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Internationalizing the Academic Standards: Indiana Social Studies | Grades 6-12
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Internationalizing the Academic Standards: Indiana Social Studies | Grades 6-12
Suggestion for Integrating International explain the importance of the early cultural
Content: On a blank map of Africa or Asia, have hearths in the Nile River Valley, Mesopotamia,
students locate and identify the major physical the Indus River Valley, and the Huang River
characteristics of that continent. Examples: Valley.
Oceans; seas; gulfs; lakes; rivers; deserts;
mountains. Suggestion for Integrating International
Content: Have students suggest answers to
questions pertaining to early river civilizations.
Grade: 7 Examples: How is flooding controlled? How can
Academic Standard: 7.3 water be redirected from the river to the crop
Academic Standard Indicator: 7.3.9 fields? Who maintains the irrigation canals?
How is water divided among communities?
Core Standard: No
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Grade: 7
Academic Standard: 7.4
Academic Standard Indicator: 7.4.6
Core Standard: Yes
Grade: 7
Academic Standard: 7.4
Academic Standard Indicator: 7.4.6
Core Standard: Yes
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