Course: 6th Grade Social Studies: World Geography

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Select section General

General

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- Select activity News forum
  
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Sub Days

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Activities: 7
Select section Study Materials

Study Materials

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Activities: 17
Select section Weekly Warm-Ups

Weekly Warm-Ups

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Activities: 32
Select section Unit 1: The World in Spatial Terms

Unit 1: The World in Spatial Terms

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What factors should we consider when using maps and why?
How and why do people organize (categorize or regionalize) the world to study global issues or problems?
How do the physical (natural) features and physical processes of Earth present challenges and opportunities for human societies?
How and why does a natural hazard become a global natural disaster?
Activities: 34
Select section Unit 2: Population and Migration

Unit 2: Population and Migration

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How do social scientists investigate population issues?
How are population, migration, and urbanization issues connected?
In what ways are issues related to population, migration and urbanization global problems?
How do social, political, and economic decisions societies make reflect and influence demographics?
Activities: 30
Select section Unit 3: Culture

Unit 3: Culture

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How and why are groups of people culturally similar and different?
Why is it necessary to understand culture when studying a global problem and potential solutions?
How has globalization influenced cultural diversity?
Activities: 29
Select section Unit 4: Human-Environment Interaction

Unit 4: Human-Environment Interaction

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How do humans create and address global environmental problems?
How can environmental changes in one location become a global issue?
How does energy production and distribution affect the environment?
How does the distribution and utilization of natural resources influence the ways societies interact?
Activities: 32
Select section Unit 5: Economics and World Trade

Unit 5: Economics and World Trade

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How has globalization affected the interactions between buyers and sellers?
How can the social science fields of geography, history, economics, and political science help us explain why some countries are "rich" while others are "poor"?
To what extent are trade restrictions an effective tool in a globalized economy?
Activities: 39
Select section Unit 6: Civics, Government and Global Politics

Unit 6: Civics, Government and Global Politics

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Why do people institute different forms of government?
How do nations of the world interact?
How can people address global problems?
Activities: 22
- Select activity Lesson 1 Preamble to the Constitution
  
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- Select activity Lesson 1 Constitutional Amendments
  
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- Select activity Lesson 1 the Federal System
  
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- Select activity Lesson 1 Systems of Government
  
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- Select activity Lesson 2 Comparing Forms of Government
  
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- Select activity Lesson 2 Political Structures
  
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- Select activity Lesson 2 Political Systems
  
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- Select activity Lesson 2 Case Study: Japan
  
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- Select activity Lesson 2 Case Study: Saudi Arabia & North Korea
  
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- Select activity Lesson 2 Case Study: Canadian Federal System
  
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- Select activity Lesson 3 Responsibilities of Citizenship
  
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- Select activity Lesson 3 Citizenship Test
  
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- Select activity Lesson 3 Naturalized Citizenship
  
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- Select activity Lesson 4 What does it mean to be Free?
  
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- Select activity Lesson 4 Measuring Freedom
  
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- Select activity Lesson 4 Comparing Countries
  
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- Select activity Lesson 5 Exploring Treaties
  
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- Select activity Lesson 5 Antarctica Treaty
  
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- Select activity Lesson 5 Treaty Power of the Government
  
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- Select activity Lesson 6 United Nations
  
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- Select activity Lesson 6 International Governmental Organizations
  
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- Select activity Lesson 6 Non-Governmental Organizations
  
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Select section Seminar: Irish Lives in War and Independence

Seminar: Irish Lives in War and Independence

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