Public learning track
Cultural Diffusion and Changing Geopolitical Boundaries
10 lessons
Goal
Examine how cultural traits spread across regions, and use historical and contemporary political maps to analyze shifting territorial boundaries and state sovereignty.
10 lessons
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- Mechanisms of Cultural Diffusion: Expansion, Relocation, and HierarchicalUp next
- Contagious, Stimulus, and Reverse Hierarchical DiffusionNot started yet
- Cultural Landscapes and the Spatial Imprint of Cultural GroupsNot started yet
- Language, Religion, and the Spatial Boundaries of Culture RealmsNot started yet
- Cultural Syncretism, Acculturation, and AssimilationNot started yet
- Using Political Maps to Trace Shifting Territorial BoundariesNot started yet
- Decolonization and the Reconfiguration of African and Asian BoundariesNot started yet
- The Dissolution of Empires and Post-Cold War Boundary Changes in EuropeNot started yet
- Centripetal and Centrifugal Forces in Nation-States and Multistate RegionsNot started yet
- Sovereignty, Enclaves, Exclaves, and Contested Territorial ClaimsNot started yet
Standards Covered
- SS.912.G.4.7Florida Social Studies Standards · Social Studies · Grade 5 (target) · Grade 5Use geographic terms and tools to explain cultural diffusion throughout places, regions, and the world.
- SS.912.G.4.8Florida Social Studies Standards · Social Studies · Grade 5 (target) · Grade 5Use geographic concepts to analyze spatial phenomena and to discuss economic, political, and social factors that define, and interpret space.
- SS.912.G.4.9Florida Social Studies Standards · Social Studies · Grade 5 (target) · Grade 5Use political maps to describe the change in boundaries and governments within continents over time.
Curriculum Framework
9th Grade · Social Studies · US-FL-SS
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Cultural Diffusion and Changing Geopolitical Boundaries
Examine how cultural traits spread across regions, and use historical and contemporary political maps to analyze shifting territorial boundaries and state sovereignty.