Indiana Social Studies GHW.7.1
The Standard
Recognize that conflict and cooperation among groups of people occur for a variety of reasons, including nationalist, racial, ethnic, religious, political, economic, and resource concerns that generally involve agreements and disagreements related to territory on Earth’s surface.
2026 Indiana Academic Standards: K-12 Social Studies
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students locate disputed land and shared resources on a map. They use evidence to identify nationalist, racial, ethnic, religious, political, economic, and resource motives. They explain why groups fight or make agreements over those places.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student labels Kashmir and the Indus River on a map and uses facts to explain competing claims. They explain why India and Pakistan share river water under a treaty while disagreeing over territory. They can compare those motives with fishing and shipping interests in the South China Sea.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may blame the Kashmir dispute only on religion and ignore political claims or the views of Kashmiris. They may confuse ethnicity with religion. They may think the Indus Waters Treaty settled the border dispute.
How to Assess It
- Exit ticket: Mark Kashmir and the Indus River on a map of India and Pakistan. Write one sentence explaining the territorial dispute and one explaining why the countries cooperate on water.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs an India-Pakistan map to mark Kashmir and the Indus River, then label one territorial dispute and one water-sharing agreement.
Ask students to write two sentences explaining why India and Pakistan cooperate on river water while disagreeing over Kashmir, using a fact for each.
Run a cause-sort relay with cards on Kashmir claims, Indus water sharing, South China Sea fishing, and shipping routes; teams defend their choices.
Use a state map to find a river crossing a state border; draft one rule both states could use to share its water.
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