1. Students will understand the main political and economic systems of the world.
Socialism-The Government owns the businesses
Capitalism-People own their own businesses
Mixed Economy-A mix of capitalism and socialism. People own businesses and the government owns businesses as well.
Direct Democracy- People have complete power
Representative Democracy-People elect representatives/officials to speak for them
Absolute Monarchy-A King and/or Queen rule
Constitutional Monarchy- A King and/or Queen rules but they have to follow a constitution.
Dictatorship-1 person rules
Theory of Communism-Karl Marx wrote a book saying how communism is bad. His theory is to have a perfect government where the rich don't rule and all the classes are equal.
Communism-Government rules everything
Anarchy-No government
Oligarchy- A few people rule
2. Students will understand the differences between the major political parties in the United States.
Republicans-Conservative, believe in laissez-faire, trick-down theory, and rugged individualism.
Favor: Military Spending, Death Penalty, and Prayer in school.
Don't Favor: Abortion, Flag Burning, Gun Possession, Environmental Laws, Race Laws, Minimum Wage Raise, Cut Taxes, and Gay rights.
Democrats- Liberal. Believe in environmental laws, increase taxes, and private affairs.
Favor: Abortion, Flag Burning, Gun Possession, Environmental Laws, Race Laws, Minimum Wage Raise, Cut Taxes, and Gay Rights.
Don't Favor: Military Spending, Death Penalty, and Prayer in School.
Tea Party- Emerged after the bailout of the bailout of the US financial loss, Obama Stimulus, and the Obama Health Care. Name is taken after the Boston Tea Party. Seems to be conservative and libertarian. Believe illegal Aliens are illegal, Stronger Military, Gun Ownership, and that the government needs to be downsized
3. Students will understand the causes and effects of global warming.
Causes: Possibly caused by humans. We are creating greenhouse gases and high amounts of c02. It could also be caused by Nature. There have been times in earth's history where the earth was eathier cooled or heated. Global warming could be a mix of the two or one or the other.
Effects: Greenhouse gases and high levels of C02 which might be a leading cause of the heating of earth. Sometimes it will lead to floods, droughts and other natural disasters.
4. Students will understand the causes and effects of overpopulation.
Causes: High birth rate and lower death rate causes more babies to be born than more people dieing. Women are getting pregnant at a younger age and more often. Population has also grown becaue of less people dieing from diseases because of the improvement of medicines.
Effects: Lower resources, less living space, more poverty
5. Students will be able to explain their understanding of recent current events(Iraq, Afghanistan, Iran, Darfur, Rwanda, Somalia, Revolutions in North Africa/Middle East).
Iraq- The US went into Iraq to start the Iraq War in 2003. We went there to find Sadam Hussein and to find Weapons of Mass Destruction. It turned out that they didn't have any and we stayed there until just this last week. All of the troops should be out by the end of this year.
Afghanistan- The US invaded Afghanistan after the 9/11 incident. We wanted to find al-Qaeda and Osama bin Laden. Afghanistan allowed the Taliban to train in their country. We are still there and we are hoping to be out soon.
Iran- The president of Iran, Ahmadinejad doesn't like Israel. He wishes that it didn't exist. They also have nuclear power and we don't want them to develop them for weapons.
Darfur- In Sudan, a genocide has been happening in the area of Darfur. The Sudan government has been sponsoring a Janjaweed militia. The Janjaweed is a militia group that favors Arabian people. They have been attacking Darfur for resources and money.
Rwanda- A genocide in Rwanda happened a while ago. The Whu Tus wanted to kill the Tootsies. The Europeans favored the Whu Tus because they resembled them better. When the president of Rwanda was shot down, the Whu Tus started killing off the Tootsies. Other countries tried to help but they didn't last long in Rwanda. After a while, peace broke out.
Somalia- There has been a drought and malnutrition, but the main thing that is going on is that Somalia is a n Anarchy for a while.
Revolutions in North Africa/Middle East- In these areas, some leaders of some countries are trying to be overthrown. The main ones are in Egypt and Libya. The main reason that people are rebelling is that they are trying to become a democracy and they believe that the leaders have been in power for too long. In Libya, the leader Gadafi has been killed. The people of these countries have been winning so far.
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