SEQUENCE OF UNIT
- Physical Geography of Latin America
- Regions of Latin America
- Physical Features of Latin America
- Phyiscal Map of Latin America
- Climate of Latin America
- Vegetation of Latin America
- Resources of Latin America
- Adaptation to Latin America
- Cultural Contact as a Catalyst for Change
- The Mayas
- The Aztecs
- The Incas
- The Spanish
- The Arrival of Europeans
- Impact of Europeans on Latin America
- Independence and the Spread of Democracy
- Independent Student Research Project (select one)
- I-Search Project based on personal question from Activity 1
- Country Tourism Project
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ENDURING UNDERSTANDINGS
- As the land of Latin America shapes the people there and the people shape the
land.
- Cultural and/or geographical characteristics create regions within Latin America.
- Cultural contact is a catalyst for change.
- Global distribution of resources, both natural and human, in Latin America and the
rest of the world result in various types of human interaction, such as exploitation, interdependence, and/or isolation, between
people within and outside of Latin America.
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