Mundelein High School - Faculty & Departments

Unit 1: Environmental Issues


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What are the causes and effects of global environmental challenges?

Objectives:

•	Identify the factors that have contributed to the current set of environmental challenges facing global society
•	Explain the short and long term effects on global society if inadequate changes are made to address these environmental challenges
•	Explain possible solutions that could be or are currently being implemented to help solve current environmental challenges

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Unit 2: Social Issues


Essential Question:

•	What major social issues face our world today?
•	What has been, or should be, the world’s response to issues of social concern such as poverty, population growth, and public health?

Objectives:

•	Explain the factors influencing patterns of population growth and migration throughout the world
•	Explain the implications of regional differences in population growth
•	Explain the historic and geographic factors contributing to the distribution of poverty in the world
•	Identify major global health concerns and explain their implications for the world community
•	Explain possible solutions that could be or are currently being implemented to help solve current social concerns such as population growth, poverty and the spread of disease

Essential Terms:

•	Demographics	•	AIDS
•	Birth Rate/Death Rate	•	Comparative Health Care
•	Immigration	•	Population Control Strategies
•	Agrarian Nations	•	U.N. Millennium Development Goals
•	Industrial nations

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•	One Child Policy	•	GDP per capita
•	Birth Control	•	Literacy Rates
•	Exponential Growth	•	Malaria
•	Male/Female Population Ratio

Unit 3: Economic Issues


Essential Question:

•	What major economic issues face our world today?
•	How should individual societies and the global community best deal with the reality of globalization?

Objectives:

•	Explain the factors contributing to current wave of globalization
•	Identify the cultural and economic implications of globalization
•	Explain the arguments for and against both ‘free trade’ and ‘fair trade’
•	Explain the role of oil in the modern industrial economy and the implications of a limited global supply

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Unit 4: Political Issues


Essential Question:

•	What major political issues face our world today?
•	What has been, or should be the world’s response to issues of political concern, such as terrorism and genocide?

Objectives:

•	Explain the ways in which religious beliefs influence political practices in today’s world.
•	Identify the roots of terrorism in modern society.
•	Explain the ways in which the fear of terrorism drives political decision making.
•	Explain historical and economic factors that have led to genocide.
•	Discuss the responsibility of the global society in regards to intervention and ending of genocide.

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•	Genocide	•	Israeli/Palestinian Conflict
•	Ethnic Cleansing	•	Western Imperialism
•	Rwanda	•	Homeland Security
•	Darfur	•	9/11
•	Armenia	•	Religious vs Secular Governments
•	Religious Fundamentalism

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