Unit Overview:

This unit serves as a link between understanding European social and technological development and world exploration. Students will learn about Jared Diamond’s theory of Geographic Luck from the book Guns, Germs, and Steel by watching documentaries, note-taking, drawing for understanding, class discussion, weapons presentation, create mind-maps, research and essay writing.

 

Personal Unit Overview: 

I learned a lot about theory of geographic luck and how it affect different parts of the world also, affect how people live in many different ways. In this unit we watched a lot of documentary and a lot of notes. I did learn that some countries benefited while others were suffering because of geographically lucky and they could be able to domestications plants and animals.

 

Enduring Understandings: 

Geography can affect society in many different ways. For example, the inventions of technology and resources that they have. In addition, people who live near Fertile crescent are the lucky one because they were able to domesticate plants and animals. The location was better than any countries unlike Papua New Guinea or the Americas. First they did not know about domestications and their life were very difficult because they have to hunt and live their live also, they have less resources. When people did not have enough time to hunt and they have to keep moving to survive so it was harder to develop their country because no time to do specialist to invented new thing.

 

Unit Standards:

 

Content:

• Analyze and describe the theory of Geographic Luck and the development of successful civilizations

• Analyze and describe the causes and effects of the European Age of Exploration

Process:

• Interpret central ideas and provide an accurate summary of sources while demonstrating relationship among ideas

• Uses multiple sources to synthesize and integrate information

• Publish clear and coherent writing for an intended purpose and audience through the dynamic use of technology

• Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of sources and connect insights

• Integrate visuals and/or data to demonstrate analysis

 

 

Area of strength: Which standard was your strength and why?

• Analyze and describe the theory of Geographic Luck and the development of successful civilizations

• Interpret central ideas and provide an accurate summary of sources while demonstrating relationship among ideas

 

I did very well on analyze and describe theory of Geographic Luck. I understood the central ideas and accurate summary and able to connect in the mind map with a lot of thought together.

 

Area of growth: Which standard needs improvement and how can you improve for the future ?

• Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of sources and connect insights

• Publish clear and coherent writing for an intended purpose and audience through the dynamic use of technology

 

I did well describing what the theory of geographic luck was but I didn’t use any in text citations. I know all the idea and information but I still need to work on editing and be more organized to make my paragraph flow and easy to read.

 

The Evidence is my geographic luck essay.