SOCIAL STUDIES

10TH GRADE
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Unit 1
 World war I
 Russian Revolution
 Great Depression
 Fascist Regimes
 World War II
 United Nations
Investigate:
1. The killing of what man originated the war?

2. Which countries formed the Allies?

3. Which countries formed the Central Powers?

4. What was a trench?

5. What new weapons appeared in this conflict?

6. What kind of chemical weapons were used in this war?

7. Which countries, of today, formed The Austro- Hungarian Empire?

8. Who lost the war and why?

9. Where was the end of the war treaty signed?

10. What was the name of the treaty signed at the end of the war?
WW I
Class activity 3
1. Investigate what were the consequences of the war.
2. Write them down. (300 words minimum

THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION

CLASS ACTIVITY 4
1. - Watch the video of Rasputin

2. - Solve the quiz

a) What year and where was Rasputin born?

b) To what religion did he convert?

c) What captivated people about Rasputin?

d) What was the name of the capital of Russia in times of the revolution?

e) What did Nicolas II and his wife believe in?

f) What illness did Alexei, the son of the Czar have?

g) What did the royal family think Rasputin had?

h) What prophecy did Rasputin make?

i) Why did the clergy and the noblemen despise Rasputin?

j) Explain how, regarding Yusupov’s memoirs, and how many times Rasputin was
tried and finally killed.
STALIN THE DICTATOR
 Class activity 5
Solve the quiz
1. Analyze. What was life like for a peasant family in Russia at the beginning of the 20 th
century? How did this promote revolutionary ideas?

2. Compare the one party system in the Soviet Union established by Lenin to other
similar systems you know about or you have heard about. Why do you think they
become one party system?

3. Explain how the social conditions at the end of the Czarist Russia became a cause of
revolution.

Industry:

Population:

4. Investigate for information about the final years of the Czarist regime. Write and
share one of the myths about the Romanov family.

WORLD WAR II
Class activity 6

1. Investigate and write down.

a) When did the war begin?

b) What was the principal reason?

c) What was the first war action in the armed conflict?

d) Who was the leader of Germany in time of war?

e) Who was the leader of Italy in time of war?

f) Who was the leader of the Soviet Union in time of war?

g) Who formed the Allies?

h) Who formed The Axis?

i) What countries did Hitler invade?

j) What was the Holocaust?

k) What attack made the USA enter the war?

l) What made Japan surrender?

m) Who won the war?

n) When did the war end?

 UNIT 2
 CREATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS
 CONFRONTATION BETWEEN 2 SUPER
POWERS
 SCIENTIFIC ADVANCES AND CULTURAL
CHANGES
 CLASS ACTIVITY

Berlin Wall quiz

1. When was the Berlin wall built?

2. What country built the wall?

3. In what date did the wall fall apart?

4. Who was the leader of the Soviet Union when this happened? ( The Wall)

5. How long was the wall?

6. What would the soldiers of the Soviet Union do if someone tried to cross to the other side?

7. Write four ways they tried to cross to the other side.

8. What happened on June 12, 1987?

9. What Soviet president let the people of Eastern Germany cross the wall?

10. Why do you think they built the wall?

CLASS ACTIVITY
 Investigate and solve the quiz
Invention Time line

1. When were the first wooden ships used?

2. When were the first driving trains used?

3. What’s the name of the tallest building constructed?

4. When was the first radio invented?

5. What was the name of the first drug used as an anesthetic in the year 1844?

6. Write an essay of the inventions that most impress you? ( write at least about 3 of them in 20
lines)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGo6vlWbKl0

SCIENTIFIC ADVANCES AND TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGES

 UNIT 2 TEST TOPICS
 CREATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS

 CONFRONTATION BETWEEN 2 SUPER POWERS

 THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA

 SCIENTIFIC ADVANCES AND CULTURAL CHANGES

UNIT 3
Dictatorships and Democracies
 Military dictatorships
 Neoliberalism
 Latin America in the new century

INVESTIGATION ACTIVITY

1. Investigate five south American dictators

2. Write a short biography of each one, in your notebooks.

(Including dates of beginning and end of their governments)
 Class activity 3/1/2022

1. Investigate the Military dictatorships of Ecuador.

2. Must include:

a) Write down dates. (Beginning and ending)

b) Names of the dictators and the period of government.

c) Last democratic president before the coup.

d) Name of the new president after the dictatorship.

e) Principal actions taken in their government.

f) Make a list of positive and negative actions of the

dictatorship.

Note: On the notebook.

1 “Junta Militar” ( 1966- 1968)

Almirante Ramón Castro Jijón- General Guillermo Freire Posso – General Luis
Cabrera Sevilla

2, - (1972-1976) General Guillermo Rodriguez Lara

3.- ( 1976-1979) Supreme council government

Formed by one representative of each branch of the armed forces.

“Triunvirato”
 UNIT 4
 Cultural Identity
 Migrations past and present
 Countries and migration
 Migration a global issue
 SOCIAL STUDIES
 Essential Concepts Of The Project:
Cultural diversity around the word and consumption.
 Skills With Performance Criteria:
CS.4.1.60. Summarize the challenges for Latin America in terms of managing
information and communications, in the framework of the economic, political and
social situation today
 I Evaluation Indicators:
I.CS.4.5.3. Compare the history of Latin America in the nineteenth and twentieth
centuries, its incorporation into
the world market, expansion of industry, constitutional systems, conflicts over the
definition of borders, socioeconomic changes and early developmentalism,
implementation and influence on the social and economic situation under
neoliberalism and challenges in the management of information and media. (I.2.)
 Teacher proposals:
Investigate and contrast the existing cultural diversity between three different
cultures.

ACTIVITY:
BY GROUPS
 Investigate and analyze
Group 1: Investigate and contrast the existing cultural diversity between: Ecuador,
China and Spain.
Group 2: Investigate and contrast the existing cultural diversity between: Ecuador,
United States of America and South Korea..
Group 3: Investigate and contrast the existing cultural diversity between: Ecuador,
Canada and Iran.
Group 4: Investigate and contrast the existing cultural diversity between: Ecuador,
India and New Zealand.
FOR ALL GROUPS
 Prepare a presentation in PowerPoint, Prezi, Genially, etc., with the comparison
chart for your presentation.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJdT6QcSbQ0
Class activity

Investigate a case of a family where somebody has migrated. Write their story about the experience of who
migrated and of those who stayed behind.
Migration workshop
Unit 5
Space Humans live in
 Ecuador and globalization

 Poverty in Latin America

 War and Poverty

 Intetgration processes around the world

 Human and drug trafficking

1 2 3 4 5 6
a b c d e f

Poverty in Latin America

1. Write an essay of minimum 120 words, regarding poverty

a) Talk about what you think are the reasons for poverty and what you think could be done
to fix this problem.

b) Remember there are no bad answers or ideas. Write freely!!

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Class activity!!

Write a solution to poverty in Ecuador (Your opinion)

Minimum 50 words!!
HUMAN AND DRUG TRAFFICKING
HUMAN TRAFFICKING
HUMAN TRAFFICKING QUIZZ
1. - Explain human trafficking.
2. - What are the three key words in human exploitation?
3. - For how long was the victim kept away against her will?
4. - Why did she begin to consume drugs?
5. - Why do you think she couldn´t leave?
6. - How did she manage to communicate with her family?
7. - What did she decide to do in 2006?
8. - What is she doing now?
9. - Why do you think she fell into that terrible situation?
10.- In your opinion what can you do to prevent a situation like this?
Block 5 test topics (Test date: Thursday, April 29 th, 2021)
1. - Poverty in Latin America

2. - War and Poverty

3. - Armed conflicts in the world today

4. - Human and drug trafficking

Human and drug trafficking workshop
UNIT 6
 DEMOCRACY

 CONSTITUTION

 ARMED FORCES AND NATIONAL POLICE

 STATE
Functions of the Military Armed Forces
The Constitution assigns to them the conservation of national sovereignty, the defense of
integrity and independence of the State and guarantee established laws and norms.
In addition, they must maintain order and security of the country, inside and outside the
borders, protecting the national territory and making use of weapons if necessary.
These are its characteristics:
• The Armed Forces are not deliberative, that is, they cannot question, but obey the
orders of their higher authorities.
• In a democratic State, the highest authority of the State and commander-in-chief of the
Armed Forces is the President of the Republic, who is a civilian authority, to whom they
are owed.
•Its internal organization responds to a hierarchical order, in that the lower grades must
obey the higher grades.
• They enjoy military jurisdiction, which means that they are responsible for wrong or
illegal acts that occurred in their professional practice as military or police.