Globalization and the Changing Environment

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End of Unit Assessment- Global II Exam Aligned End of Unit Assessment- Global II Exam Aligned- Teacher Materials New York State Enduring Issues Essay Rubric Separated By Category Supplemental Writing and Regents Prep Resources
Unit Introduction and Vocabulary
Vocabulary Introduction
Causes and Effects of Population Growth and Globalization
SQ 1. What is globalization? What can a t-shirt reveal about it? SQ 2. Why has there been an increase in globalization in the 20th and 21st centuries? SQ 3. Do the economic benefits of globalization outweigh the costs? SQ 4. Do the social and cultural benefits of globalization outweigh the costs? SQ 5. Why has the world population increased? Will it continue? SQ 6. What effect has population growth and globalization had on the environment? How might changes in the environment affect us? SQ 7. What was the Green Revolution? What effect has it had? What lessons can we learn from it to address global needs in the 21st century? SQ 8. What have been the effects of urbanization in the late 20th and 21st centuries? SQ 9. What has the international community done to address the negative effects of population growth and globalization? Have they been successful? SQ 10. Has globalization made the world safer?
Unit Synthesis Task
10.9 Enduring Issues Check-In Unit Closer New Visions Global II Review Sheets and Concept Maps for the Full Course
Unit 10.9: Globalization and the Changing Environment
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End of Unit Assessments
End of Unit Assessment- Global II Exam Aligned End of Unit Assessment- Global II Exam Aligned- Teacher Materials New York State Enduring Issues Essay Rubric Separated By Category Supplemental Writing and Regents Prep Resources
Unit Introduction and Vocabulary
Vocabulary Introduction
Causes and Effects of Population Growth and Globalization
SQ 1. What is globalization? What can a t-shirt reveal about it? SQ 2. Why has there been an increase in globalization in the 20th and 21st centuries? SQ 3. Do the economic benefits of globalization outweigh the costs? SQ 4. Do the social and cultural benefits of globalization outweigh the costs? SQ 5. Why has the world population increased? Will it continue? SQ 6. What effect has population growth and globalization had on the environment? How might changes in the environment affect us? SQ 7. What was the Green Revolution? What effect has it had? What lessons can we learn from it to address global needs in the 21st century? SQ 8. What have been the effects of urbanization in the late 20th and 21st centuries? SQ 9. What has the international community done to address the negative effects of population growth and globalization? Have they been successful? SQ 10. Has globalization made the world safer?
Unit Synthesis Task
10.9 Enduring Issues Check-In Unit Closer New Visions Global II Review Sheets and Concept Maps for the Full Course
Causes and Effects of Population Growth and Globalization:

SQ 5. Why has the world population increased? Will it continue?


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  • SQ 5. Why has the world population increased? Will it continue?
    Describe recent world wide population trends. Explain what will most likely happen to the world’s population in the future.
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    SQ 5. Why has the world population increased? Will it continue?

    Global History II

    Unit 10.9: Globalization and the Changing Environment

    Causes and Effects of Population Growth and Globalization: SQ 5. Why has the world population increased? Will it continue?

    Describe recent world wide population trends.

    Explain what will most likely happen to the world’s population in the future.

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    New York State Grades 9-12 Social Studies Framework ( 10.9c, 10.9c1, 10.9c2, 10…
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    New York State Grades 9-12 Social Studies Framework:
    10.9c

    CONCEPTUAL UNDERSTANDING: Population pressures, industrialization, and urbanization have increased demands for limited natural resources and food resources, often straining the environment.

    10.9c1

    CONTENT SPECIFICATION: Students will examine how the world’s population is growing exponentially for numerous reasons and how it is not evenly distributed.

    10.9c2

    CONTENT SPECIFICATION: Students will explore efforts to increase and intensify food production through industrial agriculture (e.g., Green Revolutions, use of fertilizers and pesticides, irrigation, and genetic modifications).

    10.9c3

    CONTENT SPECIFICATION: Students will examine strains on the environment, such as threats to wildlife and degradation of the physical environment (i.e., desertification, deforestation and pollution) due to population growth, industrialization, and urbanization.

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