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GUIAS DE ESTUDIO POR ASIGNATURAS Y UNIDADES

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Mr Díaz Class

WORLD HISTORY / HISTORIA UNIVERSAL (IN ENGLISH / EN INGLES)
WORLD HISTORY / HISTORIA UNIVERSAL (IN SPANISH / EN ESPAÑOL)
AMERICAN HISTORY / HISTORIA DE LOS EUA (IN ENGLISH / EN INGLES)
AMERICAN HISTORY / HISTORIA DE LOS EUA (IN SPANISH / EN ESPAÑOL)
ECONOMICS / ECONOMIA (IN ENGLISH & SPANISH)
GOVERNMENT / GOBIERNO (IN ENGLISH & SPANISH)
PHILOSOPHY (ENGLISH)
WORLD RELIGIONS (ENGLISH)
HISTORY OF WORLD CINEMA / HISTORIA DEL CINE (ONLY IN ENGLISH)

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COMPONENTS.................................... COMPETENCY:

I-GEOGRAPHIC UNDERSTANDING........... A

II-HISTORICAL AWARENESS...................... A, B, C.

III-CIVIC RESPONSIBILITY.......................... A, B

IV-ECONOMIC UNDERSTANDING............. A, B

V-CULTURAL AWARENESS.......................... A, B, C

VI-GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE............................ A, B

General Objectives for all my Units / Subjects

1-Be able to compare and contrast events, situations, people. (II A, II B)

2-Identify facts from opinions (V A).

3-Use, understand, and/or elaborate graphs, statistic tables, maps, political cartoons. (I A, IV A)

4-Analyze the causes and effects of major events and processes (II A, II C, VI A).

5-Work with biographies, timelines, chronologies, almanacs, encyclopedias.

6-Organize and express ideas clearly orally and in writing. Prepare projects, research papers, book reviews, video analysis. (I A)

7-Read, interpret, judge, and answer questions about information on historical, economic, and/or political topics. (I A).

8-Use the INTERNET / WWW as a source of information.

9-Write essays to express opinions or evaluate situations related to different topics or events.

10-Recognize the majors works of art and literature created throughout history and understand how they have impacted past and present civilizations (VI A).

11-Develop tolerance and interaction to/with other human beings and different cultures (V B, VI B).

12-Understand the moral, ethical, and legal obligations that all human beings have toward each other. Understand what is a democracy. Develop social and political participation skills. (III A, V B,)

13-Acquire critical thinking and decision-making skills. (I B)

14-Recognize the steps of inquiry as stating the problem, gathering data, developing a hypothesis, analyzing and evaluating the information, and reaching a conclusion. (II B)

15-Be able to gather, process, analyze, and summarize information (IV C).

16-Analyze and understand the existence of ethnic and cultural diversity, whose members have their own historical perspectives, and the existence of differing point of views on the same issues. Consider how personal experience and frame of reference can
shape / influence the interpretation of historical events. (II A, II C, III A, V A, V B, V C)

17-Understand how past societies have influenced the present world (religion, government, culture, etc.). (II A, V C)

18-Analyze the interaction of science, technology, economy, society, and politics during human history. See how those elements have affected the institutions of family, education, government, and religion. (II A, III B, IV A)

19-Take into consideration man’s inhumanity to man as part of slavery, servitude, discrimination, war crimes, the Holocaust, child abuse, sexual harassment, violation of human rights, etc. (V C).

20-Distinguish revolution, civil war, defensive war, independence war, aggression / conquest war, local / national / global conflicts (II C).

21-Predict economic / political trends using data from economic indicators, surveys, pools, etc.. (III B).

22-Be aware about the knowledge, skills, and attitudes that will be needed to function effectively in the world of work in the 21st. century. (VI B)

23-Identify and evaluate multiple interpretations of historical events. (I A)

24-Identify and describe the role and contributions of leaders and other relevant people from different cultures as part of historical events. (II B)

25-Determine the common social, economic, and political causes of most of the conflicts throughout history. (II C)

26-Compare major world cultures based on religious and moral beliefs, including mythology, legends, and other beliefs of different groups of people (VIA, VIB).

27-Compare the contributions and influences of religious leaders: Buddha, Confucius, Lao Tse, Moses, Jesus, Mohammed.

Activities

1-Introduce the new unit.

2-Give handout.

3-Explain assignment for the unit. Identify resources and ways to fulfill the tasks.

4-Discuss the new vocabulary and introduce the names of leaders and outstanding people.

5-Lecture.

6-Use videos, picture shows, transparencies, poster exhibitions, maps, and other visuals.

6-Work by teams: research and discussion. Individual results.

7-Conclusion.

Auxiliary Resources

1-Overhead / Transparencies