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Below, students may access PDF versions of all activities, notes, and PowerPoint presentations.  The actual PowerPoint files may also be made available upon request.

Important Stuff:

• Course Outline 2008-09

September Topics:

• Day One Test (AKA Quizztastic)
• Maps of the World (Test Friday, September 19)
• Country Presentation 2008 / Student Choices (Due Monday, September 22)
• Analyzing Editorial Cartoons (Notes)
• Editorial Cartoon Analysis (Due Monday, September 29)
• Newsflash:  Editorial Cartoons (from Monday, September 22)
• Newsflash:  Editorial Cartoons (from Friday, September 26)
• The Cold War
  • Need to Know
  • Cold War: Cuba
  • Cuban Missile Crisis

October Topics:

• Globalization & Sustainability (Chapter Two)
• How Global Are You?
• World Religions

November Topics:

• Cults, Sects, Fringe Religions, & New Religious Movements Case Studies
• World Population

December Topics:

• Human Population Issues (Chapters 4 – 9)
  • Population Jeopardy
  • Population Double-Jeopardy
• A&E Lives That Make a Difference Essay (Due December 5)
• Week of Feasts 2009 (Due January 12 – 16)
• Week of Feasts Teams
• This Week in Cartoons (December 5)

January Topics:

• Week of Feasts 2009 (Due January 12 – 16)
  • Presentation Order
• Geopolitics
  • Introduction to Geopolitical Conflict
• Thinking About Billions
• While We Watched (presentation to accompany January 9 newsflash)
• Today’s Editorial Cartoons (January 12)
• Conflicts in the 21st Century
• The Globalization of Terrorism
• Symposium 2009
  • Assessment
  • Topics & Presentation Order