World Geography Unit 8

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 organize economic systems to produce (make), distribute (give out), and consume (use or buy) goods and services.

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

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

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 agriculture or cottage industries versus commercial industries

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

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

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.

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.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.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.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.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,

WG.17(B) [Supporting] describe major world religions, including animism, Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism, and Sikhism, and their spatial distribution

WG.19(A) [Readiness] evaluate the significance of major technological innovations in the areas of transportation and energy that have been used to modify the physical environment

Ongoing TEKS

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

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.

Student Learning Targets:

• I will outline how location and topography affect climate, vegetation, and resources.
• I will recall how natural resources, cultural conflict, and economic challenges shape history as well as affect modern society and government.
• I will examine how elevation and latitude impact human geography,(the connection between culture and climate)
• I will write about ways people adapt and modify to the weather patterns in their region.

Essential Questions:

• What historical (religious and political) 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?
• How do the Himalayan Mountains keep Nepal and Bhutan isolated?
• How does the extreme weather in South Asia impact the region economically?
• What is the effect of population on the region?
• Where are the greatest centers of population found? Why?

Extra Information:

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

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