Evaluating the impact of current news stories on the individual and on local, state, national, and international communities (Alabama)
Comparing current news stories to related past events
Analyzing news stories for implications regarding nations of the world
Locating on a map areas affected by events described in news stories
Interpreting statistical data related to political, social, and economic issues in current events
Compare the relationship of governments and economies to events occurring in specific nations.
Identifying recurring historical patterns in regions around the world
Describing costs and benefits of trade among nations in an interdependent world
Comparing ways different countries address individual and national economic and social problems, including child care, tax rates, economic regulations, health care, national debt, and unemployment
Compare civic responsibilities, individual rights, opportunities, and privileges of citizens of the United States to those of citizens of other nations.
Analyze scientific and technological changes for their impact on the United States and the world.
Analyze cultural elements, including language, art, music, literature, and belief systems, to determine how they facilitate global understanding or misunderstanding.
Compare information presented through various media, including television, newspapers, magazines, journals, and the Internet.
Explaining the reliability of news stories and their sources
Describing the use, misuse, and meaning of different media materials, including photographs, artwork, and film clips
Critiquing viewpoints presented in editorial writing and political cartoons, including the use of symbols that represent viewpoints
Describing the role of intentional and unintentional bias and flawed samplings
Identify strategies that facilitate public discussion on societal issues, including debating various positions, using a deliberative process, blogging, and presenting public forums.
Organize a service-learning project, including research and implementation, that addresses an identified community or global issue having an impact on the quality of life of individuals and groups.
Describe spatial patterns of world populations to discern major clusters of population density and reasons for these patterns.
Examples: East Asia, India
Identify world migration patterns caused by displacement issues.
Example: African refugees relocating from the Republic of Sierra Leone to Scandinavia
Explaining how Southeast Asian ethnic minorities, including Hmong, Lhasa, and Akha, adapt to life in the United States
Tracing the migration of ethnic minorities in Kunming to urban cities in China
Explaining how the displacement of American Indians to reservations affected many areas of the United States, including Alabama (Alabama)
Identify the characteristics, distribution, and complexity of Earth’s cultural mosaics.
Explaining essential aspects of culture, including social structure, languages, belief systems, customs, religion, traditions, art, food, architecture, and technology
Describe elements of the landscape as a mirror of culture.
Explaining how landscapes reflect cultural traits and preferences
Distinguishing various types of architecture, including rural, urban, and religious structures
Examples: religious land uses, advertisements for ethnic restaurants
Compare the geographic distribution of linguistic features around the world.
Identifying the world’s most widely spoken languages
Describing how linguistic diversity creates cultural conflict
Explain how religion influences cultures around the globe.
Identifying major religions, their source areas, and spatial expansion
Interpreting different ceremonies based on religious traditions, including marriages, funerals, and coming-of-age
