• Chronology organizes history and increases understanding of historical relationships.
• Using historical data, events in history can be analyzed from multiple perspectives.
• Societies are diverse and change over time.
• Economic, scientific and technological developments impact human interactions.
• Political power has been acquired, maintained, used and/or lost among various cultures throughout history
• Religious and philosophical ideas have been powerful societal forces.
• Maps, charts, and graphs are used to acquire, process and report information about people, places and environments.
• Human and physical characteristics define regions

• Human migration impacts cultural development of societies.

• Human and physical systems interact and impact one another.

Essential Questions - most important “big picture” questions students should be able to answer after completing learning activities.

• How did revolutions change the boundaries of nations and their forms of government?

• What were the causes and effects of the Latin American revolutions?

• What were the social and economic effects of the Industrial Revolution?

• What human characteristics led to the rise of nationalism and unification?

• How is political power used to advance the interest of specific nations?

• What was the reaction of native populations to imperialism?

• How did the countries involved view events that sparked the war? 

• How did the economic developments of the 1920's impact world societies?

• What were the political, economic, military causes of WW II?
• How do maps increase understanding of the events of WWII? How can major events of WWII be organized chronologically?
• How has power been acquired, maintained, used and or lost since World War II?
• How have religious and philosophical ideas impacted societies since WWII?

Standards and Benchmarks

History 1: Students understand the chronological organization of history and know how to organize events and people into major eras to identify and explain historical relationships.    
Benchmark B: Students use chronology to organize historical events and people.
History  2: Students know how to use the processes and resources of historical inquiry.
Benchmark 2ormation (e.g., letters, diaries, literature, text, newspaper, art, music, technology, oral history, interviews).
History 3: Students understand that societies are diverse and change over time.
Benchmark  B: Students understand the history of social organization in various societies.
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.
History  5: Students understand political institutions and theories that developed and changed over time.
Benchmark C: Students know how political power has been acquired, maintained, used and/or lost throughout history.
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.
Geography 1: Students know how to use and construct maps, globes, and other geographic tools to locate and derive information about people, places, and environments.
Benchmark  A: Students know how to use maps, globes, and other geographic tools to acquire, process and report information from a spatial perspective.
Geography  2:  Students know the physical and human characteristics of places, and used knowledge to
Benchmark B:  Students know how and why people define regions.
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.
Geography 5: Students understand the effects of interactions between human and physical systems and changes in meaning, use, distribution, and importance of resources.
Benchmark  B: Students know how physical systems affect human systems.

D-11 Social Studies Indicators 

History

1. Chronology/Cause & Effect: Determine cause and effect relationships based on organizing major historical and/or current events chronologically.

2. Historical Inquiry: Utilizing multiple perspectives, analyze and question historical data from primary and secondary sources during major historical eras.

3. Diverse and Changing Societies: Evaluate the impact of interactions and contributions of diverse peoples and cultures on past and current societies.

4. Science, Technology, and Economic Activity: Evaluate the impact of economic, scientific and technological developments on human interactions.

5. Political Institutions and Theories: Analyze how political power has been acquired, maintained, used and/or lost among various cultures throughout history. 

6. Religious and Philosophical Ideas: Determine how societies have been affected by religious and philosophical ideas.

Geography

7. Use and Construction of Geographic Tools: Analyze maps, globes, charts, graphs, and databases to acquire, process and report information about people, places and environments. [G1]

8. Characteristics of Place and Region: Use physical and human characteristics to define regions important in human history.[G2]

9. Patterns of Human Population and Interaction: Analyze the physical and cultural impact of human migration.[G4]

10. Human and Physical Systems:  Evaluate how human and physical systems interact and impact one another.[G5]