1. Social Studies
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2. Asia Focus countries: India, China, & Japan, Korea, Vietnam
Religions of Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, Shinto
Vietnam during the war and now
Korea during the war and now
Japan during WW II and after
This is being studied NOW

3. Southern and Eastern Asia

4. The Middle East Begin study in October
Focus on the religions of Christianity, Judaism, & Islam.
Look into Israel – Palestine conflict
Terrorism
What’s going on in Iraq?
US relations in Middle East

5. Southwest Asia ( Middle East)

6. Africa European Colonialism Independence from Europe
Problems today: civil war, hunger, diseases, ethnic tensions, aid to Africa, overpopulation, mass poverty
Study from January to March
Slave Trade and how it changed Africa

7. Map Skills Look into the world with maps! Times Zones Direction
Map Scale
Longitude and Latitude

8. Africa

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