Assessment

• Due to the nature of the content. Most of the summative assessment will be through projects versus tests. There will be short geographic quizzes accompanying most units.

Common literacy

• Historical Context of Current Issues
• Political and Economic Relationships Among Nations

Major projects

• African Country Report

Politics and Violence, Poverty, Disease and Health

• Issue of Choice in Europe Essay

Humanitarian/Human rights, Environmental, Social/Cultural, Political, Economics

• Middle East Essay

Comprehensive Essay-Issues in the Middle East