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Unit 1 Launch Unit Essential Question: What are the lessons and tools that are most needed to understand history, geography, civics and economics?
Unit 2 Geography Essential Question: How does the physical geography of a civilization influence the culture?
Unit 3 Mesopotamia Essential Question: How do humans control the environment to have their needs met?
Unit 4 Egypt Essential Question: How did politics, culture and innovations develop, flourish and/or decline? Unit 5 Ancient Greece Essential Question: How did politics, culture and innovations develop, flourish and/or decline?
Unit 8 Maya, Inca, Aztec Essential Question: How did politics, culture and innovations develop, flourish and/or decline?
What tools do we need to understand history, geography, economics, and civics?
How is the nation’s future shaped by its beginning?
How do you know when a revolution is justified?
What makes a revolution successful?
How can freedom and rules co-exist?
How did the US continue to change and grow in early years?
How does a nation stay true to its values as it grows?
How did the divided nation erupt into a civil war?
Launch Unit: What are the lenses and tools that are most needed to understand history, geography, civics, and economics?
Civil War: How did our divided nation erupt into a civil war?
Industrialization & Immigration: What are the benefits and consequences of rapid innovation?
Great Depression & WWI: How did the United States deal with global and domestic crisis?
WWII & the Holocaust: How can learning about the choices people made during past periods of violence and genocide help guide our choices today?
Civil Rights Movement: How do people successfully fight for their rights and equality?
Cold War: What conditions and issues led to mistrust between the U.S. and USSR, thereby leading to the Cold War?