the barriers created by the diversity of cultures?
3. What are the characteristics of the three major religions in Europe (Judaism, Christianity, Islam)?
4. What is the relationship between literacy rate and standard of living?
5. How is power distributed in different forms of government (unitary, confederation, and federal)?
6. How do citizens participate in different forms of government (autocratic, oligarchic, democratic)?
1.How did the existence of large European colonial empires in Africa and Asia impact the outbreak of WWI?
2.How did the Russian Revolution contribute to instability in Europe during and after WWI?
3.How did the Treaty of Versailles and world-wide depression impact Europe in the years between WWI and WWII?
4.How did the idea of Nazism lead to WWII?
1.What factors, including the contributions of Prince Henry the Navigator, influenced European nations to begin overseas exploration?
2.Why did European nations build colonial empires in Africa, Asia, the Americas, and Australia?
1. What information can a student find by using research and technology to support writing.
2. What can a student create by consistently using the writing process to develop, revise, and evaluate writing.
3. What are the major physical features of Europe, and where are they located on a map?
4. What are the major countries of Europe, and where are they located on a map?
5. How do the factors of climate, access to water, and natural resources affect where Europeans choose to live and work?
1. What is economics
2. How are industrialized countries different from developing countries?
3. Wat are the different types of economic systems?
4. Where do most people on Earth live?
5. What is globalization?
6. How are people around the world connected?
7. Why are refugees a global problem?
8. What caused famine?
9. How do people in need get help?
1. What factors create climate and weather?
2. How are climate, plants, and animal life related?
3. What are the most important renewable resources?
4. How do the main energy resources differ?
5. How do we use mineral resources?
6. How do resources affect people
1. What is culture?
2. Why are cultural symbols important?
3. What influences how cultures develop?
4. How did agriculture affect the development of culture?
1.What were some of the achievements of early Greek civilizations?
2.What were the Greek city-states?
3.How did Greek government change over time?
4.What ere some features of democracy in Athens?
5.How did Greek power weaken? What took its place?
6.How were government and society organized in the early Roman Republics?
7.What ere some key evens in Rome’s expansion?
8.What issues caused problems for the late Roman Republic?
9.How did Christianity begin and spread?
10.Why did the Roman Empire decline?
11.What did the Romans contribute to other cultures?
12.What were some key events of the Early Middle Ages?
13.How was society organized during the Middle Ages?
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Mr. Lynn Taccati
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