US Government II

Unit 9: Global Awareness

Human Rights

CWI 08: Beliefs about civil and human rights vary among social and
governmental systems.
- CWI 08.01 Examine the United Nations Declaration of Human Rights.
- CWI 08.02 Identify different regions around the world that have differing views on civil
and human rights.

CWI 09: Nations and international organizations pursue their own interests on
issues related to civil and human rights, resulting in both conflict and
cooperation particularly as it relates to injustices against minority
groups.
- CWI 09.01 Investigate why the United States decides to intervene in a foreign conflict.
- CWI 09.02 What are reasons for and against assisting foreign nations in developing
their own rights?

Foreign Policy

CWI 16: Nations seek to ensure the security of their geographic territories,
political institutions, economic systems and ways of life. Maintaining
security has political, social and economic costs.
- CWI 16.01 How do politics, economics, and social issues affect a nation's security?
- CWI 16.02 Explain the human, financial, and social costs of protecting one nation.

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CWI 17: Economic, political and social differences between global entities can
lead to conflict unless mitigated through diplomacy or cooperative
efforts.
- CWI 17.01 Describe ways in which nations and powerful organizations attempt to
resolve conflict.
- CWI 17.02 What are some examples of issues that might cause a large scale economic,
political, or social conflict?

CWI 18: Individuals and organizations work within, or outside of, established
systems of power, authority and governance to influence their own
security and the security of others.
- CWI 18.01 Identify established systems of power that influence global policy.
- CWI 18.02 Why would an individual, organization, or nation choose to either work within
or outside parameters set forth by governing bodies?

WG 17: Globalization has shaped new cultural, economic and political ideas
and entities (e.g., universal human rights, European Union, terrorist
networks).
- WG 17.01 Explain how the global spread of goods and ideas have positively and
negatively impacted relationships between nations.
- WG 17.02 Identify technological advancements that have facilitated the instantaneous
transfer of goods and ideas.

Global Communications

CWI 01: Trade, alliances, treaties and international organizations contribute to

the increasing interconnectedness of nations and peoples in the 21st
century.

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- CWI 01.01 How has Globalization impacted nations around the world both positively
and negatively?
- CWI 01.02 Identify ways technology has enhanced connectivity between previously
distant groups of people.

WG 18: Globalization has cultural, economic, physical and political

consequences (e.g., Internet access increases availability of information,
outsourcing leads to regional unemployment, development impacts local
ecosystems and economies, computer hacking into sensitive data bases
leads to insecurity).
- WG 18.01 What are the cultural consequences of globalization?
- WG 18.02 What are the economic consequences of globalization?
- WG 18.03 What are the physical consequences of globalization?
- WG 18.04 What are the political consequences of globalization?
- WG 18.05 Identify possible catastrophic problems that could arise from the rapid
globalization.

WG 19: Global trade and communication systems reduce the effect of time on
the distribution of goods, services and information (e.g., sustainability
of perishable foods, online brokering versus personal brokers, Internet
access versus library access).
- WG 19.01 How has technology made resources more available in less time worldwide?

Unit Reading
McGraw-Hill: Networks; Chapter 24-Lesson 1: Global Interdependence and Issues pp. 632-637
McGraw-Hill: Networks; Chapter 24-Lesson 2: The United Sates and International
Organizations pp. 638-643
McGraw-Hill: Networks; Chapter 24-Lesson 3: The United States and World Affairs pp. 644651