1. Students will understand the main political and economic systems of the world.
- Capitalism is an economic system characterized by privete or corporate owneership
-Communism is a theory advocating elimination of privete property
-Socialism is any of various economic and political theories advocating collective or governmental ownership and administration
-Dictatorship is a form of government in which absolute power is concentrated in a dictator or small group
-Democracy is a government in which the supreme power is given to the people
- Monarchy is a government having a hereditary cheif of statewith life tenure and powers varying from nominal to absolute
-Anarchy is the absence of government
2. Students will understand the differences between the major political parties in the United States.
- Democrats: In favor of increase of minimum wage, increase in taxes, and in favor of gay marriage. They oppose prayer in school, the death penalty, and they want to cut military spending
-Republicans: In favor of incrasing miltary spending. the death penalty, and prayer in school. They oppose gay marriage, and thy want to cut taxes
3. Students will understand the causes and effects of global warming.
Polar bears are becoming endangered because of global warming, Lake Chad is drying up, and the the sea levels are going down a little and as a result of that new islands are being discovered
4. Students will understand the causes and effects of overpopulation.
If there is over population than we will run out of clean, fresh drinking water. We will start to run out of food also.
7. Students will be able to explain their understanding of recent current events(Iraq, Afghanistan, Iran, Darfur, Rwanda, Somalia, Revolutions in North Africa/Middle East).
The United States are completly out of Iraq. We are still in Afghanistan. Iran is claiming that they have nuclear weapons, but the NS doesn't know if they do or if they don't.
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