Social Studies HS Guide

Unit 5

Economic Development

PACING

THEME(S)

● Con fl ict ● Compromise ● Progress

Full Year Course:

● Quarter Four (about 6.5 weeks) ● Second Trimester (about 4.5 weeks) Semester Course:

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

Work with your school based IPLC to coordinate pacing within a few days of each other to enable common planning, assessments, and data use

UNIT OVERVIEW

Humans have created complex and varied economic systems. These systems, whether based on free markets or other structures, have various levels of development, infrastructure, and divisions of labor. Economic systems are in fl uenced by their unique landscapes and resources, and their locations in fl uence patterns of interconnections with other economic systems. Geographers can use the insights they learn about economic development to identify patterns or propose solutions to complex issues UTAH STANDARDS Core Standard: 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 5.1: Students will explain the essential attributes of a developed economy and the patterns of development that differentiate less-developed from more-developed places. ○ Learning Intention #1: ■ Students will explain the essential attributes of a developed economy. ○ Learning Intention #2: ■ Students will explain the patterns of development that differentiate less-developed from more-developed places. ● WG Standard 5.2: Students will describe and compare the function and distribution of economic activities in primary, secondary, and tertiary sectors. ○ Learning Intention #1: ■ Students will describe and compare the function of economic activities in the primary sector. ○ Learning Intention #2: ■ Students will describe and compare the function of economic activities in the secondary sector. ○ Learning Intention #3: ■ Students will describe and compare the function of economic activities in the tertiary sectors. ● WG Standard 5.3: Students will explain key economic concepts and their implications for the production, exchange, distribution, and consumption of goods and services. ○ Learning Intention #1: