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=Stage 1 - Identify Desired Results= Content Area: Social Studies Standard Level: E. History Standard: E2 individual, cultural, international, and global connections in History Grade Level Span: 9-Diploma "World Cultures" students analyze different sections of the world by culture, History, and individual connections to the world. ||
 * **Establish Goals (MLR):** **(G)** ||
 * Maine Learning Results

//What understandings are desired?//
• History in a world sense •each country has a location in a world sense. ||
 * **//Students will understand that://** **(U)** ||
 * • The areas of the world that coincide with culture

//What essential questions will be considered?//
• How do we learn about other cultures through History? • Why is knowledge about other countries important? ||
 * **Essential Questions:** **(Q)** ||
 * •How do you you interpret culture, and why do we stereotype?

//What key knowledge and skills will students acquire as a result of this unit?//
Foreign Policy, countries names', and world leaders • Critical Details- Location, culture, cause and effect, government, and deciding factors • Important Events and People - world leaders, government officials, and big factors for countries. || • Model the countries of the world • Document specific events characterized by country • Produce major turning points based on culture and History • Analyze effects and issues in countries around the world. • Imagine cultures of the world and make connections • Be aware of diversity in other countries ||
 * **//Students will know://** **(K)** || **//Students will be able to://** **(S)** ||
 * •Vocabulary/Terminology- Racism, Stereotype.


 * 2004 ASCD and Grant Wiggins and Jay McTighe.**