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Enduring Understandings - important ideas
that students should carry with them years beyond the instruction received
this year.
Essential Questions - most important
“big picture” questions students should be able to answer after completing
learning activities.
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What human
characteristics led to the rise of nationalism and unification?
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How is political
power used to advance the interest of specific nations?
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What was the
reaction of native populations to imperialism?
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How did the
countries involved view events that sparked the war? What do primary
and secondary sources reveal about the causes of WWI?
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How do maps increase
understanding of the events of WWI?
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What was the impact
of technology on the war?
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What were the major
results of the war?
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How was political
power used and lost as a result of WWI? Why did the Russian revolution occur?
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How did the economic
developments of the 1920's impact world societies?
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What were the
political, economic, military causes of WW II?
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How do maps increase
understanding of the events of WWII?
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How can major events
of WWII be organized chronologically?
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How has power been
acquired, maintained, used and or lost since World War II?
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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 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
- Chronology/Cause & Effect:
Determine cause and effect relationships based on organizing major
historical and/or current events chronologically.
- Historical Inquiry:
Utilizing multiple perspectives, analyze and question historical data
from primary and secondary sources during major historical eras.
- Diverse and Changing
Societies: Evaluate the impact of interactions and contributions of
diverse peoples and cultures on past and current societies.
- Science, Technology, and
Economic Activity: Evaluate the impact of economic, scientific and
technological developments on human interactions.
- Political Institutions and
Theories: Analyze how political power has been acquired, maintained,
used and/or lost among various cultures throughout history.
- Religious and Philosophical
Ideas: Determine how societies have been affected by religious and
philosophical ideas.
Geography
- Human and Physical Systems:
Evaluate how human and physical systems interact and impact one another.
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