1. Students will understand the main political and economic systems of the world.The main political systems of the world are democracy(the United States) and communism. Communism does not allow the peole of the country to make many desicions or own their own business.Economic systems are much the same way. Communistic economies don't allow people to set their own prices on products they sell. The government usually controls all of the businessess as well. On the other side democracies allow people to own businessess and set their own prices.2. Students will understand the differences between the major political parties in the United States.Democrats agree with gay people getting married, have done away with don’t ask, don’t tell, would like increase security with gun control, are against banning abortion, and would like to keep people hunting, but not too much. Republicans are the exact opposite of that.3. Students will understand the causes and effects of global warming.With global warming some people think that it is caused by all of the carbon emissions that we give off and it is trapping the sun’s rays and heating up the world. Other people are saying that the sun’s temperature is increasing so that is heating up the world.4. Students will understand the causes and effects of overpopulation.Overpopulation is caused by better medical equipment causing people to live longer and people in places like Africa that are having more children. Overpopulation can cause resources to go away faster than they normally should or people using more resources that we should like in America.5. Students will understand the impact of globalization.Globalization is the world getting smaller and smaller due to everybody getting more intertwined with the internet, cell phones, etc. This is causing the world to be more connected with news like when Japan had the earthquake people all over the world knew about them in minutes through twitter and facebook.6. Students will be able to explain their understanding of recent current events(Iraq, Afghanistan, Iran, Darfur, Rwanda, Somalia).Iraq: We invaded Iraq because we thought that Saddam Hussein was hiding weapons of mass destruction so we invaded and found no WMDs. While we were there we found and killed Saddam Hussein. Recently, Barrack Obama has taken all of the U.S. troops have been taken out of Iraq.Afghanistan: Al Qaeda was hiding there along with the mastermind behind 9/11 Osama Bin Laden which we have recently killed in Pakistan. We had been trying to control the terrorist population there for many years.Darfur: There was a massive genocide in Darfur in the early 2000's because of the ethnic and religious groups had disputes over many issues. These issues lead to well over 400,000 people dieing.Rwanda: Another massive genocide was here a few years before Darfur. Between 400,000 and 1,000,000 people were slaughtered of the Hutu and Tutsi ethnicity. The Tutsi's rules for a long time then the Hutu's took over.Somalia: The number one failed state for a couple years running was causes by many tribes trying to take over the country for the resources. It is now a wartorn zone with all of the small tribes trying to gain control over the country. Life for the people are not good because they have no utilities or care.
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