World Geography Unit 5

Big Idea:

• People, events, and issues (problems and ideas) from the past influence the present and future.
• Relationships among people, places, and environment affect geographic patterns (where people live) on the Earth’s surface.
• People create systems of government as well as structures of power and authority to provide order and stability. (People create rules and laws to provide order.)

Student Expectations:

Priority TEKS

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

WG.11(B) [Supporting]identify the factors affecting the location of different types of economic activities, including subsistence and commercial agriculture, manufacturing, and service industries,

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

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

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

Focus TEKS

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) [Supporting] describe different types of regions, including formal, functional, and perceptual regions,

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

WG.13(A) [Readiness] 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.13(B) [Supporting] compare maps of voting patterns or political boundaries to make inferences about the distribution of political power.

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(B) [Readiness] describe elements of culture, including language, religion, beliefs and customs, institutions, and technologies,

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

Ongoing TEKS

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.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.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(C) use geographic terminology correctly,

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 communicate location and topography affect climate, vegetation, and resources.
• I will write about how natural resources, cultural conflict, and economic challenges shape history as well as affect modern society (including governments).
• I will locate and describe Important geographic features.

Essential Questions:

• How does where you live affect how you live?
• How are people impacted by their government?
• How has the size and weather of Russia affected it’s: history, government and management of natural resources?
• Why are movement and communication particular issues within Russia and the Republics?
• How has the government structure in Russia driven its development as a modern super power? (CCOT: Mongol rule, through the Tsar’s, to Communism)

Extra Information:

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

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