Indiana Social Studies WH.6.11

Social StudiesGrades 9–12An Era of Global Conflicts, Challenges, Controversies, and Changes: 1900 CE to Present

The Standard

Investigate current global issues, such as terrorism, genocide, environmental issues, and globalization.

2026 Indiana Academic Standards: K-12 Social Studies

Teacher's field guide

What Students Need to Do: Students use dated reports, maps, and data to investigate an issue that reaches beyond one country. They explain possible causes, who is affected, and how people or governments respond. They check claims against more than one source.
What Mastery Looks Like: A student can locate an issue and trace one effect across borders. They can explain a cause and a response using details from two sources. They can point out something a source does not tell them.
Common Misconceptions: Students may use terrorism and genocide as if they mean the same thing. They may assume one country caused a global problem or treat one storm as proof of climate change.
How to Assess It: Give students a short, dated news excerpt and a map showing an issue's reach. Ask: “What is one effect across borders and one response? Use a detail from each source.”

Lesson moves

Give pairs a world map and three dated news excerpts; have them mark each issue's location and one effect across borders.
Ask students to write how a government's environmental policy could affect another country, citing one detail from a dated article.
Run an evidence match: students pair four claims about global issues with data snippets, then explain why one extra snippet does not fit.
Use labels from students' clothing to trace supply chains on a map, then discuss one benefit and one cost of globalization.

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