Social Studies HS Guide

Unit 4

Political Systems

PACING

THEME(S)

● Con fl ict ● Compromise ● Progress

Full Year Course: ● Quarter Three (about 6.5 weeks) ● Second Trimester (about 4.5 weeks) Semester Course:

● One semester (3.5 weeks) ● One Trimester (Two weeks)

UNIT OVERVIEW

People organize themselves into distinctive groups. Geographers examine how the interactions between these groups in fl uence the division and control of the earth’s surface. Political systems have profound in fl uences on the lives of people, including their access to resources, economic opportunities, and basic rights. UTAH STANDARDS Core Standards: Suggested Prioritized Standards are bolded and underlined. (Educators who are teaching geography as a semester course might choose to prioritize the bolded and underlined standards.) ● WG Standard 4.1: Students will explain why and how people organize into a range of political structures at different scales. ○ Learning Intention #1: ■ Students will explain why people organize into a range of political structures at different scales. ○ Learning Intention #2: ■ Students will explain how people organize into a range of political structures at different scales. ● WG Standard 4.2: Students will describe and explain the role physical and human characteristics play in establishing political boundaries. ○ Learning Intention #1: ■ Students will describe and explain the role physical characteristics play in establishing political boundaries. ○ Learning Intention #2: ■ Students will describe and explain the role human characteristics play in establishing political boundaries. ● WG Standard 4.3: Students will explain how cooperation and con fl ict have many causes, such as: differing ideas regarding boundaries, resource control, and use and, ethnic, tribal and national identities ○ Learning Intention #1: ■ Students will explain how cooperation and con fl ict have many causes, such as:

(educators can choose from the list below.) ● differing ideas regarding boundaries ● resource control ● land use ● ethnic, tribal and national identities