Unit 4: Southeast Asia and Oceania
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Cluster 1: Regional Geography and the Pacific Islands Past and Present (Lessons 1-6)
What was the role of the ocean in shaping Oceania’s history, and how might it shape the region’s future?
What was the role of the ocean in shaping Oceania’s history, and how might it shape the region’s future?
Lesson 1: Google Earth Exploration: Traveling across Southeast Asia and Oceania
Lesson 2: Populating the Pacific: People and Movement in the Ancient Past
Lesson 3: Wayfinding as Indigenous Knowledge
Lesson 4: Technology, Arts and Lifeways of Pacific Islanders, Past & Present
Lesson 5 & 6: Colonial Pasts, Sustainable Futures for Pacific Islanders and their Homelands
Cluster 2: Aboriginal Australia and Māori New Zealand (Lessons 7-10)
How did people relate to the land and ocean through sustainability practices, the arts, and story?
How did people relate to the land and ocean through sustainability practices, the arts, and story?
Cluster 3: Mainland and Island Southeast Asia (Lessons 11-18)
How did geography shape ancient Southeast Asian politics and culture?
How did geography shape ancient Southeast Asian politics and culture?
Lesson 11: The Geography of Mainland and Island Southeast Asia
Lesson 12: How Do We Know about Funan, Southeast Asia’s First Great State?
Lesson 13: South Asian Influences on Southeast Asian Politics and Culture
Lesson 14: Srivijaya: The Elements of a Flourishing State
Lesson 15: The Hydraulic Empire of the Khmer
Lesson 16: A Visit to Angkor Wat
Lesson 17: The Khmer Rouge and the Cambodian Genocide
Lesson 18: Cultural Survival and Unit Review
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