SUBJECT/COURSE: World Cultures
Overarching
Ideas
IPG: Sixth Six Weeks GRADE LEVEL: 6
MAJOR CONCEPT #1: Conflict
Clashes between political, economic, and social systems lead to conflict in societies.
Guiding
Questions
Overarching
Ideas
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How do the conflicts related to foreign colonization impact a host society?
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How do interpretations of events, people and situations affect conflict in a society?
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How do the issues of bias, equity, and justice grow out of conflicts over cultural differences?
MAJOR CONCEPT #2: Interdependence
Societies and environments form interdependent relationships.
Guiding
Questions
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In what ways are societies and their environment interdependent?
 How do different experiences shape a society’s interdependent relationship to the physical environment?
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What are the results when a society breaches the interdependent relationship?
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SUBJECT/COURSE: World Cultures
Overarching
Ideas
IPG: Sixth Six Weeks GRADE LEVEL: 6
MAJOR CONCEPT #3: Needs and Wants
People use a system of goods and services to meet their needs and wants.
Guiding
Questions
Overarching
Idea
Guiding
Questions
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How do societies provide for their people’s needs and wants?
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Why are systems created to provide for needs and wants not available in their area?
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What alternatives are available to people when their society does not provide goods and services nor provide for a society’s needs and wants?
MAJOR CONCEPT #4: Location and Place
Factors of location and space influence where and how people live.
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How do people in specific locations and places adapt to their physical environment?
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How do people use maps to find locations?
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What geographic factors influence the locations and places where people choose to settle?
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