GLOBAL POLITICS

IB Global Politics -- Full-Year Course/ Credit: 5 per semester 11th and /or 12th Grade

Colorado Academic Standards: 1.1,1.2,1.3,2.3,4.1,4.2,4.3

Course Description: The course explores fundamental political concepts of power, equality, sustainability and peace. Using local, national, international, and global dimensions of political activity and processes students will explore political issues affecting their own lives.

The core unit of the course is "people, power, and politics." Throughout, issues are explored through an explicitly political lens looking at the relationship between people and power. All students are also required to undertake an engagement activity prescribed by the IB.