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Subject(s)
Social Studies
Grade/Course 9th Grade
Unit of Study 1950 – 2000 (8.3, 8.4, 8.5, 8.6)
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Unit Title
Unit 11: Changes brought by Global Wars
Pacing
7 days (block)
Conceptual Lenses
Struggles
Changes
Unit Overview
Points of focus in this unit include the post World War II changes that resulted in a global economy,
decolonization, world-wide attention to human rights, and increased demands for resources. Students
will develop a understanding of:
 The political and economic changes: resulting from the collapse of communism,
 Increase in tension: between Western world and Islamic nations (from post WWI to
Persian Gulf War)
 Struggles of the developing world: technology gap, population growth, diseases, neocolonialism, uneven distribution of wealth
Unit Enduring Understanding(s)
1. Issues attributed to globalization often
changed how nations interact politically
and economically.
2. Global trade may become unbalanced as
some countries become more
technologically advanced than others.
3. Competition for resources and land can
lead to conflict and movement of peoples
which can alter the physical environment.
4. Human rights are often affected by
systems of government.
5. The influence of the media can makes it
difficult to hide issues of human rights
violations.
Unit Essential Question(s)
1. How has increased global trade and
cooperation changed the way countries
interact politically and economically?
2. What is the relationship between
technology and success in global trade?
3. How does the competition of resources
affect people and the physical
environment?
4. What effect does the type of government
system have on human rights?
5. What role do the media play in protecting
human rights?
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Essential State Standards
Priority Objectives
Supporting Objectives
WH.H.8.3 Analyze the “new” balance of power
and the search for peace and stability in terms of
how each has influenced global interactions since
the last half of the twentieth century
WH.H.8.4 Analyze scientific, technological and
medical innovations of postwar decades in terms
of their impact on systems of production, global
trade and standards of living
WH.H.8.5 Explain how population growth,
urbanization, industrialization, warfare and the
global market economy have contributed to
changes in the environment
WH.H.8.6 Explain how liberal democracy, private
enterprise and human rights movements have
reshaped political, economic and social life in
Africa, Asia, Latin America, Europe, the Soviet
Union and the United States
“Unpacked” Concepts
(students need to know)
WH.H.8.3
 “new” balance of power
 search for peace and stability
 global interactions
WH.H.8.4
 scientific, technological and medical innovations of
postwar
 systems of production, global trade and standards of
living
WH.H.8.5
 population growth, urbanization, industrialization,
warfare
 the global market economy have contributed to
changes in the environment
“Unpacked” Skills
COGNITION
(students need to be
(RBT Level)
able to do)
WH.H.8.3
WH.H.8.3
Analyze (the
Analyze
influence)
WH.H.8.4
Analyze (the impact)
WH.H.8.4
Analyze
WH.H.8.5
Explain (the changes)
WH.H.8.5
Understand
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WH.H.8.6
 liberal democracy, private enterprise and human
rights movements
 political, economic and social life in Africa, Asia,
Latin America, Europe, the Soviet Union and the
United States
Unit “Chunking” & Enduring
Understandings
The political and economic
changes
As a result of technological
improvements, societies often
become more urban, demand
more commercial goods and labor
saving devices
Struggles of the developing world
Growth in population has
increased the competition for
resources often resulting in
damage to the environment and
changes in lifestyles
Increase in tension
As economic opportunities
increase, so does the demand for
human and civil rights
Essential Factual
Content
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Sub Concepts
HISTORY
Innovation
Change
WH.H.8.6
Explain (how they
reshaped)
GEOGRAPHY
Environment
Urban
Energy resources
Suggested Lesson
Essential
Questions
How do
Urbanization
Industrialization technological
Mass production advancements have
a global impact?
Markets
population
growth
technological
and agricultural
changes
Capital (money)
Investments
How has the
Deforestation
population growth
Desertification
and its
Pollution
accompanying
Toxic waste
problems affected
Energy
the environment?
resources
Demographics
What factors
Rights
results in the
Freedom
demand for
Independence
freedom?
Popular
sovereignty
Revolution
CIVICS &
GOVERNMENT
Politics
Rights
Conflict
Freedom
WH.H.8.6
Understand
H G C E
&
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X X X
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ECONOMICS
CULTURE
Markets
Opportunity
Resources
population
civil rights
lifestyles
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Global
Connections
War
Power
Influence
Interdependence
Competition
Language Objective EXAMPLES
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Key Vocabulary LO: SWBAT define and explain the terms deforestation, desertification,
mass production and pollution.
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Language Functions LO: SWBAT explain how increased global trade and cooperation
changed the way countries interact politically and economically
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Language Skills LO: SWBAT read a passage about deforestation and identify the cause
and effects of deforestation. (Reading passages should be chosen/modified in accordance
with the LEP students’ zone of proximal development).
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Grammar and Language LO: SWBAT use comparatives in writing assignments (more than,
less than, greater, shorter, longer, etc.) by comparing the effects deforestation has on
different regions.
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Lesson Tasks LO: SWBAT read and summarize a passage about the desertification and
explain this summary to a group.
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Language Learning Strategy LO: SWBAT develop a cause/effect graphic organizer
analyzing and identifying the causes and effects of pollution. (The linguistic load will vary
from LEP student to LEP student. Level 1-2 LEP students may need a word bank or other
supplement to complete this activity using this strategy).
Historical Thinking and Geography Skill Resources
○ “Straight Ahead”
□“Uphill”
∆“Mountainous”
Historical Thinking
Geography Skills
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General Unit Resources
SAS Curriculum Pathways
 #938 The Middle East: Suez Canal
 #937 Gandhi and the Partition of India
 #1298 The Japanese Economic Miracle
Learn 360
 Impacts of Globalization
Bridging World History Bridging World History
 Unit 24: Globalization and Economics
 Unit 25: Global Popular Culture
 Unit 26: World History and Identity
World History for us All World History for Us All
 Paradoxes of Global Acceleration – 1945 - Present
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