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Subsistence Strategies and Cultural Ecology

9th Grade · Social Studies · US-IL-SS

7 lessons

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Examine how human societies develop cultural adaptations and modes of production—from foraging and pastoralism to intensive agriculture and industrial systems.

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us-ilSS.Anth.2.9-12Illinois Social Studies Standards · All ages

Explain how cultures develop and vary in response to their physical and social environment, including local, national, regional, and global patterns.