COURSE TITLE
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COURSE DESCRIPTION
This course is an upper level social studies elective, designed to enlarge the student’s knowledge of world affairs. United States as well as foreign events are discussed. The class uses Internet based resources, as well as other forms of media for course content.
COURSE OBJECTIVES
Upon completion of this course students should be able to:
REQUIRED MATERIALS
GRADES & SCORING
Every course assignment will have a total amount of points possible to earn, of which the student will earn some percentage. The course is point based. Receiving a final average lower than 65% is considered a "fail" for this course. The classwork for the term is worth 85% of the final grade, while the final exam is 15%. There will be a total of 1500-ish possible points in the semester.
COMMUNICATIONS
Since this course is online, most contact between us should be online. I will do my best to communicate through Schoology, email, and Twitter. If you should need to get ahold of me otherwise, I am usually to school by 6.30 and will usually stay until about 3.15 this year on most nights.
PAPERS & PROJECTS
Each unit will have a number of projects and assignments. Most of the assignments will be project based, listed on schoology and turned in via Google Drive.
LATE WORK
All work will have a due date assigned within the modules of the course. Late work will be accepted for up to two weeks past the original due date, but anything turned in after the due date will automatically be for a maximum of half credit. After two weeks, if you haven’t turned in an assignment, it will be a zero.
AREAS OF STUDY
This course is an upper level social studies elective, designed to enlarge the student’s knowledge of world affairs. United States as well as foreign events are discussed. The class uses Internet based resources, as well as other forms of media for course content.
COURSE OBJECTIVES
Upon completion of this course students should be able to:
- Distinguish between different investment vehicles and explain the strengths and weaknesses of each.
- Analyze different investment vehicles to determine probability of success.
- Apply strategies and research to purchase investments in a stock simulation.
- Define terrorism and extrapolate on the history of terrorism.
- Differentiate terrorist groups by motive (religion, politics, etc.)
- Summarize past terrorist events and the impact of each event.
- Outline the impact of political parties in the United States from a historical perspective.
- Evaluate their individual political beliefs and associate them with a political party.
- Critique political rhetoric to extrapolate the meaning of what is said.
- Develop campaign plans and materials for a mock election, including website, television ad, platform, itinerary, and more.
REQUIRED MATERIALS
- With the material for this class being 100% online, students will need to have access to hi-speed internet on a consistent basis. For a full list of requirements, see the following webpage: http://mchsdauwerda.weebly.com/contemporary-world-problems.html
- A valid working email address
- Schoology Account (set up in class)
- Investopedia Account (set up in class)
- Google Docs Account (set up in class)
GRADES & SCORING
Every course assignment will have a total amount of points possible to earn, of which the student will earn some percentage. The course is point based. Receiving a final average lower than 65% is considered a "fail" for this course. The classwork for the term is worth 85% of the final grade, while the final exam is 15%. There will be a total of 1500-ish possible points in the semester.
COMMUNICATIONS
Since this course is online, most contact between us should be online. I will do my best to communicate through Schoology, email, and Twitter. If you should need to get ahold of me otherwise, I am usually to school by 6.30 and will usually stay until about 3.15 this year on most nights.
PAPERS & PROJECTS
Each unit will have a number of projects and assignments. Most of the assignments will be project based, listed on schoology and turned in via Google Drive.
LATE WORK
All work will have a due date assigned within the modules of the course. Late work will be accepted for up to two weeks past the original due date, but anything turned in after the due date will automatically be for a maximum of half credit. After two weeks, if you haven’t turned in an assignment, it will be a zero.
AREAS OF STUDY
- Technological set up and structure
- Economics
- Terrorism
- Politics
- Current Events