World Geography Unit 7

Big Idea:

• Relationships among people, places and environments affect geographic patterns on the Earth’s surface.
• People develop, learn, and adapt cultures to create identities and shape societies.
• Science and technology affect the development of society.

Student Expectations:

Priority TEKS

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

WG.3(B) describe the physical processes that affect the environments of regions, including weather, tectonic forces, erosion, and soil-building processes,

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.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) [Readiness] describe trends in world population growth and distribution,,

WG.8(A) [Readiness] compare ways that humans depend on, adapt to, and modify the physical environment, including the influences of culture and technology,

WG.8(C) [Supporting] evaluate the economic and political relationships between settlements and the environment, including sustainable development and renewable/non-renewable resources,

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.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.12(A) [Readiness] analyze how the creation, distribution, and management of key natural resources affects the location and patterns of movement of products, money, and people,

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

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.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.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.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 region.

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

WG.16(A) [Supporting] describe distinctive cultural patterns and landscapes associated with different places in Texas, the United States, and other regions of the world and how these patterns influenced the processes of innovation and diffusion

WG.16(B) [Readiness] describe elements of culture, including language, religion, beliefs and customs, institutions, and technologies

WG.16(C) [Supporting] explain ways various groups of people perceive the characteristics of their own and other cultures, places, and regions differently,

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.17(D) [Supporting] evaluate the experiences and contributions of diverse groups to multicultural societies.

WG.18(B) [Supporting] assess causes, effects, and perceptions of conflicts between groups of people, including modern genocides and terrorism

WG.19(B) [Supporting] analyze ways technological innovations such as air conditioning and desalinization have allowed humans to adapt to places

WG.20(B) [Supporting] examine the economic, environmental, and social effects of technology such as medical advancements or changing trade patterns on societies at different levels of development.

Ongoing TEKS

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

WG.15(A) [Supporting] identify and give examples of different points of view that influence the development of public policies and decision-making processes on local, state, national, and international levels,

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 diagram how Africa is a diverse continent made up of 53 individual countries.
• I will distinguish how climate regions in Africa correspond to latitude lines.
• I will illustrate that Africa is a continent of diverse climates and vegetation regions ranging from extreme desert to tropical rainforests.
• I will write about the five major regions of Africa and their defining characteristics.

Essential Questions:

• What conflicts have occurred when cultures have collided?
• How has culture conflicts affected boundaries?
• How have natural resources and climate shaped the lifestyle in the Africa?
• What were the reasons for, and consequences of, colonialism in Africa?
• How have issues such as political corruption contributed to problems with economic development and health care?

Extra Information:

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

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