1. Students will understand the main political and economic systems of the world.
Represenitive Democracy- When people vote representitives to represent the country (to vote for the major things in the country)
Dictatorship – When one person controls the entire country.
Socialism. –it’s when the government regulates all of the economy
Absolute monarchy –a country were the monarch (A queen or king) controls the country
Anarchy when there is no government, the citizens control everything
Oligarcy – When all the power of the country is placed on a few people.
Direct Democracy it’s when the people of the country vote for everything directly
Communism When a group of people control (dictate) the country
Theory of Communism Karl Marx’s theory saying that there will be no social classes every will be equal and every one will work and make the same amount of money
Capitalism – capitalism is just the opposite of socialism. It’s when the people run the businesses
Constitutional Monarchy – It’s when there is a queen or king but they don’t have very much power (pretty much just a face for the country)
2. Students will understand the differences between the major political parties in the United States.
Republicans
Believe in no abortion, the second amendment, and very few to no gun rights
Theories: Laissez faire, very constitutional, and very traditional
Overall Republicans are very constitutional and very traditional
Democrats
They aren’t very constitutional with laws, they mostly want to end problems with money, and for the most part believe in being modern.
They are liberal
They believe in gay rights, abortion, and gun control
3. Students will understand the causes and effects of global warming.
Global warming is mostly a problem in the regions with extreme or unique climate conditions. But we are all affected by it. Some places are even sinking because the rising sea levels. Polar bears may become extinct because without the ice they can’t get food as easily. Coral reefs are dying because of it which means that there is nowhere for the fish to grow or even protect themselves from larger prey. And with a low fish supply some small islands will be in trouble with their fishing and hunting.
4. Students will understand the causes and effects of overpopulation.
Over population is a problem for everyone. With overpopulation the food sources will run scarce. In the United states we may not think that is a big deal. But in the smaller countries were they have to hunt or even get there food from a small market they might run out of food. And without that countries exports all of us might be in trouble. Some countries have tried to slow down the rate of population. India set up neutering tents for the men to keep them from having babies but that didn’t go over as well. China set a strict law of one child per couple and so far that’s working fine.
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).
Iraq
We entered Iraq to make sure there were weapons of mass destruction, we wanted to establish democracy, and we really just wanted to make sure everyone was safe. It became very unpopular because it was the second most expensive war behind WWII and people didn’t believe we had any business being there in the first place. Suddam Hussein was a war criminal during the Iraq war. But he was later on hung which we all know was secretly videotaped and put on the internet.
Afghanistan We invaded Afghan territory in October 2001 after the attacks on 9/11. We mostly invaded Afghanistan to protect America from the group Al-Qaeda who were the people behind the attacks on the twin towers. Recently the leader (Osama bin Laden) was killed by Seal team 6.
Iran
In Iran, the President (Ahmadinejad), was saying insane things about how Israel should be completely wiped out. He was pretty much quoting Adolf Hitler. He also was saying that the holocaust never happened. We went there also to make sure they didn’t have nuclear weapons, which they are just claiming that they are only using nuclear power of energy purposes.
Darfur (what started all the attacks)
Darfur has recently suffered many genocide acts and genocide itself. About 10 years after Rwanda the genocide happened between two groups and currently peace agreements are keeping the fighting down.
Rwanda The Tutsi and Hutu people were always enemies but once the Europeans left it got worse and when the Hutu president got killed over 800,000 Tutsi and Hutu moderates were killed in about 100 days.
Somalia (famine, anarchy, )
Somalia recently suffered a famine and even recently they are suffering a drought which is completely wiping out there food and water. They are also the only country that has an anarchy (which means there is no government at all)
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