NYSED Global History and Geography Online Resource Guide

Unit 8

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Unit Eight:Global Connections and Interactions

This unit is a contemporary unit, exploring such 21st century global issues as: 

  • Population pressures World hunger Poverty The migration and movement of people Modernization and development Urbanization Scientific and technological change Ethnic and religious tensions viewed from multiple perspectives The North/South dichotomy
  • The environment and sustainability

 


A. Social and political patterns and change

B. Economic issues

C. The environment and sustainability

D. Science and technology

 


Safe Drinking Water Is an Important Step Toward a Healthier World Population

Global Urban Centers 1950-2015

New Railroad across the Tibetan Plateau Have Increased Tensions between Tibet's Party Chiefs and Tibetan Buddhist


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