– Updated March 22, 2023 Unit 4: Nationalism & Imperialism The world as we knew it, and I taught it, changed on Feb. 24, 2022. Ultra-nationalism and imperialism made a comeback thanks to Vladimir Putin and Russia. Autocratic Russia invaded democratic Ukraine to...
Global Studies Curriculum
In 1985, I was assigned to teach my first senior level, International Relations course. I was informed that no high school level text existed but was free to shape the curriculum as I felt best. I welcomed the opportunity and armed with generous Xerox machine privileges, wrote my own text book.
I have updated the curriculum which was annually refreshed from 1986 through 2004 and again this year. Text book companies, since the late 1990’s, have produced Global Studies texts, some with convenient, corresponding, workbook applications.
International Relations has traditionally been the social science discipline for teaching about the economic, political, military, and social interaction between nations. In the 1970’s, Global Education, a similar competency, was supposedly better equipped to prepare individuals for more effective participation in an emerging world system.
UNIT 8: Middle East – Israel, Palestinians, Lebanon, Syria, Iran, Egypt, Saudi Arabia
Does the below diagram of the Middle East confuse you? If not, then you have been following the region’s news very closely – or are still clueless and concerned about where the Arab Spring revolutions and the region are headed. The modern Middle...
UNIT 7: International Trade – Importance, Impact & Issues
Key Concepts / Terms: Freedom, authoritarianism, politico-economic model, macro / micro economics, traditional economy, command economy, market economy, mercantilism, capitalism, capitalist development state, democratic welfare capitalism,...
UNIT 6: China, India, Japan, Russia, Germany, US – Comparison
Examination of World Societal Models and Corresponding Level of Development: Model of the Interactions between the Physical World, Society, and the Economy What is the relationship between the physical world, society, and the economy in producing a highly...
UNIT 5: Collective Security
Have Collective Security agreements and arrangements effectively ended the practice of nations attempting large scale military aggression against other countries? Is the long history of larger, more powerful countries invading smaller, weaker, neighboring lands...
UNIT 4: Introduction to Nationalism and Imperialism
Are the U. S. Constitution’s laws and protections extended to wherever our government or military flies or plants the American Flag? QCC OBJECTIVE 4 - Compares nationalism to globalism. (BST-1, 2, 3, 4, 13, 14, QBE - 54: AF / AM 4-1: Define nationalism and globalism...
UNIT 3: Intellectual Equality of All Racial Groups
I was a child of the 1950’s which was not as simple a decade of “happy days” as people so fondly remember them. The major U. S. problems were the Soviet – U.S. Cold War struggle, the southern resistance to de-segregation that fostered racial...
UNIT 2: Historical Trends and Cycles
History and Geography are two of the most important social science disciplines for understanding the workings of our world. When we want to know something about an event or location, we usually ask; “What happened? Where is it?” Our answers are generally applied to...
UNIT 1: Geographical Literacy
AIM: Establish a basic standard of geographical literacy for secondary students. Please note: the maps displayed on this page are courtesy of: Daniel Feher www.freeworldmaps.net Japanese and Korean eighth graders meet this challenge of geographical literacy – American...
International Relations – Global Studies Curriculum
In 1985, I was assigned to teach my first senior level, International Relations course. I was informed that no high school level text existed but was free to shape the curriculum as I felt best. I welcomed the opportunity and armed with generous Xerox machine...