Global Studies

Course 287; 1/2 credit

Global Studies is a semester course designed to help the students recognize that he/she  is a member of a world system and help foster respect for all people their values,  and way of life. The ultimate objective is to help the student to develop an awareness of the problems  facing the world and move, through skills development to action in taking part in the problem-solving  process, Among the topics that will be considered are: Global Resources (food soil energy, toxic waste (Quality of Life population, human rights, health, poverty) Ethnocentrism racism, sexism, systems of repression) The Threat of nuclear War, Conflict Resolution, (Peace-war, militarism, national security  disarmament and the United Nations) Grade11,12                                             

Global Studies links for research

http://www.un.org/

http://www.msnbc.com/news/default.asp

http://www.countries.com/

http://www.msnbc.com/news/NW-front_Front.asp

http://www.usnews.com/usnews/home.html

http://www.worldnews.com/

http://www.nato.int/

http://www.undp.org/

http://www.worldbank.org/

http://www.nonaligned.org/

http://www.history.com/

http://www.gsreport.com/home.html

http://www.geography.com/

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