Unit 4: Europe
This unit focuses on examining the physical and human geography of Europe in order to understand how physical and human geography have shaped human settlement, economic development and influenced the development and expansion of the European Union.
Students understand how various human activities and physical features of European countries have affected their history. Students focus on and understand economic topics such as the distribution of natural resources throughout the area, standards of living, trade agreements and environmental issues facing Europe. |
Guiding Questions
1. Can students determine how the physical characteristics of Europe have shaped its economic development?
2. Can students describe how the European Union promotes economic and political cooperation among its member countries?
3. Can students determine how human characteristics facilitate interaction between Europe and the world?
4. Can students explain the demographic challenges for Europe in the twenty-first century?
5. Can students explain why the standard of living varies among European countries?
6. Can students determine how the lack of natural resources affects European economic development?
2. Can students describe how the European Union promotes economic and political cooperation among its member countries?
3. Can students determine how human characteristics facilitate interaction between Europe and the world?
4. Can students explain the demographic challenges for Europe in the twenty-first century?
5. Can students explain why the standard of living varies among European countries?
6. Can students determine how the lack of natural resources affects European economic development?
Helpful Documents, PowerPoints, etc...
unit_4_activity_1_vocabulary_chart.doc | |
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u4a2-mapping_europe.docx | |
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unit_4_europe_continent-countryfactsheet.doc | |
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u4a5_natural-human_process_gist_articles.doc | |
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climate_in_europe.doc | |
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u4a7_maps.doc | |
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basic_information_on_the_european_union.doc | |
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unit_4_terms_to_study.doc | |
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GLEs and CCSS
WG.1.2
Explain Earth’s grid system, using latitude and longitude to locate key places and to answer geographic questions about that place
WG.1.4
Use geographic representations to locate the world’s continents, major landforms, major bodies of water and major countries and to solve geographic problems
WG.2.2
Identify and locate world climate regions and evaluate the impact of the Earth/Sun relationship, ocean currents, wind currents, and elevation on each climate region
WG.2.4
Explain and give examples of natural and human processes that shape Earth’s surface and identify specific locations where these processes occur
WG.3.1
Analyze how cooperation, conflict, and self-interest impact the cultural, political, and economic regions of the world and relations between nations
WG.3.2
Determine the unifying characteristics that regions possess and explain changes that they have experienced over time
WG.3.3
Explain how human and physical characteristics facilitate or hinder regional interactions
WG.4.1
Determine the physical and human characteristics that comprise the identity of a given place
WG.4.2
Analyze the distinguishing physical characteristics of a given place to determine their impact on human activities
WG.4.3
Identify and analyze distinguishing human characteristics of a given place to determine their influence on historical events
WG.4.4
Evaluate the impact of historical events on culture and relationships among groups
WG.4.5
Examine the relationship between social, economic, and government systems and describe how each system has changed a given place over time
WG.5.1
Describe and classify reasons for human migration in terms of push or pull factors to determine the changes and similarities in these factors over time
WG.5.3
Describe and illustrate specific examples of economic interdependence in various regions
WG.5.5
Explain how changes in technology have contributed to the spread of ideas and information throughout the world
WG.6.3
Analyze the distribution of resources and describe their impact on human systems (past, present, and future)
RH.9-10.2
Determine the central ideas or information of a primary or secondary source; provide an accurate summary of how key events or ideas develop over the course of the text.
RH.9-10.4
Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including vocabulary describing political, social, or economic aspects of history/social studies
WHST.9-10.4
Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.
WHST.9-10.9
Draw evidence from informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research.
WHST.9-10.10
Write routinely over extended time frames (time for reflection and revision) and shorter time frames (a single sitting or a day or two) for a range of discipline-specific tasks, purposes, and audiences
Explain Earth’s grid system, using latitude and longitude to locate key places and to answer geographic questions about that place
WG.1.4
Use geographic representations to locate the world’s continents, major landforms, major bodies of water and major countries and to solve geographic problems
WG.2.2
Identify and locate world climate regions and evaluate the impact of the Earth/Sun relationship, ocean currents, wind currents, and elevation on each climate region
WG.2.4
Explain and give examples of natural and human processes that shape Earth’s surface and identify specific locations where these processes occur
WG.3.1
Analyze how cooperation, conflict, and self-interest impact the cultural, political, and economic regions of the world and relations between nations
WG.3.2
Determine the unifying characteristics that regions possess and explain changes that they have experienced over time
WG.3.3
Explain how human and physical characteristics facilitate or hinder regional interactions
WG.4.1
Determine the physical and human characteristics that comprise the identity of a given place
WG.4.2
Analyze the distinguishing physical characteristics of a given place to determine their impact on human activities
WG.4.3
Identify and analyze distinguishing human characteristics of a given place to determine their influence on historical events
WG.4.4
Evaluate the impact of historical events on culture and relationships among groups
WG.4.5
Examine the relationship between social, economic, and government systems and describe how each system has changed a given place over time
WG.5.1
Describe and classify reasons for human migration in terms of push or pull factors to determine the changes and similarities in these factors over time
WG.5.3
Describe and illustrate specific examples of economic interdependence in various regions
WG.5.5
Explain how changes in technology have contributed to the spread of ideas and information throughout the world
WG.6.3
Analyze the distribution of resources and describe their impact on human systems (past, present, and future)
RH.9-10.2
Determine the central ideas or information of a primary or secondary source; provide an accurate summary of how key events or ideas develop over the course of the text.
RH.9-10.4
Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including vocabulary describing political, social, or economic aspects of history/social studies
WHST.9-10.4
Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.
WHST.9-10.9
Draw evidence from informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research.
WHST.9-10.10
Write routinely over extended time frames (time for reflection and revision) and shorter time frames (a single sitting or a day or two) for a range of discipline-specific tasks, purposes, and audiences