Syllabus

Issues Project Rubric

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Unit
1

Humanitarian Crises STUDENT PROJECT

• Sudan
• Mali
• Disease
• Overpopulation
• Somalia 

• Myanmar/Burma
• C. African Rep.
• D. Rep of Congo
• Philippines 
• Syria

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Unit
2

Terrorism

• Domestic Terrorism
• 9/11
• Foreign Terrorism

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Unit 
3

Cold War

• Please read over the following slides before Monday
  1. World History - Unit 12 Cold War (Links to an external site.)
  2. American History II - Unit 14 (Links to an external site.) (look at slides 2 and 3 on U.S. Cold War Policy)
  3. American History II - Unit 14 (Links to an external site.) (look at slides 2 and 3 on A New Red Scare AND slides 4 and 5 on The Race to Nowhere)
  4. American HIstory II - Unit 15  (Links to an external site.
  

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Unit
4

American Politics

• Liberals vs. Conservatives
• Republicans vs. Democrats
• 3rd Parties

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Unit 
5

Healthcare

• Healthcare pre-ACA
• Affordable Care Act
• Stem Cell Research

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Unit 
6

Immigration STUDENT PROJECT

• The Wall
• State vs. Federal Law
• Health Care

• Taxes!
• Drug Cartels
• History of Immigration

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Unit 
7

Gun Control

• NRA
• Pros and Cons

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Unit
8

4th Amendment

• 4th AmendmentRights
• NSA
• Edward Snowden

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Unit 
9

 United Nations

• Security Council / General Assembly
• What has the U.N. done? / Human Rights
• Israel-Palestinian Conflict