Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Overview
This unit is the culmination of the students Independent Study Projects. At the end of Unit 1, students
chose a pathway on which to focus their research, reading, writing, and sharing, and this unit is their
time to finish culminating projects and products, complete performance tasks, write essays, give
speeches, and make presentations. Their work should endeavor to make connections among unit
topics, geographical areas, cultures, human rights, political systems, environmental issues, global
trade, and global economics. Their work may show evidence of primary and secondary historical
context documents, legal documents, maps, charts, graphs, interviews, information from inter- and
supra-national organizations, literature, poetry, auto-/biographies, art, philosophical and/or religious
texts, music, and popular culture. This unit is also a time for culminating course activities, projects,
performance tasks, and writing work in which students are required to connect their research to the
course content as a whole.
Generalizations
1. There are a variety of data collection methods and visual representations that serve different
purposes and provide different types of information.
2. Historical events (including war and conflict), geographic factors, physical and ideological
movements, technological and informational revolutions, political systems, and economic
situations contribute to the development of globalization.
3. Globalization can affect the climate, natural resources, and species of various places, and the
sustainability and depletion of natural resources as well as the preservation and conservation
efforts concerning those resources impact economic growth and development.
4. Globalization can affect immigration, migration, and demographic transition, thereby potentially
creating religious, ethnic, cultural, and or social/human rights conflicts and affecting the adaptive
strategies of some cultural groups.
5. Transnational corporations, supranational organizations, and international nongovernmental
organizations can impact globalization.
6. Comparative advantage, specialization, global trade patterns, and economic growth can influence
the globalization process and possibly lead to economic protectionism for some countries.
7. Political systems and political sovereignty impact the global economy, and international treaties,
charters, agreements, and laws can affect individual geographic areas, various cultures, and
international relationships.
8. Western values such as democracy, individual rights, and capitalism have impacted many nonWestern cultures.
Essential Questions
1. When researching my country, what methods of data collection and visual representations can I
use to enhance understanding of my subject?
2. How have the location and characteristics of my country impacted population distribution and
human activity?
3. What significant historical events have contributed to my countrys participation in globalization?
4. What geographic factors have contributed to my countrys participation in globalization?
5. How have the movements of people, goods, and ideas impacted my countrys participation in
globalization?
6. What technological and informational revolutions have affected my countrys participation in
globalization?
Unit Goals
What do students need to KNOW?
different countries
Analyze how globalization is impacting definitions of
geography and established geographic areas
I Can Statements
I Can use different data collection methods and visual representations to provide an abundance of
information.
I Can explain how the location and characteristics of a place impact population distribution and
human activity.
I Can outline the historical events and geographic factors that contribute to a countrys globalization
process.
I Can explain how movements of people, goods, and ideas contributed to a countrys globalization
process.
I Can identify technological and informational revolutions that contributed to a countrys globalization
process.
I Can explain how globalization has affected a countrys climate, natural resources, and species.
I Can analyze how the sustainability and depletion of a countrys natural resources as well as
preservation and conservation efforts concerning those resources impact economic growth and
development.
I Can explain how human perception of a geographic area can lead to modification of the
environment.
I Can identify a countrys cultural, economic, and political changes resulting from globalization.
I Can explain how and why some cultural groups choose to maintain their distinct cultural
characteristics following contact with other groups.
I Can analyze how a countrys globalization process has affected immigration, migration, and
demographic transition.
I Can explain how globalization has affected the adaptive strategies and preventative measures of a
countrys cultural groups.
I Can analyze a countrys comparative advantage and specialization resulting from globalization.
I Can analyze the relationship between globalization and a countrys global trade patterns concerning
natural, human, and capital resource flows.
I Can explain the positive and negative effects of a countrys economic growth on its people and
places.
I Can explain the positive and negative effects of a countrys economic protectionism on its cultural
groups, geographic areas, and global status.
I Can identify supranational and international nongovernmental organizations that affect a countrys
globalization process.
I Can explain how supranational and international nongovernmental organizations affect a countrys
globalization process.
I Can analyze how international treaties, charters, agreements, and laws affect a countrys
geographic areas, cultural groups, and international relationships.
I Can analyze how globalization is impacting definitions of geography and established geographic
areas.
G.3 Analyze
Changes in the
physical
environment as
a result of
globalization.
G.4 Analyze
changes in
culture as a
result of
globalization.
G.5 Analyze
changes in
economics as a
result of
globalization.
G.6 Analyze
changes in
politics as a
result of
globalization.
G.1.1 Compare
various
methods of
data collection
used for
research, such
as land
surveys,
interviews, and
databases.
G.2.1 Interpret
the origin and
processes of
globalization
using historical
and
geographical
perspectives.
G.3.1 Compare
the physical
environments
and the effects
of globalization
on the climate,
natural
resources, and
species of
various places.
G.4.1 Compare
the cultural
characteristics
of various
places and the
effects of
globalization on
those places.
G.5.1 Analyze
transnational
corporations in
terms of their
role in the
globalization
process.
G.6.1 Evaluate
the extent to
which the
political system
of a place
impacts its
involvement in
the global
economy.
G.1.2 Compare
various types of
visual
representations
, such as
traditional and
mental maps,
charts, graphs,
and remote
imaging.
G.1.3 Use
geographic
data and visual
representations
to interpret
spatial
relationships
and to draw
conclusions
about observed
phenomena.
G.2.2 Analyze
how the
movement of
goods, people,
and ideas
encouraged and
impacted
globalization.
G.2.3 Analyze
how various
technological
and
informational
revolutions have
encouraged and
impacted
globalization.
G.2.4 Evaluate
the extent to
which certain
historic/geograp
hic factors
encouraged and
impacted
globalization.
G.3.2 Analyze
the relationship
between
sustainability
and natural
resource
depletion in
terms of
economic
growth and
development.
G.3.3 Explain
how places are
influenced by
human
perception and
modification of
the
environment.
G.3.4 Evaluate
the extent to
which
preservation
and
conservation
efforts impact
local, national,
and global
G.4.2 Analyze
how
globalization
has created
religious and
ethnic conflict.
G.4.3 Analyze
localism and
ways cultural
groups
maintain their
distinct cultural
characteristics.
G.4.4 Analyze
the impact of
globalization on
population
migration and
demographic
transition.
G.4.5 Analyze
the use of
adaptive
strategies and
preventative
measures by
various cultures
in a global
environment.
G.5.2 Explain
how
comparative
advantage and
specialization
influence the
globalization
process.
G.5.3 Analyze
global trade
patterns in
terms of
natural,
human, and
capital
resource flows.
G.5.4 Evaluate
the effects of
economic
growth on
people and
places in terms
of costs and
benefits.
G.5.5 Evaluate
economic
protectionism
in terms of
costs and
benefits.
G.6.2 Analyze
the relationship
between
political
sovereignty and
globalization.
G.6.3 Analyze
supra-national
organizations in
terms of their
purpose,
development,
and products.
G.6.4 Analyze
international
nongovernment
al organizations
in terms of their
purpose and
contributions.
G.6.5 Analyze
international
treaties,
charters, and
agreements in
terms of their
purpose and
effects on
economies.
G.4.6 Evaluate
the impact of
globalization on
the
organization
and success of
social and
human rights
movements.
various places.
G.6.6 Explain
the impact of
Western values
such as
democracy,
individual
rights, and
capitalism on
various places.
WRITING
Assessment Options:
W1- Literacy Common Core Power Standard: Writing Arguments
After reading a variety of texts, write ____ that argues your position on ____. Support your position with
evidence from your research. Be sure to acknowledge competing views, and give examples from past
or current events or issues to illustrate and clarify your position.
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Example: After analyzing a variety of written and visual texts, write an essay that argues your
position on the greatest positive effect of globalization. Support your position with evidence
from your research into a variety of geographic areas. Be sure to acknowledge competing views,
and give examples from past or current events or issues to illustrate and clarify your position.
Example: After analyzing a variety of written and visual texts, write an essay that argues your
position on the most significant negative effect of globalization. Support your position with
evidence from your research into a variety of geographic areas. Be sure to acknowledge
competing views, and give examples from past or current events or issues to illustrate and clarify
your position.
Example: After analyzing a variety of written and visual texts, write an essay that argues your
position on the most significant historical antecedent to globalization. Support your position with
evidence from your research into a variety of geographic areas. Be sure to acknowledge
competing views, and give examples from past or current events or issues to illustrate and clarify
your position.
Example: After analyzing a variety of written and visual texts, write an essay that argues your
position on whether the environment, culture, economies, or political systems have most
benefited from globalization. Support your position with evidence from your research into a
variety of geographic areas. Be sure to acknowledge competing views, and give examples from
past or current events or issues to illustrate and clarify your position.
Example: After analyzing a variety of written and visual texts, write an essay that argues your
position on whether the environment, culture, economies, or political systems have suffered
greatest from globalization. Support your position with evidence from your research into a
variety of geographic areas. Be sure to acknowledge competing views, and give examples from
past or current events or issues to illustrate and clarify your position.
[QUESTION] After reading a variety of texts, write ____ that addresses the question, and support your
position with evidence from the texts. Be sure to acknowledge competing views. Give examples from
past or current events or issues to illustrate and clarify your position.
o
Example: What is the greatest positive effect of globalization? After analyzing a variety of
written and visual texts from a variety of geographic areas, write an essay that addresses the
question, and support your position with evidence from the texts. Be sure to acknowledge
competing views. Give examples from past or current events or issues to illustrate and clarify
your position.
Example: What is the most significant negative effect of globalization? After analyzing a variety
of written and visual texts from a variety of geographic areas, write an essay that addresses the
question, and support your position with evidence from the texts. Be sure to acknowledge
competing views. Give examples from past or current events or issues to illustrate and clarify
your position.
Example: What is the most significant historical antecedent to globalization? After analyzing a
variety of written and visual texts from a variety of geographic areas, write an essay that
addresses the question, and support your position with evidence from the texts. Be sure to
acknowledge competing views. Give examples from past or current events or issues to illustrate
and clarify your position.
Example: Has the environment, culture, economies, or political systems benefited most from
globalization? After analyzing a variety of written and visual texts from a variety of geographic
areas, write an essay that addresses the question, and support your position with evidence from
the texts. Be sure to acknowledge competing views. Give examples from past or current events
or issues to illustrate and clarify your position.
o
Example: Has the environment, culture, economies, or political systems suffered greatest from
globalization? After analyzing a variety of written and visual texts from a variety of geographic
areas, write an essay that addresses the question, and support your position with evidence from
the texts. Be sure to acknowledge competing views. Give examples from past or current events
or issues to illustrate and clarify your position.
After reading a variety of texts, write a ____ that defines ____ and explains ____. Support your discussion
with evidence from your research. What conclusions or implications can you draw?
o
Example: After analyzing a variety of written and visual texts, write an essay that defines
globalization and explains how 21st century globalization has impacted the environment, culture,
economies, and political systems around the world. Support your discussion with evidence from
your research. What conclusions or implications can you draw?
Example: After analyzing a variety of written and visual texts, write an essay that defines
globalization and explains the significant historical antecedents to globalization. Support your
discussion with evidence from your research. What conclusions or implications can you draw?
Example: After analyzing a variety of written and visual texts, write an essay that defines
geography and explains how increasing globalization can lead to changing definitions and
descriptions of established geographic areas. Support your discussion with evidence from your
research. What conclusions or implications can you draw?
[QUESTION] After reading a variety of texts, write ____ that defines ____ and explains ____. Support
your discussion with evidence from the texts. What conclusions or implications can you draw?
o
Example: What is globalization, and how has 21st century globalization impacted the
environment, culture, economies, and political systems around the world? After analyzing a
variety of written and visual texts, write an essay that defines globalization and explains how 21 st
century globalization has impacted the environment, culture, economies, and political systems
around the world. Support your discussion with evidence from the texts. What conclusions or
implications can you draw?
Example: What is globalization, and what are the significant historical antecedents to it? After
analyzing a variety of written and visual texts, write an essay that defines globalization and
explains the significant historical antecedents to globalization. Support your discussion with
evidence from the texts. What conclusions or implications can you draw?
Example: What is geography, and how can increasing globalization lead to changing definitions
and descriptions of established geographic areas? After analyzing a variety of written and visual
texts, write an essay that defines geography and explains how increasing globalization can lead
to changing definitions and descriptions of established geographic areas. Support your
discussion with evidence from the texts. What conclusions or implications can you draw?
R1/R10- Literacy Common Core Power Standards: Reading Closely Over Time with a Variety of Grade-Level
Texts