AUSTIN INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT
SUBJECT/COURSE: WORLD HISTORY
IPG: Fourth Six Weeks
GRADE LEVEL: 10
MAJOR CONCEPT #1: Change
Overarching Radical political and social changes overturn established orders in societies.
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What social and political causes have been responsible for changes in societies?
How have long-held ideas about government, science, economics, religion, and the arts been
impacted by change?
What have been the outcomes of changes brought about by upheavals in specific societies?
How have changes occurring in one society impacted other societies?
MAJOR CONCEPT #2: Power
Overarching Power can be obtained through religious and ethical beliefs.
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How have rulers used religious beliefs to obtain and maintain their power?
How have political, religious, and economic turmoil in specific societies led to an increase in power?
How is power symbolized in different societies?
What factors lead to a challenge of established power and authority?
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AUSTIN INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT
SUBJECT/COURSE: WORLD HISTORY
IPG: Fourth Six Weeks
GRADE LEVEL: 10
MAJOR CONCEPT #3: Markets
Overarching Societies develop new markets and systems of trade, finance, and commerce as a result of change.
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How does population growth and territorial expansion lead to new systems of markets and commerce?
How are societies affected by new methods of markets and finance?
How does a desire for wealth lead to conflict over control of markets and trade routes?
How can a society use the resources of other societies to improve its own economy?
MAJOR CONCEPT #4: Environment
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The location of specific societies affect their physical and cultural development.
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What are the benefits and drawbacks to the development of a society separated from other societies
by great distance?
How does the location of specific centers of culture and learning affect how ideas are spread to other
areas?
How does location make one area more strategic and desirable than other areas?
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AUSTIN INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT
SUBJECT/COURSE: WORLD HISTORY
IPG: Fourth Six Weeks
GRADE LEVEL: 10
MAJOR CONCEPT #5: Government
Overarching Governments are established to regulate human behavior.
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Why are governments necessary?
What type of rights are people guaranteed under a government?
How have ideas about governing societies changed over time?
MAJOR CONCEPT #6: Interdependence
Overarching Cultural interdependence is a complex process that includes conquest, trade, migration, and heritage.
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What types of changes to daily life are brought about by cultural interdependence?
How have extinct cultures contributed new cultural and artistic ideas to contemporary societies?
How have multicultural societies emerged when two or more cultures come together?
How are religious ideas and artistic influences transferred from one culture to another?
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