6-Social-Studies-December

Main Concept

 * Governments and Economies
 * Looking at Regions

Guiding Questions

 * How do democracies and market economies affect how people live?
 * How would your life be different if the government chose which products you could buy?
 * Why do geopgraphers divide Earth into regions?
 * What are some features that make different regions unique?

Key Terms
Governments and Economies: democracy, majority rule, right, monarchy, dictatorship, oligarchy, industry, developed country

Looking at Regions: border, empire, colony, subregion, cultural region.


 * Suggestions:** Vocabulary words can be given as an introduction to each topic, or it can be given as homework after the introduction of each topic.

Holidays

 * Wright Brothers Day - December 17th
 * First Day of Winter - December 21st
 * Christmas - December 25th
 * New Years Eve - December 31st.

Student Outcomes

 * Students will differentiate among traditional, market, and command economies.
 * Students will describe charactereistics of limited and unlimited governments.
 * Students will explain how citizens participate in and influence the political process in contemporary societies.
 * Students will be able to answer questions about geographic distributions and patterns for world regions and countries.
 * Students will be able to find the similarities and differences among selected world societies.
 * Students will be able to define culture and cultural region.

Resources for Teachers

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 * Harcourt Horizons World Region Chapter 2 : lesson 3 & 4