CI.11 Analyze the lasting impact of history on contemporary issues (e.g., Treaty of Versailles, Cold War, ethnic cleansing, urbanization, human rights, immigration, modern medicine). C, H, P

What am I learning today?

How history has impacted our life today

Why am I learning this?

Events in the past have shaped the world and our country today. We need to know the how and why.

How will I know I learned this?

When you understand how past events shape the world around you today

Ethnic Cleansing

What’s the difference between genocide and ethnic cleansing?

Urbanization

https://www.nationalgeographic.org/encyclopedia/urbanization/

https://ourworldindata.org/urbanization

https://www.un.org/en/about-us/universal-declaration-of-human-rights

The Rose Diagram

CRISPR

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Contemporary Issues – Lesson 2 – CI.02

CI.02 Locate world regions, and explain how location affects events (e.g., climate, place, resources, globalization, urbanization, cultural diffusion). G, H What am I learning today? Our world’s various regions, their

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Contemporary Issues – Lesson 10 – CI.09

CI.09 Analyze the causes and effects of extremism, and identify the historical roots of terrorist attacks (e.g., PLO, IRA, Al-Qaeda, Taliban, ISIS, the Black Hand, KKK). C, H, P What

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Contemporary Issues – Lesson 3 – CI.02

CI.02 Locate world regions, and explain how location affects events (e.g., climate, place, resources, globalization, urbanization, cultural diffusion). G, H What am I learning today? Our world’s various regions, their

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