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Contemporary Global Challenges: Human Rights and Sustainability
Evaluate how personal practices, government policies, and international treaties promote sustainable development and human rights.
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Contemporary Global Issues and Sustainability in the Eastern Hemisphere
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Investigate pressing geopolitical, environmental, and human rights issues in the Eastern Hemisphere and evaluate sustainable civic solutions.
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Learning standards covered
7.3South Carolina Social Studies Standards · 5th GradeAnalyze the cultural, economic, environmental, physical, political, and population geographies of contemporary Australia, Oceania, and Antarctica.
7.5South Carolina Social Studies Standards · 5th GradeAnalyze the cultural, economic, environmental, physical, political, and population geographies of contemporary North America.
7.18Oregon Social Studies Standards · All agesExplain how technological developments, societal decisions, and personal practices influence sustainability in the Eastern Hemisphere.
7.25Oregon Social Studies Standards · All agesIdentify issues related to historical events to recognize power, authority, religion, and governance as it relates to systemic oppression and its impact on indigenous peoples and ethnic and religious groups, and other traditionally marginalized groups in the modern era (bias, injustice, anti-Semitism, discrimination, stereotypes) including individuals who are American Indian/Alaska Native/Native Hawaiian or Americans of African, Asian, Pacific Island, Chicano, Latino, or Middle Eastern descent and traditionally marginalized groups (women, people with disabilities, immigrants, refugees, religious groups, and individuals who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender).