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Unit 1: Looking at the World (12 Hrs)
Chapter 1 - Exploring Canadian and World Issues
Framework for Investigating and Analyzing Issues
Discussion: An Introduction to World Issues (A of L)
How to Validate Information From a Source
Activity: Fact or Opinion? (A for L)
Validating Poll Results
Activity: Important Vocabulary in the Media (A for L)
Discussion: Examining the Media (A of L)
Can Bias Be Detected
Activity: Identifying Bias (A for L)
Discussion: Weighing the Pros and Cons of Globalization (A of L)
Activity: Reflecting on the Methods for Sustainability in Dubai (A for L)
Article: Different Views of Our World Today
Activity: Analyzing and Comparing Theses (A for L)
Discussion: Renewable vs. Non-Renewable Resources (A of L)
Chapter 3 - Different Ways of Looking at the World
Discussion: Your World Map (A of L)
Activity: Researching and Contemplating the Five World Model (A for L)
Assignment: Debate (A as/of L)
Debate Resources
Unit 2: Human Population (20 Hrs)
Chapter 4 - Demography
Discussion: The Effects of the Agricultural Revolution (A of L)
An Introduction to Demographic Terms and Formulas
Activity: Reflecting on the Importance of the Demographic Terms (A for L)
Chapter 5 - Population Theories
Population Pyramids and the Demographic Transition Model
Activity: Applying the Demographic Transition Model (A for L)
Differing Ideas About Population Growth
Discussion: Debating on Population Growth (A of L)
Chapter 6 - Population Explosion and Control
India's Policies on Population Control
China's Policies on Population Control
Discussion: Comparing/Contrasting Population Control Methods (A of L)
Activity: Reflecting on Kerala (A for L)
Millennium Development Goals and Targets
Discussion: Researching the Progress of the Millennium Development Goals (A of L)
Chapter 7 - Population Futures
Activity: The Changing Workplace (A for L)
Discussion: The Birth Dearth, Gender and the Workplace (A of L)
Chapter 8 - Population Migration
Discussion: The Effects of Immigration (A of L)
Activity: Illegal Migration (A for L)
Discussion: Government Solutions (A of L)
Activity: Case Study (A for L)
Assignment: Opinion Piece (A of L)
Metacognitive Reflection (A as L)
Unit 3: Economic Issues (18 Hrs)
2022 Global Hunger Index By Severity poster - Chapter 10
Activity: Food Shortages (A for L)
Discussion: Global Food Crisis in Political Cartoons (A of L)
Discussion: Colonialism - Positive or Negative? (A of L)
Activity: Researching Former Colonies (A for L)
Activity: The Global 500 (A for L)
Discussion: FTAA, APEC and NAFTA (A of L)
Discussion: Millennium Development Goals (A of L)
Activity: The Marshall Plan (A for L)
Chapter 14 - The International Debt Crisis
Discussion: Debating Debt Relief (A of L)
Activity: Researching Current International Debt (A for L)
Assignment: Poster/Advertisement (A of/as L)
Mid-Term Self-Assessment: Learning Skills and Work Habits (A as L)
Unit 4: The Earth in Balance (20 Hrs)
Activity: The Nature of Issues (A for L)
Discussion: Waste Disposal in Your Backyard (A for L)
Activity: The Great Bear Rainforest (A for L)
Discussion: SLAPPs and the Platinex Suit (A for L)
Activity: Lessons from Love Canal (A for L)
Activity: Benefits vs. Drawbacks of Large Dam Projects (A for L)
Discussion: Water Transfers (A for L)
Discussion: The Grasshopper Effect and Toxic Pollution in the Arctic (A for L)
Activity: Taking Action (A for L)
Activity: A Guided Tour of World Energy (A for L)
Discussion: Political Cartoons and Environmental Issues (A of L)
Activity: Bali Conference, 2007 (A of L)
Assignment: Political Cartoon (A as/of L)
Unit 5: Conflict and Cooperation (16 Hrs)
Activity: How Borders Become Borders (A for L)
Chapter 22 - Conflict in the 21st Century
Discussion: Hard Power or Soft Power? (A for L)
Activity: Case Study – Examples of Conflict in the World (A for L)
Chapter 23 - The Globalization of Terrorism
Activity: The Problem of Defining “Terrorism” (A for L)
Discussion: Freedom Fighter or Terrorist? (A for L)
Chapter 24 - Toward 2050 - Changing Global Power Structures
Activity: Who Will Be the World’s Great Powers by 2050? (A for L)
Chapter 25 - Working Together to Build a Better World
Discussion: Peacekeeping and the Darfur Region (A for L)
Activity: Nobel Peace Prize Winners (A for L)
Activity: The Geography of Disease (A for L)
Discussion: HIV/AIDS in Africa (A of L)
Activity: Nutrition Transition in the World (A for L)
Reflection Activity: Reflecting on the Impact of the Covid-19 Pandemic (A as L)
Assignment: Research Paper (A of L)
Metacognitive Reflection (A as L)
Unit 6: Quality of Life (10 Hrs)
Activity: Violation of Human Rights (A for L)
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Discussion: Closing the Gender Gap (A of L)
Activity: Socially Responsible Investing (A for L)
Discussion Resource - Chapter 28 - Microcredit and Bangladeshs Grameen Bank
Discussion: Microcredit and Bangladesh’s Grameen Bank (A of L)
RESULTS - Annual Report, 2006 - Microcredit and other Initiatives
Activity: Case Study - Fair Trade Coffee (A for L)
Assignment: Infographic on Human Rights (A of L)
Unit 7: Responsibility and Hope for the Future (8 Hrs)
Activity: Assessing Sustainable Development (A for L)
Discussion: Your Ecological Footprint (A for L)
Activity: Researching the IYPE (A for L)
Discussion: The Pros and Cons of Globalization (A for L)
Activity: Globalization Survey (A for L)
Discussion Resource - Chapter 30 - Achieving Sustainability
Discussion: Achieving Sustainability (A of L)
Assignment: Media/Seminar Presentation (A as/of L)
Independent Study Project (4 Hrs)
Culminating Portfolio Assignment Instructions
Rubric: Research Essay
Culminating Portfolio Discussion: Step 1 - Choose Your Topic (A for/as L)
Culminating Portfolio: Step 2 - Proposal and Annotated Bibliography (A for/as L)
Culminating Portfolio: Step 3 - Research Focus Questions (A for/as L)
Culminating Portfolio: Step 4 - Formal Outline (A for/as L)
Culminating Portfolio: Step 5 - Research Essay (A of L)
End-of-Term Self-Assessment: Learning Skills and Work Habits (A as L)
Final Examination (2 Hrs)
Culminating Assignment: Final Exam (A of L)
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