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E. A GLOBALIZING WORLD: ISSUES AND INTERACTIONS SINCE 1991
OVERALL EXPECTATIONS
By the end of the course, students will:
E1. Social, Economic, and Political Context: analyse some key social, economic, and political issues and developments in two or more regions of the world since 1991 (FOCUS ON: Cause and Consequence; Historical Perspective)
E2. Communities, Conflict, and Cooperation: assess the impact of some key instances of conflict and international cooperation since 1991 (FOCUS ON: Historical Significance; Cause and Consequence)
E3. Identity, Citizenship, and Heritage: analyse how various factors have affected the rights, identity, and everyday lives of various groups in two of more regions of the world since 1991 (FOCUS ON: Continuity and Change; Historical Perspective)
SPECIFIC EXPECTATIONS
E1. Social, Economic, and Political Context
FOCUS ON: Cause and Consequence; Historical Perspective
By the end of this course, students will:
E1.1 describe some key social issues, trends, and/ or developments during this period, and analyse their impact on the lives of people in two or more regions of the world (e.g., with reference to immigration/emigration; changes in birth, marriage, and divorce rates; same-sex marriage; increasing secularization in some societies and increasing fundamentalism in others; changes in recreational activities; trends in education; social changes arising from environmental concerns; the social impact of globalization)
Sample questions: “What impact has the AIDS pandemic had on families in many countries in sub-Saharan Africa?” “What are some social/ demographic trends dating from this period that have had a direct impact on you? Is your experience of them similar to or different from those of young people in other parts of the world?”
E1.2 describe some key developments in science and/or technology during this period, and analyse their impact on people’s lives (e.g., developments in computers, cellphones, social media, biotechnology, military technology)
Sample questions: “What impact has the popu- larization of the Internet had on retail business? What are some other ways in which technology has changed the way people work? How has it changed the way students learn?” “In what ways has technology affected the ways in which people use financial institutions?”
E1.3 explain some of the causes of economic globalization during this period, and analyse its impact on different groups in two or more regions of the world (e.g., with reference to the rise of China and India as economic powers; deindustrialization in many Western countries; the eurozone; trade blocs; maquiladoras and sweatshops; the work of the IMF, World Bank,
or World Trade Organization [WTO]; weaknesses in labour or environmental regulation; the decline of unions; global economic crises)
Sample questions: “What have been some of the economic and social consequences of the loss of manufacturing jobs in North America? What are some of the economic, social, political, and/or environmental consequences of the movement of manufacturing to China and other Asian countries?”
E1.4 explain some of the causes and consequences of key political developments in two or more regions of the world during this period (e.g., the dissolution of the Soviet Union andYugoslavia and political turmoil in many of the newly independent
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