World Geography Unit 10

Big Idea:

• People, events, and issues (problems and ideas) from the past influence the present and future.
• Relationships among people, places and environments affect geographic patterns (where people live) on the Earth’s surface.
• People develop, learn, and adapt cultures to create identities (who we are) and shape societies (communities).

Student Expectations:

Priority TEKS

WG.4(A) [Readiness] explain how elevation, latitude, wind systems, ocean currents, position on a continent, and mountain barriers influence temperature, precipitation, and distribution of climate regions

WG.4(B) [Supporting] describe different landforms and the physical processes that cause their development

WG.4(C) [Supporting] explain the influence of climate on the distribution of biomes in different regions

WG.6(A) [Supporting] locate and describe human and physical features that influence the size and distribution of settlements

WG.6(B) [Readiness] explain the processes that have caused changes in settlement patterns, including urbanization, transportation, access to and availability of resources, and economic activities

WG.11(C) [Readiness] assess how changes in climate, resources, and infrastructure (technology, transportation, and communication) affect the location and patterns of economic activities

Focus TEKS

WG.2(A) [Readiness] describe the human and physical characteristics of the same regions at different periods of time to evaluate relationships between past events and current conditions

WG.2(B) [Supporting] explain how changes in societies have led to diverse uses of physical features

WG.3(A) [Supporting]explain weather conditions and climate in relation to annual changes in Earth-Sun relationships

WG.3(B) [Readiness] describe the physical processes that affect the environments of regions,

including weather, tectonic forces, erosion, and soil-building processes

WG.3(C) [Supporting] examine the physical processes that affect the lithosphere, atmosphere, hydrosphere, and biosphere

WG.5(A) [Readiness] analyze how the character of a place is related to its political, economic, social, and cultural elements

WG.5(B) [Supporting] interpret political, economic, social, and demographic indicators (gross domestic product per capita, life expectancy, literacy, and infant mortality) to determine the level of development and standard of living in nations using the terms Human Development Index, less developed, newly industrialized, and more developed,

WG.8(B) [Readiness] describe the interaction between humans and the physical environment and analyze the consequences of extreme weather and other natural disasters such as El Niño, floods, tsunamis, and volcanoes.

WG.10(A) [Supporting] describe the forces that determine the distribution of goods and services in free enterprise, socialist, and communist economic systems

WG.10(B) [Supporting]classify where specific countries fall along the economic spectrum between free enterprise and communism

WG.10(C) [Readiness]compare the ways people satisfy their basic needs through the production of goods and services such as subsistence agriculture versus commercial

WG.10(D) [Supporting]compare global trade patterns over time and examine the implications of globalization, including outsourcing and free trade zones

WG.12(B) [Supporting] evaluate the geographic and economic impact of policies related to the development, use, and scarcity of natural resources such as regulations of water

WG.15(B) [Supporting] explain how citizenship practices, public policies, and decision making may be influenced by cultural beliefs, including nationalism and patriotism

WG.16(D) [Supporting] compare life in a variety of urban and rural areas in the world to evaluate political, economic, social, and environmental changes

WG.17(A) [Readiness] describe and compare patterns of culture such as language, religion, land use, education, and customs that make specific regions of the world distinctive

WG.18(A) [Readiness] analyze cultural changes in specific regions caused by migration, war, trade, innovations, and diffusion

Ongoing TEKS

WG.7(A) [Readiness] construct and analyze population pyramids and use other data, graphics, and maps to describe the population characteristics of different societies and to predict future population trends

WG.7(B) [Readiness] explain how political, economic, social, and environmental push and pull factors and physical geography affect the routes and flows of human migration

WG.7(C) [Supporting] describe trends in world population growth and distribution

WG.7(D) [Readiness] examine benefits and challenges of globalization, including connectivity, standard of living, pandemics, and loss of local culture

WG.9(A) [Readiness]identify physical and/or human factors such as climate, vegetation, language, trade networks, political units, river systems, and religion that constitute a region

WG.9(B) [Readiness] describe different types of regions, including formal, functional, and perceptual regions

WG.13(A) interpret maps to explain the division of land, including man-made and natural borders, into separate political units such as cities, states, or countries

WG.14(B) [Supporting] compare how democracy, dictatorship, monarchy, republic, theocracy, and totalitarian systems operate in specific countries

WG.21(A) analyze and evaluate the validity, and utility of multiple sources of geographic information such as primary and secondary sources, aerial photographs, and maps

WG.22(A) design and draw appropriate graphics such as maps, diagrams, tables, and graphs to communicate geographic features, distributions, and relationships

WG.22(B) generate summaries, generalizations, and thesis statements supported by evidence

WG.22(D) use standard grammar, spelling, sentence structure, and punctuation

WG.22(E) create original work using proper citations and understanding and avoiding plagiarism

Student Learning Targets:

• I will indicate extreme variations in cultures because of the physical diversity of the region.
• I will write about how climate change can have an effect on the culture and economy of an area.

Essential Questions:

• How do historic cultures impact modern cultures?
• What historical events have shaped the culture of the region?
• What is the significance of environmental and cultural issues affecting the region today?
• How does the extreme weather of the region lead to serious physical, economic, and political issues?
• What struggles did Western Europe have in controlling the islands and area of SE Asia?

Extra Information:

Adopted Textbook: World Geography Texas - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Holt McDougal

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