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Enduring Understandings - important ideas that students should carry
with them years beyond the instruction received this year.
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Ethnicity, Culture, Tolerance, Race/Racism,
Discrimination, Prejudice, Segregation, Ethnocentricity, Minority,
Diversity factors, Cultural Blending/Diversification, and
Ethnic Cleansing are historical concepts
that influence individual and group perception of ethnic groups.
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Human
migration impacts cultural development of societies.
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When
one ethnic group encounters another, a variety of responses is possible,
including
assimilation/acculturation, pluralism, colonialism, genocide, social
protest.
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Societies are diverse and change over time.
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Trade,
global interdependence and specialization contribute to economic growth.
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Civic
participation involves roles, rights, and responsibilities.
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Citizen participation influences the making of public policy.
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Economic, scientific and technological developments impact human
interactions.
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The
media documents, influences and expresses views and
perceptions of ethnic/minority groups.
Essential Questions - most important “big picture” questions
students should be able to answer after completing learning activities.
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What concepts are important in order to study different
ethnic and minority groups?
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Why
are terms for different ethnic groups sometimes controversial?
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Why do people move?
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What happens when a minority/ethnic
group comes into contact with a majority group?
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In what ways are ethnic groups
alike? Different?
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What are the major contributions to
American history, as viewed by the ethnic group and as viewed by others?
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What factors influence the
socioeconomic status of individuals and the group?
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What factors influence the status of
women as individuals and as members of a group/subgroup?
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How have women’s gender roles
changed over time?
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To what extent is the culture
unique? Blended?
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How successful have groups and been
in their efforts to gain and use political power to achieve change?
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How does the media document
historical and current perceptions of ethnic/minority groups?
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How
does the media influence perceptions of ethnic/minority groups?
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What
are the opposing views on current issues related to ethnic studies?
Standards and Benchmarks
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History 3: Students understand that
societies are diverse and change over time.
Benchmark B: Students understand the history of social
organization in various societies.
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History 4: Students understand how
science, technology, and economic activity have developed,
changed, and affected societies throughout history.
Benchmark A: Students understand the impact of scientific and
technological developments on individuals and societies.
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History
6: Students know that religious and philosophical ideas have
been powerful forces throughout history.
Benchmark C: Students know how various forms of expression
reflect religious beliefs and philosophical ideas.
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Geography 4: Students understand how economic,
political cultural, and social processes interact to shape
patterns of human populations, interdependence, cooperation and
conflict.
Benchmark E: Students know how cooperation and conflict among
people influence the division and control of the earth's
surface.
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Civics
4: Students understand how citizens
exercise the roles, rights, and responsibilities of
participation in civic life at all levels.
Benchmark 4B:
Students know how citizens can fulfill their responsibilities
for preserving the constitutional republic.
Benchmark 4C:
Students know how citizens can exercise their rights.
Benchmark 4D: Students know how citizens can participate in
civic life.
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Economics
3: Students understand the results of trade, exchange, and
interdependence among individuals, households, businesses,
governments, and societies.
Benchmark
A: Students understand that the exchange of goods and services
creates economic interdependence and change.
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