1. Students will understand the main political and economic systems of the world.
Capitalism- people own and control businesses.
Communism (practice)- a society that aims for equalness for the rich and poor.
Communism (theory)- Karl Marx thought it was unfair that 1% of the population was controling the money and he wanted to make a perfect society.
Socialism- government owns and controls businesses.
Dictatorship- government ruled by one person who has control over everything.
Anarchy- no rules or government
Monarchy (constitutional)- a country with a king or queen that has limits set by a constitution.
Monarchy (absolute)- not restrained by a constitution or laws.
Democracy (direct)- people make decisions and don't elect representatives.
Democracy (representative)- people elect representatives to make decisions.
2. Students will understand the differences between the major political parties in the United States.
Republicans- against abortion- pro-life, against flag burning, don't want to raise minimum wage, support death penalty, and against gay marriage.
Democrats- support abortion- pro-choice, support flag burning, want to raise minimum wage, for gay marriage, against death penalty,
3. Students will understand the causes and effects of global warming.
Overpopulation casues global warming, carbon dioxide in the air, the greenhouse effect. -Causes
Shinking ice caps, sea levels rising, sinking islands, spread of disease, droughts, heat waves. -Effects
4. Students will understand the causes and effects of overpopulation.
Better health care so people live longer. -Causes
Global warming, deforestation, more pollution, less resources.- Effects
5. Students will understand the impact of globalization.
Countries, people and businesses going global and the world is getting flatter. Fall of the Berlin Wall flattened the world because people could see the world as one instead of two. There is more technology because of globalization.
6. Students will be able to locate major countries of the world.
7. Students will be able to explain their understanding of recent current events(Iraq, Afghanistan, Iran, Darfur, Rwanda, Somalia).
Iraq- The first war was because of Iraq fighting with Kuwait about oil and debt. The second war was about nuclear weapons. We didn't find any, but we found Saddam Hussein.
Iran- We went to war there because we thought they had nuclear weapons too. They said they are using nuclear power for electricity. Ahmadinejad is the leader and he thinks that the Holocaust is a myth and that Isreal should be wiped off the face of the earth.
Afghanistan- We went to war there because of the 911 attack in New York City. Osama Bin Laden was recently killed and he was the leader of Al-Qaeda.
Darfur- There have been attacks on the people and many of them have died.
Rwanda- There was a genocide that killed millions of people. It was the Hutu against the Tutsi.
Somalia- They have no government and there are no rules or laws over there. People are poor and join terrorist organizations to earn more money.
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