What is an enduring issue?

ENDURING + ISSUE
continuing or long-lasting an important topic or problem for debate or discussion

An enduring issue is a challenge or problem that a society has faced

and debated or discussed across time.

An enduring issue is one that many societies have attempted to

address with varying degrees of success.

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Enduring Issues are HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT.
What is historical significance?
To prove that something is historically significant one needs to show
that it affected a lot of people and had long-lasting impact.

Something is SIGNIFICANT if it is IMPORTANT.

Something is HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT if it...

➢ affected a lot of people.
➢had long-lasting impact.

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Enduring Issues

Conflict Cooperation Power

Inequality Innovation
Interconnectedness
Ideas and Beliefs Environmental Impact
Scarcity Population Growth
Security Human Rights

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 Extended Essay
In your essay:
• Identify and define an enduring issue raised by this set of documents.
• Using your knowledge of Social Studies and evidence from the
documents, argue why the issue you selected is significant and how it
has endured across time.
Be sure to:
• Identify the issue based on a historically accurate interpretation of
three documents.
• Define the issue using evidence from at least three documents.
• Argue that this is a significant issue that has endured by showing:
o How the issue has affected people or been affected by people.
o How the issue has continued to be an issue or changed over time.
• Include outside information from your knowledge of social studies
and evidence from the documents.

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Conflict is a serious disagreement or argument.
There can be conflict between individuals, groups of
people, and even nations.
What causes conflict?
What effects does conflict have?
Related Topics Global I:
➢ Rise and Fall of Classical Civilizations
➢ Rise of Islamic Empires, Mongols
➢ Crusades
➢ Protestant Reformation
➢ Absolutism
➢ Age of Exploration
➢ the Encounter and Colonization

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Cooperation is the process of working together
to achieve the same goal.
Why do people cooperate with one another?
What effects can cooperation have?
Related Topics Global I:
➢ Neolithic Revolution
➢ Trade Networks
➢ Golden Ages
➢ Renaissance
➢ Scientific Revolution

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Power is the ability to influence or control the
behaviors of people and it is a part of every human
interaction.
How is power gained, consolidated, maintained and lost?
Related Topics Global I:

➢ Rise and Fall of Classical ➢ Ming China

Civilizations ➢ Crusades
➢ Twelve Tables of Rome ➢ Machiavelli
➢ Feudalism ➢ Protestant Reformation
➢ Justinian’s Code ➢ Absolutism
➢ Rise of Islamic Empires ➢ Transatlantic Slave Trade
➢ Mongols ➢ Colonization of the Americas
➢ Ottoman Empire

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Inequality is the state of being unequal. When
there is inequality, one group has more power than
others.
Why is there inequality?
What effects does it have?
Related Topics Global I:

➢ Neolithic Revolution
➢ Caste System
➢ Confucianism
➢ Roman Society
➢ Feudalism
➢ Encomienda System

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Innovation is a change, a new method, or new
idea. Innovations have positive and negative impacts.

Do the benefits of innovation outweigh the costs?

Related Topics Global I:

➢ Neolithic Revolution
➢ Golden Ages Classical Civilizations
➢ Abbasid Golden Age
➢ Tang, Song, and Ming ChinaThe Renaissance
➢ Scientific Revolution

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Interconnectedness is the state of having
connections or relationships with other people.
Increased interconnectedness can have both positive
and negative effects.
Do the benefits of interconnectedness outweigh the costs?
Related Topics Global I
➢ Cultural Diffusion
➢ Alexander the Great ➢ Ibn Battuta
➢ Mediterranean Sea Complex ➢ Crusades
➢ Trans-Saharan Trade Routes ➢ Black Death
➢ Indian Ocean Complex ➢ Zheng He
➢ Silk Roads ➢ Age of Exploration
➢ Marco Polo ➢ Columbian Exchange

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Ideas and Beliefs influence the point of view
of both individuals and groups throughout history.
How do ideas and beliefs
shape humanity throughout history?

Related Topics Global I

➢ Judaism ➢ Islam
➢ Hinduism ➢ Philosophy
➢ Buddhism ➢ Democracy
➢ Confucianism ➢ Absolutism
➢ Daoism ➢ The Renaissance
➢ Christianity ➢ The Protestant
Reformation

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Environmental Impact which includes
geographic location, climate and terrain of an area,
region or even the world on human development or
how human decisions in turn influence the
environment itself.
How does the environment impact human development?
How do humans impact the environment?
Related Topics Global I
➢ Neolithic Revolution, ➢ Silk Roads
➢ Classical Greece ➢ Aztec Empire
➢ India, and Rome ➢ Inca Empire,
➢ Mediterranean Sea Complex ➢ The Encounter
➢ Trans-Saharan Trade Routes ➢ Columbian Exchange
➢ Indian Ocean Complex
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 Adapted from New Visions Curriculum

Scarcity is the state of not having enough of

something. Resources are limited and some geographic
locations have more resources than others.
In a world with scarce resources,
how do people get what they need and want?
What are the effects of their actions?
Related Topics Global I
➢ Traditional Economy
➢ Manorialism
➢ Mercantilism
➢ Capitalism
➢ Globalization

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Population Growth increase in the number
of people

What are the push and pull factors that

would cause the population to change?

Related Topics

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Human Rights are rights inherent to all human
beings, regardless of race, sex, nationality, ethnicity,
language, religion, or any other status

Why have Human Rights abuses

taken place?
Have the protection of Human Rights
been successful?
Where have violations occurred,
and how have they been rectified?
Related Topics

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