global perspectives ~ms. wagner~ welcome to back to school night! please sign in and take a handout
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Global Perspectives~Ms. Wagner~
Welcome to Back To School Night!Please sign in and take a handout.
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The Handout
•About Ms. Wagner•Useful Technology•iPads & Apps
▫Evernote & Penultimate
▫Schoology▫Socrative▫Zite
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A true social studies course•What’s different?
▫Social Studies vs. History▫Discussion-based class
No textbook Few tests/quizzes Use of technology
▫Critical Thinking aspect Themes vs. Chronological E-A-C Grading
Evidence (Who? What? When?) Analysis (Why? How?) Clarity
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What is Global Perspectives?
•Themes:▫Global Citizenship▫Cultural
Globalization▫Comparative
Systems▫Human Rights▫Global Conflict▫Planet Awareness
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Unit 1: Global Citizenship & Different Perspectives
•What is perspective?
•How is perspective manipulated?
•What is the role of a global citizen?
•How does one’s perspective influence global citizenship?
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Unit 2: Cultural Globalization•What is culture? •How do cultures
interact with and respond to globalization?
•Why is cultural understanding necessary to resolve conflict?
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Unit 3:Comparative Systems
• How do differing economic and political systems work?
• Why do systems fail or succeed?
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Unit 4: Human Rights
•What are human rights?
•Who is responsible for ensuring human rights?
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Unit 5:Global Security: Tension, Conflict & Resolution•How do the causes and methods of
conflict vary through situation and place?•How is conflict a global issue?
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Unit 5:Global Security: Tension, Conflict & Resolution
Possible Case Studies
1) Israel-Palestine2) Nuclear Tensions
(Iran, N. Korea, India/Pakistan)
3) Environmental Study: Conflict Diamonds
Research Paper Study
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Unit 6:Planet Awareness and Resources•Who has ownership and control over the
earth’s resources?•Is sustainability viable given the current
state of the planet? How should a global citizen meet the needs of the people?
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Special Topics
•Guest Speakers▫Agnes Igoye, former
LRA captive▫Jessica LeMare, Ten
Thousand Villages•Kean Human Rights
Conference▫Early March
•Global Citizen Award▫June 2015