HIGH SCHOOL SOCIAL STUDIES

 

AMERICAN GOVERNMENT
GLOBAL STUDIES
WORLD GEOGRAPHY

 

 

Listed below are the following courses with subject content: American Government, Global Studies, and World Geography.

 

 

AMERICAN GOVERNMENT

 

GLOBAL STUDIES

 

5 CREDITS

 

5 CREDITS

 

Description: This course covers the

 

Description: This course introduces students

 

development of our national, state and local

 

to the world’s most pressing global issues.

 

governments, as well as an introduction

 

The course explores the various dimensions

 

to Political Science.

 

of conflict and security; the global economy,

 

TOPICS:

 

development, and the environment.

 

--Government and the People

 

TOPICS:

 

--The Constitutional Framework

 

--Conflict and Security

 

--The Federal System

 

--Weapons Proliferation; Nationalism

 

--Civil Liberties and Citizenship

 

--Human Rights

 

--The Struggle for Equal Rights

 

--The Global Economy

 

--Public Opinion and Interest Groups

 

--International Capital Flows

 

--Political Parties

 

--Poverty in a Global Economy

 

--Political Campaigns and Candidates

 

--Development

 

--Voting Behavior and Elections

 

--Population and Migration

 

--The President

 

--Women and Development; Children; Health

 

--The Bureaucracy

 

--The Environment

 

--The Congress

 

--Protection of the Atmosphere;

 

--Justice

 

--Cooperation & Conflict over Natural

 

--Foreign Policy and National Security

 

   Resources

 

--State and Local Governments

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

WORLD GEOGRAPHY

 

 

 

5 CREDITS

 

 

 

Description: This course is to provide the

 

 

 

student with global knowledge and

 

 

 

understanding by studying eight different

 

 

 

geographical regions-Africa, China, Japan

 

 

 

India, Latin America, the Middle East, the

 

 

 

Commonwealth of Independent States,

 

 

 

and Europe.

 

 

 

TOPICS:

 

 

 

--Africa

 

 

 

--African Heritage; Arts in Daily Life

 

 

 

--Challenges to Development

 

 

 

--China

 

 

 

--The Chinese Heritage

 

 

 

--The Chinese Revolution

 

 

 

--China after Mao

 

 

 

--Japan

 

 

 

--Traditional Japan; Modern Japan

 

 

 

--Japanese Society; Work and Leisure

 

 

 

--India

 

 

 

--Religions of India; Developing India

 

 

 

--Latin America

 

 

 

--The Human Diversity

 

 

 

--Change Takes Many Forms

 

 

 

--Middle East

 

 

 

--Mosaic of Peoples; The Middle East Today

 

 

 

--Commonwealth of Independent States

 

 

 

--The Russian Past; The Soviet Era

 

 

 

--A New Revolution

 

 

 

--Europe

 

 

 

--Varied Lands and People

 

 

 

--Conflict and Change; The New Europe