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Advanced Global Studies

Content Introduction & Orientation:

Churchill ninth graders take an integrated Global Studies and English course as the core of their studies. The teachers of English and Global Studies work together to coordinate curriculum and introduce students to Churchill High School. 

Several guiding questions serve as cohesive strands throughout the school year. These questions include:

* What does literature and history suggest about the inherent nature of mankind?

* What does social studies and literature reveal about various human cultures? How do these insights relate to our rapidly changing, complex global society?

* What are the past results, present developments, and future implications of human interaction with the environment?

SEMESTER 1: MODERN WORLD HISTORY

"THE WAR YEARS"

A. World War I (4 Weeks)

B. Revolutions: Russia emphasis (4 Weeks)

C. The Tweener Years:1920-1935 (1 Week)

D. WWII (6 Weeks)

E. Culminating Unit Activities: "World Leaders on Trial" (2 Weeks)

E. The Cold War (1 Week)

SEMESTER 2: REGIONAL STUDIES OF WORLD ISSUES, CULTURES & GEOGRAPHY

"UNRESOLVED PROBLEMS OF THE MODERN WORLD"

A. European Physical and Cultural Geography ( 1 Week)

B. European Unresolved Problems (2 Weeks)

C. Asia Physical and Cultural Geography ( 2 Weeks)

D. Latin America Physical and Cultural Geography ( 2 Weeks)

E. Non-European Unresolved Problems ( 2 Weeks)

F. Culminating Unit Activities:

Role Play Presentations, Geography Exam ( 1 Week)

"WORLD CULTURES"

A. Asia case study of China (3 Weeks)

B. Africa Physical and Cultural Geography ( 3 Weeks)

C. Africa case study: South Africa (1 Week)

D. Culminating Unit Activities: "International Celebration" (1 Week)

A research paper project focused on our interdisciplinary course theme (The inherent nature of mankind) is integrated throughout the last 10 weeks of class.

Note: See English class reading list for integrated literature reinforcement.