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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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People and events
are organized chronologically to increase understanding of historical
relationships.
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Processes and
resources of historical inquiry allow for interpreting the past and
analyzing present day issues.
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Societies are
diverse and change over time.
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Religious beliefs
and philosophical ideas change societies.
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Maps, globes and
other geographic tools are used to acquire, process and report
information about the past and present.
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Physical and human
characteristics of places define regions.
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Migration and
immigration affect the location and distribution of human activity.
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Different forms of
government have been developed, practiced, and changed throughout
history.
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Decisions must be
made about the use of scarce resources.
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Resources impact the
production and distribution of goods and services.
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Trade,
specialization, and interdependence influence relationships among
individuals, groups and societies.
Essential Questions - most important “big picture” questions
students should be able to answer after completing learning activities.
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How can people and
events in early history of Canada be organized chronologically?
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How can two or more
Canadian cultures be compared using one or more elements of culture?
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What are the
significant physical and political features of Canada?
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Which physical and
human characteristics (populations, political divisions, and language)
most impacts peoples' lives?
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What types of
government has Canada had?
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Why did the
government of Canada change over time? What are the resources of
Canada?
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What goods and
services are produced in Canada and how are they distributed?
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What is the effect
of Canada's economy on its neighbors?
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What are the
physical characteristics that impact peoples' lives?
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How can people and
events in Mexico's history be organized chronologically?
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What impact did the
explorers have on Mexico and the native inhabitants?
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What sources can be
used to learn about the people and events?
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How did the
societies of Mexico change over time?
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How does Mexico's
government compare to other governments in the Western hemisphere?
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How has the
government changed from early history to the present?
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How can Mexican
culture today be compared to that of The Aztec and Mayan cultures?
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What are the most
important resources of Mexico?
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What is the effect
of Mexico's economy on its neighbors and vice versa?
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Why do the people
migrate from place to place?
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What are the social,
economic, and environmental issues associated with immigration and migration?
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 A: Students
know the general chronological order of events and people in history.
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 B: Students
know how to interpret and evaluate primary and secondary sources of
historical information. (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 A: Students know how various societies were affected by contacts
and exchanges among diverse people.
Benchmark B: Students understand the history of social organization in
various societies.
History
5: Students understand political institutions and theories that developed
and changed over time.
Benchmark B: Students
know how various systems of government have developed and functioned
throughout history.
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 A: Students
know the historical development of religions and philosophies.
Benchmark B: Students know how societies have been affected by religions and
philosophies.
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 B: Students
develop knowledge of Earth to locate people, places and environments.
Geography 2:
Students know the physical and human characteristics of places, and use this
knowledge to define and study regions and their patterns of change.
Benchmark A: Students know the physical and human characteristics of places.
Geography
4: Students understand how economic, political, cultural and social
processes interact to shape patterns of human populations, interdependence,
cooperation and conflict.
Benchmark A: Students
know the characteristics, location, distribution, and migration of human
populations.
Geography
5: Students understand the effects of interactions between human and
physical systems and changes in meaning, use, distribution, and importance
of resources.
Benchmark A: Students
know how human actions modify the physical environment.
Benchmark B: Students
know how physical systems affect human systems.
Geography
6: Students apply knowledge of people, places, and environments to
understand the past and present, and to plan for the future.
Civics
2: Students know how to use structure and function of local, state, and
national government and how citizen involvement shapes public policy.
Benchmark A: Students know the organization and functions of local, state,
and national governments.
Economics
1: Students understand that because of the condition of scarcity, decisions
must be made about the use of scarce resources.
Benchmark B: Students
understand that economic incentives influence the use of scarce human,
capital, and natural resources.
Economics
2: Students understand how different economic systems impact decisions about
the use of resources and the productions and distribution of goods and
services.
Benchmark A: Students
understand that different economic systems employ different means to
produce, distribute, and exchange goods and services.
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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