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HOMEWORK:
Begin working on health care reform
scenarios in class - 3/18
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Office -- D227
540-4355 voicemail (847) 540-4685 telephone
email Libby.Reimann@lz95.org
Course Overview:
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Global Issues provides a study of current issues
affecting the United States and the world. Global Issues is an
elective social studies course strongly recommended for all sophomores
and is open to all juniors and seniors for one-half credit. Through
the use of the Internet, the cable program CNN Newsroom, and other
forms of media, students will investigate and analyze important
national and international issues as they relate to the global
community. There is no specific text for Global Issues. All
reading packets, worksheets, notes and other class materials must be
placed in a three ring binder along with all other class materials.
This binder takes the place of a textbook and may not be used for any
other class. The class will analyze articles,
read packets and complete worksheets, compile timelines, write papers,
create and give powerpoint presentations, and take quizzes and tests.
Expect homework an average of three to four nights a week. The
class will culminate with a student written paper expressing the
student's opinion on the appropriate role of the United States in
the global community.
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Curriculum Topics:
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Each week we will
discuss current issues, with the discussion led by students and the
teacher. At times, current issues will be transformed into
larger units with more in-depth study. Each semester the
in-depth topics change according to what is happening in the world.
Topics that may be addressed include: the current wars in Iraq
and Afghanistan, genocide, the
Israeli-Palestinian conflict, globalization, the presidential election,
AIDS in Africa and poverty in America vs. poverty in third world
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Computation of Semester Grade:
Third Quarter Grade 40%
Fourth Quarter Grade 40%
Final Exam 20%
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Grading Scale:
A 90 - 100%
B 80 - 89%
C 70 - 79%
D 60 - 69%
F 0 - 59%
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Print out Article Summary Sheet
CIA World Factbook:
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/
BBC Country Profiles:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/country_profiles/default.stm
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