Course Description: As the global community becomes increasingly complex, interdependent and interconnected, students are required to develop advanced skills, understandings and perspectives in order to be successful citizens of the world community. The forces of globalization began as early as the fifteenth century as various peoples traveled to and interacted with faraway places. Today globalization has seemingly made the world smaller as interactions among various peoples, cultures, and nations have become omnipresent in our daily lives. The purpose of Global Perspectives in ninth grade is to prepare students to be active, engaged and informed members of this global society. In order to be both informed and engaged students must develop the skills necessary to access and evaluate information from multiple sources. Moreover, students must develop skills associated with inquiry based learning. In a world filled with numerous problems to solve, today’s students, tomorrow’s leaders, must be able to work both independently and collaboratively, to identify and prioritize significant issues, to make connections, and to evaluate relationships. Students learn how to develop engaging and thought provoking questions. This ensures that students are driven to find and evaluate information to address globally significant problems. Working with various forms of technology aids students to develop these essential skills

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