World History
Globalization & The 21st Century
(1990-Present)
Unit Compelling Questions
Instructions: Choose one or more Compelling Questions (CQ) for the unit based on your available time. Each Supporting Question (SQ) is sequenced and scaffolded for the Compelling Question.
Note: Starred (*) Compelling Questions are in the H.S. World History example Planning & Pacing Guide.
CQ: What is the cost of Water? (C3 Teachers)
Teacher Guide
Student Workbook
Student Slides:
Staging the Compelling Question
SQ 1: Who has access to water in the Middle East?
SQ 2: How do countries in the Middle East get water?
SQ 3: How is being “water-stressed” impacting populations?
SQ 4: Why are conflicts arising over water?
District Assessment: Summative Performance Task
Take Action (Optional)
CQ: How does geography define us?
Teacher Guide
Student Workbook
Student Slides:
Staging the Compelling Question
SQ 1: What Is the Most Important Consequence of Climate Change? (DBQ Geo)
SQ 2: What Is Driving China’s Water-Scarcity Crisis? (DBQ Geo)
SQ 3: Famine in Ethiopia: How Did the Government Make It Worse? (DBQ Geo)
SQ 4: The European Union: Do the Benefits of Membership Outweigh the Costs? (DBQ Geo)
SQ 5: Is Chocolate Good for Cote d’Ivoire? (DBQ Geo)
District Assessment: Summative Performance Task
Take Action (Optional)
CQ: What is the real cost of bananas?
Teacher Guide
Student Workbook
Student Slides:
Staging the Compelling Question
SQ 1: Where do bananas come from?
SQ 2: What do corporations in the banana industry contribute to society?
SQ 3: What are fair-trade bananas?
SQ 4: What are the working conditions like for children in the banana industry?
District Assessment: Summative Performance Task
Take Action (Optional)
CQ: Was globalization positive or negative?
Teacher Guide
Student Workbook
Student Slides:
Staging the Compelling Question
SQ 1: How have transnational corporations hurt state sovereignty?
SQ 2: How is globalization detrimental to the environment?
SQ 3: How has globalization advanced and damaged cultural identity?
SQ 4: How has globalization caused mass migration of workers?
SQ 5: How has Kentucky influenced and been influenced by globalization?
District Assessment: Summative Performance Task
Take Action (Optional)
CQ: How do we navigate the 21st Century?
Teacher Guide
Student Workbook
Student Slides:
Staging the Compelling Question
SQ 1: How has the internet and social media created positive and negative effects around the world?
SQ 2: How do governments and social media platforms control information to maintain influence?
SQ 3: How does globalization create challenges for human dignity and rights?
SQ 4: China’s One Child Policy: Was It a Good Idea? (DBQ Geo)
District Assessment: Summative Performance Task
Take Action (Optional)
CQ: How does economics build nations?
Teacher Guide
Student Workbook
Student Slides:
Staging the Compelling Question
SQ 1: Does GDP Tell the Right Story? (DBQ Econ)
SQ 2: What is the state’s role in developing the economy? (WHDE)
SQ 3: What caused the economic miracle in South Korea? (WHDE)
District Assessment: Summative Performance Task
Take Action (Optional)