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Social Studies Level 9
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Each of the following links drills down to a page with the specific standards indicated:
This site has a lot of maps.
Travel Journal WebQuest
World Clock
Gives information on all of the countries of the world
Africa - Final Project Idea
International Studies - Secondary
Modern Europe, Africa, Central/South America (19th Century to Present)
SS 9.1: Know the main geographical features and natural resources of Europe and their impact on indigenous cultures
SS 9.2: Understands how economic, social, and political forces of the 1800’s contributed to the European Age of Imperialism
SS 9.3: Know the main geographical features and natural resources of Africa; their impact on indigenous cultures
SS 9.4: Explore the effects of European Imperialism on Africa
SS 9.5: Understand the African transition to independence and explore the present day political and social issues in a global context
SS 9.6: Know the main Geographical features and natural resources of Central and South America an their impact on indigenous cultures
SS 9.7: Explore the effects of European Imperialism on Central and South America
SS 9.8: Understand the Central and South American transition to independence and explore present day political and social issues in a global context
Modern East Asia (19th Century to present)
SS 9.9: Knows the main geographical features and natural resources of East Asia and their impact on indigenous cultures. (Himalayas, Gobi Desert, Yangzi River, Sea of Japan, Yellow Sea, Taklamkan Desert, Korean Peninsula, etc.)
SS 9.10: Know that cultural elements (language, arts, customs, Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianisam) reflect the ideas and attitudes of modern East Asia
SS 9.11: Understands that modern East Asian history is dynamic and composed of key turning points
SS 9.12: Understands that modern East Asia history is a record of human experiences that link past to present and future
Modern Middle East (19th Century to present)
SS 9.13: Knows the main geographical features and natural resources of the Middle East and their impact on indigenous cultures
SS 9.14: Understand that cultural / political elements and belief systems reflect the ideas; attitudes of a specific time and influence human interaction
SS 9.15: Explore the effects of Western imperialism on the Middle East
SS 9.16: Explore the Arab-Israeli conflict and its impact on the Middle East and other parts of the world
SS 9.17: Explore the continuing Middle East conflicts and their regional and global ramifications
SS 9.18: Explore the effects of Western imperialism on the Middle East
Analytic Traits
SS 9.19: Reconstructs the literal meaning of a historical reading
SS 9.20: Understands primary and secondary sources
SS 9.21: Compares and contrasts credibility of differing accounts of the same event and recognizes instances in which more than one interpretation of factual material is valid
SS 9.22: Tests the validity of researched information, using such criteria such as source, objectivity, technical correctness, and accuracy
