U1: PICTURING EVERY GLOBAL SITUATION

PEGS Overview

The purpose of PEGS is to categorize information and better evaluate a topic. For instance, looking at the causes of a war we may see all the systems playing a role (who the leader was or how people felt about the government to the issue of poverty or recession in an area). By looking at a topic through these perspectives (the systems of PEGS) it can make a difficult concept easier to understand and making connections to another concept a possibility.

Learning Targets

  • I can identify which characteristics belong to each system of PEGS

  • I can explain how the systems of PEGS are interconnected and interdependent

2020 Colorado Standards1. Understand the nature of historical knowledge as a process of inquiry that examines and analyzes how history is viewed, contrustred and interpreted.Evidence Outcomea. Students can utlize primary and secondary sources to explain the interdependence and uniqueness among people in the Eastern Hemisphere during significant eras or events, including their influence on modern society.

Political

This system focuses on power - the relationship of the government and the people. We also look at the role of the military, conflicts, and relationships with other countries.


Economic

This system allows us to see a country based on its trading partners, resources, and power. The amount of money the country makes as well as how they make money tells us about the status of the country and the people within it.

Geographic

This system will take us to the country's location and how that impacts them as far as neighbors, terrain and climate, resources, and their level of development based on these features.


Social

This system looks at the people by focusing on many features from language and religion to how many people live there and where about in the country they live (rural vs urban settings). We also get to learn about their healthcare and education.

Unit Overview

  • ISN 1: Take notes on your part of the PEGS system (THINK)

  • ISN 2: Compare notes and complete the rest of the PEGS system with your group (PAIR)

  • ISN 3-5: Learn about the other system of PEGS and take notes (SHARE)

  • FORMATIVE: Put together what you learned about PEGS by analyzing an article

  • SUMMATIVE: Create digital art to represent a global concern

Unit 1: Checklist