● Adaptive Perseverance: Encourage students to persist in exploring the complex interplay between geography and culture, even when faced with challenging concepts.
● Learner’s Mindset: Foster curiosity about how physical and human features influence perceptions of regions, promoting lifelong learning.
● Communication: Develop students' abilities to articulate their understanding of geographic and cultural influences on places and regions.
● Responsibility: Instill a sense of ethical consideration when interpreting and sharing geographic and cultural information.
● Global Citizenship: Encourage students to appreciate diverse cultural perspectives and understand their role in a global community.
● Critical Thinking: Challenge students to critically analyze how geography and culture interconnect to influence perceptions.
● Collaboration: Promote teamwork in researching and discussing the influences of physical and human geography on places.
1. How do natural landscapes influence the cultural practices of a region?
2. In what ways do historical events shape the identity and perception of a place?
3. How can cultural biases affect our understanding of different regions?
● SS:GE:2: Places and Regions: Students will demonstrate an understanding of the physical and human geographic features that define places and regions as well as how culture and experience influence people's perceptions of places and regions.
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