Unpacked Content
Knowledge
Students know:
- How to use a map to locate geographic regions.
- The role of governmental agencies.
- The role of the United Nations (UN) and the United States in resolving conflicts.
- Vocabulary: geographic area, governmental agencies including American Red Cross, World Health Organization (WHO) and Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), and United Nation
Skills
Students are able to:
- Analyze how cooperation and conflict among people contribute to political, economic and cultural conflicts.
- Locate places on physical and political maps.
- Identify and summarize information related to cooperation of governmental agencies.
Understanding
Students understand that:
- Conflicts occur within and between geographic areas over land, economic competition for scarce resources, opposing political views, boundary disputes, and cultural differences.
Vocabulary
- geographic area
- governmental agencies
- United Nations
- conflict
- political
- economic
