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Unit Plan/Rationale:This section of the course introduces students to the nature and significance of the political organization of territory at different scales. Students learn that politicalpatterns reflect ideas about how Earth’s surface should be organized and affect a wide range of activities and understandings. The course gives primary attention to the political geography of the modern state or country. Students are introduced to the different forces that shaped the evolution of the contemporary world political map, including the rise of nation-states in Europe, the influence of colonialism and the contemporary rise of neoliberalism. Students also learn about the basic structure of the political map and the inconsistencies between maps of political boundaries and maps of ethnic, economic, and environmental patterns. In addition, students consider some of the forces that are changing the role of individual countries in the modern world, including ethnic separatism, devolution, supranationalism, economic globalization, the emergence of regional economic blocs, and the need to confront environmental problems that cross national boundaries. This part of the course also focuses on political units above, below, and beyond the state. For example, at the scale above the state, attention is directed to regional integration schemes and alliances, such as NATO, the European Union, and NAFTA. At the scale below the state, students are introduced to the ways in which electoral districts, municipal boundaries, and ethnic territories affect political, social, and economic processes. In addition, students study how particular policies affect the spatial organization of cultural and social life, as in the case of racial segregation. Through study of these matters, students understand the importance of the political organization of territory in the contemporary world.Key TermsAmbassador481266566675Colonialism CommonwealthConfederation Conference of Berlin (1884) ConsulateConstituent Country (Greenland)Core/periphery Coup d’etatDecolonization DelimitationDemarcationDevolution Domino theory EEZ (Exclusive Economic Zone) Electoral regions Embassy400000Colonialism CommonwealthConfederation Conference of Berlin (1884) ConsulateConstituent Country (Greenland)Core/periphery Coup d’etatDecolonization DelimitationDemarcationDevolution Domino theory EEZ (Exclusive Economic Zone) Electoral regions Embassy AnnexationAntarctica Antecedent boundaryApartheid Balkanization Border landscape Boundary, disputes (definitional, locational, operational, allocational) Boundary, origin (antecedent, subsequent, superimposed, relic) Boundary, process (definition, delimitation, demarcation) Boundary, type (natural/physical, ethnographic/cultural, geometric) Buffer state Capital Centrifugal Centripetal City-state Colonialism 415734537465?Relic boundary?Religious conflict ?Reunification ?Satellite state ?Self-determination ?Shatterbelt ?Sovereignty ?State ?Stateless ethnic groups ?Stateless nation ?Subsequent boundary?Suffrage ?Superimposed boundary?Supranationalism ?Territorial disputes ?Territorial morphology (compact, fragmented, elongated, prorupt, perforated) ?Territoriality ?Theocracy ?Treaty ports ?UNCLOS (United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea) ?Unitary government?USSR collapse00?Relic boundary?Religious conflict ?Reunification ?Satellite state ?Self-determination ?Shatterbelt ?Sovereignty ?State ?Stateless ethnic groups ?Stateless nation ?Subsequent boundary?Suffrage ?Superimposed boundary?Supranationalism ?Territorial disputes ?Territorial morphology (compact, fragmented, elongated, prorupt, perforated) ?Territoriality ?Theocracy ?Treaty ports ?UNCLOS (United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea) ?Unitary government?USSR collapseEnclaveEthnic conflict European Union ExclaveFederal governmentForward capital Frontier GenocideGeopolitics Gerrymandering Global commons Heartland/rimland Immigrant states ImperialismInternational organization Iron Curtain Irredentism Israel/Palestine Landlocked Law of the Sea Lebanon Mackinder, Halford J. Manifest destiny Median-line principle Microstate (city-state)Ministate Nation National iconography Nation-state Nunavut Organic TheoryRaison d’être Reapportionment Regionalism -85725-889000Unit Daily AgendaDateUnit ConceptsEssential QuestionsActivities/HomeworkWednesday, 3/6StatesWhat’s in a state?How is space politically organized into states?Unit 4 PlanLecture Part I: Political GeographyCurrent Conflict News Article IntroductionReading Guide Chapter 8----------------------------------------------------------------------------Unit 4 Vocabulary-BLOGCast Study: Who are the Kurds?-BLOGRubenstein Key Issue #1News ArticleThursday, 3/7Spatial CharacteristicsWhat are the five spatial characteristics of states?News Article DueLecture Part II/Graphic Organizer: Spatial Characteristics of StatesDiscuss Who are the Kurds?--------------------------------------------------------------------------3) Case Study: British Partition of South Asia4) Rubenstein Key Issue #1 & VOCAB4) News Article5) Prepare for Place Geography QuizFriday, 3/8Modern StatesHow does a territory define a society?10) Lecture Part III: The Modern State Idea---------------------------------------------------------------------------Prepare for Place Geography QuizRubenstein Key Issue #2 & VOCABMonday, 3/11STATEWhat causes boundary disputes among states?Place Geography QuizUN Internet Activity---------------------------------------------------------------------------Rubenstein Key Issue #2 & VOCABTuesday, 3/12BoundariesHow are boundaries established? Why do boundary disputes occur?Rubenstein Chapter 8 Key Issues 1&2 QuizLecture Part IV: Boundaries and Boundary DisputesVideo Clip: How the States Got Their Shapes----------------------------------------------------------------------------Rubenstein Key Issue #3 & VOCABArticle: Two Surveyors Restore Mason DixonWednesday, 3/13Gerrymandering and Electoral GeographyHow do states partition themselves into electoral districts?1) Lecture Part V: Gerrymandering2) Predicting Election Results in GA----------------------------------------------------------------------------3) Finish Predicting Election Results in GA4) Rubenstein Key Issue #3 & VOCABThursday, 3/14Geopolitics and BalkanizationHow do geopolitics and critical geopolitics help us understand the world?Lecture Part VI: Geopolitics and BalkanizationActivity 4.1-The Rise of Nationalism and Fall of Yugoslavia---------------------------------------------------------------------------------Rubenstein Key Issue #4 & VOCABFriday, 3/15Spatial Organization and Forces of Fragmentation and Cohesion How do states spatially organize their governments?What causes devolutionary movements?Lecture Part VII: How do states spatially organize their governments?Governments Around the World Scavenger Hunt------------------------------------------------------------------------Rubenstein Key Issue #4 Prep for Vocabulary QuizMonday, 3/18Forms of Governing and the Geography of GoverningWhat forms of governing are present in the world today?Unit 4 Vocabulary Quiz2) Lecture Part VIII: Governments from Around the World3) An Isolated North Korea4) Video Clip: Inside North Korea -------------------------------------------------------------------------6) Article Review: Democracy or Not?7) Article Review: Democracy in Hong KongTuesday, 3/19War and TerrorismShould the spread of democracy end?What forms of terrorism are prevalent in the 21st century?Rubenstein Chapter 8 Key Issues 3&4 QuizDemocracy DiscussionLecture Part IX: Forms of TerrorismISIS and Other Terroristic Organizations------------------------------------------------------------------------5) Socratic Seminar PrepWednesday, 3/20War and TerrorismWho is currently at war?Where are potential breakouts of conflict likely to occur?Should the U.S. get involved with “boots on the ground” vs. ISIS?1) Mini Socratic Seminar: U.S. involvement vs. North Korea2) Nuclear Capability and the World-------------------------------------------------------------------------4) Unit 4 Test Prep/FRQThursday, 3/21Unit 4 TestUnit 4 Test-FRQUnit 4 Test-MCQs-------------------------------------------------------------------------Common Core StandardsCCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.9-10.1 Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of primary and secondary sources, attending to such features as the date and origin of the SS.ELA-Literacy.RH.9-10.2 Determine the central ideas or information of a primary or secondary source; provide an accurate summary of how key events or ideas develop over the course of the SS.ELA-Literacy.RH.9-10.3 Analyze in detail a series of events described in a text; determine whether earlier events caused later ones or simply preceded them. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.9-10.4 Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including vocabulary describing political, social, or economic aspects of history/social SS.ELA-Literacy.RH.9-10.5 Analyze how a text uses structure to emphasize key points or advance an explanation or SS.ELA-Literacy.RH.9-10.6 Compare the point of view of two or more authors for how they treat the same or similar topics, including which details they include and emphasize in their respective SS.ELA-Literacy.RH.9-10.7 Integrate quantitative or technical analysis (e.g., charts, research data) with qualitative analysis in print or digital SS.ELA-Literacy.RH.9-10.8 Assess the extent to which the reasoning and evidence in a text support the author’s SS.ELA-Literacy.RH.9-10.9 Compare and contrast treatments of the same topic in several primary and secondary SS.ELA-Literacy.RH.9-10.10 By the end of grade 10, read and comprehend history/social studies texts in the grades 9–10 text complexity band independently and proficiently. For Map Quiz Prep… AfricaEuropeMiddle EastSouth AsiaEast AsiaSE Asia, Australia and OceaniaLatin AmericaFormative Assessments-Chapter 8 Reading Quiz, Unit 4 Vocabulary Quiz, Map QuizzesSummative Assessments-Unit 4 Test, Socratic SeminarDifferentiation-Content-lab assignments, Product-flipped classroom ................
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