These will be the main topics you must write about in your semester long blog as well as the topics for the semester test.
1. Students will understand the main political and economic systems of the world. Socialism is when the goverment runs businesses , Capitalism is when people own the businesses, Mixed Economy is both socialism and capitalism. Direct Democracy is when form of government in which people vote on policy initiatives directly, Absolute Monarchy is hen a monarch holds all power in a country and no one else is in charge, Representative democracy is when in which people vote for representatives who then vote on policy initiatives, constitutional monarchy is a form of government in which a monarch acts as head of state within the parameters of a constitution, dictatorship is when the government is ruled by one individual, theory of communism, practice of communism.
2. Students will understand the differences between the major political parties in the United States. Democrats believe more in being more involved in peoples businesses and gay marriage. Republicans believe in the trickle down theory which An economic theory which states that investing money in companies and giving them tax breaks is the best way to stimulate the economy and leaving peoples businesses alone.
3. Students will understand the causes and effects of global warming. Global Warming has effected the carterettes by sinking their island and killing their coral reefs that were keeping the water from taking the island under water. in Greenland a new island formed due to global warming and the ice melting. in Antarctica the polar bears are being affected by having to continuously adapt to the harsh weather patterns.
4. Students will understand the causes and effects of overpopulation. Over population effects the world by using up the earths natural resources and more people need more food to survive which we wont always have.
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 and Afghanistan are the places we have held wars in. We killed Osama Bin Laden in Afghanistan. Obama pulled all troops out of afghanistan and Iraq. In Rwanda in 1994 the tutsis and hutus were attacking each other and their was a massive genocide of the tutsis. eventually the tutsis pushed the hutus into the congo. Darfur the government told the janjaweed to attack the people of darfur because they were mad. In somalia they cant get any shipments to or through somalia because of the pirates attacking their transports. In the middle east Qaddafi has been killed because the rebels of libya were attacking him and his armies because they thought his rules were stupid.
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