CI.03 Analyze how cultural characteristics (e.g., language, religion, ethnicity, gender roles) link, divide, and/or define regions. C, G

What am I learning today?

Our culture is our identity. We are going to research how our culture impacts who we are.

Why am I learning this?

Understanding how we are impacted by our culture will give us a better understanding of others.

How will I know I learned this?

When you can identity the various cultural characteristics and how they influence how we interact with each other.

7 Major Characteristics of Culture That are Essential for Life

What is Ethnicity?

Gender inequality?

Murfreesboro, Tennessee:

https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/murfreesborocitytennessee

Where did English come from?

Three conflicts (Religion? Race? Ethnicity?)

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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

Contemporary Issues – Civil Rights Movement

Bellwork/Group Work With your neighbor, identify your current knowledge of the Civil Rights Movement. Ask each other these questions: Who? When? Why? Where? How? Our Standard CI.09 Analyze the causes

Contemporary Issues – Lesson 12 – CI.11

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