Current Issues 11/12 is a semester course designed to help students understand, interpret, and develop opinions on events and issues in today’s world. Learners will be expected to research and discuss issues as they evolve, and to trace the roots of recurring social issues. Essential skills including re-search, interpretation of media sources, evaluation, and communication will be developed. Class sources will include inter-net sources, television programs, podcasts, and other media sources. The class has two major aspects to it: regular discussion on events as they unfold and structure study of persistent issues in the contemporary world. In addition to discussion of global events as they unfold, the class will investigate themes regarding global issues in depth. These themes will be organized as units of study such as bias in media sources, political hot-button issues, economic issues, social issues, and American foreign policy.

Taking this class can also count towards your progress in the Global Academy.