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9-20-16: I can explain how culture moves across the planet and identify key characteristics that define a culture.

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9-20-16: I can explain how culture moves across the planet and identify key characteristics that define a culture.

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Culture moves through human inhabitants. When a group of people practicing a specific culture settle into a new land, they bring that culture with them and spread it further, also known as cultural diffusion. This process of spreading culture can also be applied to symbols, flags, values, beliefs, foods, and practices. Universal religions have grown with millions of followers per religion through globalization.

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9-19-16: I can give examples of how the world is interconnected.

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9-19-16: I can give examples of how the world is interconnected.

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Globalization symbolizes a bridge that connects all parts of the world together. Language is one of the most obvious examples. English was started by a group of people and has spread throughout the world to become the single most spoken language today. Culture is spread by becoming so popular that other countries desire to obtain it. For example, McDonald's is a very well-known and successful fast food chain, so when other countries open the chain in their own land, they know they will profit from it due to its globalization.

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9-16-16: I can explain why society changes over time.

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9-16-16: I can explain why society changes over time.

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Conditions involving both standard of living and quality of life change the way people adapt to their country and how they decide on running things. For standard of living, rates like GDP or taxes can dictate the way the economy is run, which can change over time. New technologies also develop a country's place in the world. For quality of life, human rights apply to different situations as new themes like racism arise in the real world. Change sparks new debate about these rights.

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09-15-16: I can identify characteristics of a democracy and dictatorship.

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09-15-16: I can identify characteristics of a democracy and dictatorship.

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A dictatorship is where a government has total control of its people; for example, jobs, prices, and decisions are decided for all individuals. A democracy still has government regulation, but political parties and other aspects like representatives are formed by the people. An example is the practice of entrepreneurship.

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9-14-16: I can explain the difference between a developing and developed country.

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9-14-16: I can explain the difference between a developing and developed country.

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A developed country has a high standard of living with key indicators like the ones previously listed below (high literacy rate, high percentage with access to water, low infant mortality rate, ect). Even if the GDP for a developed country is low, that does not mean it is not developed. A developing country has a low standard of living with the other key indicators previously listed below (low literacy rate, high infant mortality rate, high population growth rate, ect.)

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9-13-16: I can identify key economic indicators.

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9-13-16: I can identify key economic indicators.

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There are definite key indicators. Some indicators of a country with low standards of living include low access to water, low literacy rate, high infant mortality rate, and high population growth rate. Some indicators of a country with high standards of living include a high literacy rate, high rate that has access to water, high GDP, and a low infant mortality rate.

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9-12-16: I can identify different economic systems.

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9-12-16: I can identify different economic systems.

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Four main economic systems exist. The traditional economy is featured in small settings like Alaskan tribes where the focus of everything is customs and culture. Free market economy is held in places like Hong Kong where there are nearly no rules. Mixed market economy is practiced in the United States where there is freedom but the people help establish rules. Finally, command market is basically communism where the people follow the government.

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9-09-16: I can explain and give examples of why population changes.

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9-09-16: I can explain and give examples of why population changes.

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Population changes due to the conditions of the country. Very desired countries like America attract immigrants that want job opportunities. On the other hand, less desired countries like Mexico are not as popular because they do not have the same job opportunities. This changes the notion of who immigrates where.

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9-08-16: I can explain the stages of population and the Demographic Transition Model.

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9-08-16: I can explain the stages of population and the Demographic Transition Model.

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There are 4 main stages of population. The first stage is nonexistent where there is a high birth rate, a high death rate, and a low general population. The second stage has a high birth rate and a falling death rate. There is no family planning in this stage and is existent in Afghanistan. The third stage has a falling birth rate and low death rate with stability. The fourth stage has a low birth and death rate and is the most stable.

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9-07-16: I can interpret population pyramids.

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9-07-16: I can interpret population pyramids.

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A population pyramid is divided between males and females. There are ranges of ages (divided by 5 years) and each side shows a bar to represent how many individuals of that gender fall into that age category. Ages are also grouped into the youth age, reproductive and working age, and retired age.

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9-06-16: Students will understand that the environment impacts people and the people impact their environment.

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9-06-16: Students will understand that the environment impacts people and the people impact their environment.

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The environment and its people is like a two-way system. On the one hand, the environment supplies natural resources and provides us of needs we cannot attain from anywhere else. In the fish game today, the fishermen relied on the fish to help provide for their family. On the other hand, the people's activity affects the environment. The amount of fish each fisherman caught from the pond could potentially lead to depletion, which would negatively affect the environment. (SUSTAINABILITY)

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I can define sustainability and explain its relationship to population.

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I can define sustainability and explain its relationship to population.

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Sustainability is a strategy of how to use the Earth's natural resources wisely and conservatively. Sustainability combines economic and environmental aspects as countries have to find ways to use what is available to them in the proper way. At this moment, our population has a limited amount of known natural resources (ex: coal). Those natural resources have to be divided between various nations, and some are not available to certain areas, while others have an abundance. China is one example. The country has 16 of the 20 most polluted cities due to their lack of sustainability, which also causes pollution. The fact that China has a large population may also affect the way things are used.
When talking about population further, the common argument is saving resources for future generations. Some environmentalists say that the future population is doomed in the fact that we are so past sustainability that it is impossible to try and save our natural resources now (i.e., time ran out.) Others, however, argue that natural resources develop over time and that we still have more to discover. This would mean that the future generations have hope. Each idea is not a guarantee, but still, efforts to maintain sustainability are a constant.

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9-02: I can give examples of how humans modify, depend on, and adapt to the land.

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9-02: I can give examples of how humans modify, depend on, and adapt to the land.

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Modification of land by humans can be shown by some of the pictures previously viewed, like bridges and dams being built to benefit society and its people. Modification relates to the physical alteration of the Earth.
Adaption is evident through changes made by the people. For example, putting solar panels on a house is a form of adaption because humans are shaping their actions and lifestyles around the way the world works. Another form of adaption includes creating new technologies like fans.
Dependence is really the underlying topic under all of this. Of course, without the natural resources we are provided, we would not be able to modify and adapt properly. Even though life is not sustainable without modification and adaption, dependence on the environment is what allows civilizations to grow and develop.

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I can explain how humans modify and depend on the land.

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I can explain how humans modify and depend on the land.

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Modification is key for living in any type of land or climate. In Louisiana, there are very low levels that land resides on. Tools like levees, pipes, dikes, and seawalls had to be created in order for the land to be survivable. This modification has also taken place in the Netherlands. Flooding was a serious problem there, so lakes had to be converted and sometimes even drained. Polders were created in effect of that and had to be used to increase food production for the citizens.
The idea of depending on land really has to do with the idea of environmental determinism, which was popular in the last century. An example of this idea would be the climate of a particular area benefiting health conditions, which then affects other items like the death toll. Even though this idea has been rejected recently, humans still depend on their environment to supply them of their essential needs.

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9-01: I can explain how the environment impacts where people live.

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9-01: I can explain how the environment impacts where people live.

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This is a true statement because of what I recently learned about desolate locations. Large populations do not want to live in remote or unfavorable locations like the desert, swamp, mountains, or cold areas. These places do not provide the necessary needs in order to survive, like optimal farming soil or hunting opportunities. This changes the way societies have to choose where they live and how they adapt to different situations.