Cross-Cutting Concepts with ELA Curriculum:

• ELA units in which standards are covered: 4, 6, 8, 9 and 10

Geography, Humans, and the Environment

Learning Targets:

1. I can use a variety of tools to compare geographic information between world communities (3.1b). Unit 4, Unit 8, Unit 9

2. I can identify the location of world communities in relation to each other and to principle parallels and meridians(3.2b). Unit 4, Unit 8, Unit 9, Unit 10

3. I can examine how geographic features influence where people settle and explain how people adapt their environments to meet their needs (3.3b). Unit 4, Unit 8, Unit 10

Development, Movement, and Interaction of Cultures 

Learning Targets:

4. I can examine how communities from around the world interact with each other and exchange ideas (3.6a). Unit 6, Unit 8, Unit 9, Unit 10

5. I can compare and contrast the role of the citizen in a world community with the role a citizen plays in the United States (3.7d). Unit 4, Unit 6, Unit 8, Unit 9, Unit 10

Creation, Expansion, and Interaction of Economic Systems

Learning Targets:

6. I can describe how communities, governments and citizens have a responsibility to protect human rights and identify steps people can take to support social action and change (3.8ac). Unit 10

7. I can determine how each community develops an economic system that addresses the goods and services needed by people (3.10ab). Unit 8, Unit 10