World Issues 120

Unit 1: Humanity

Exploring the unity and diversity of the human experience - the distribution of wealth, different conceptions of quality of life beyond economics, and cross-cultural understanding of identity, diversity, and our common humanity.

• Measuring wealth and disparity
• Solutions to poverty and economic disparity

• Quality of life beyond economics

• Identity, diversity, and common humanity
• Analysing rights documents

Unit 2: Interdependence

Examining our own place within the interdependent systems that link humans to each other and to the natural world - the issues arising from global interactions, the actions that support peace and sustainability, and personal and social responsibility for a peaceful, sustainable world.

• Globalization and the global village
• Media, bias, and fake news

• Actions and movements for peace and sustainability

• Taking responsible action as a global citizen

Unit 3: Geopolitics

Examining the rights and responsibilities of citizenship and the role of governance institutions at local, national, and global levels - defining geopolitics, analysing conflict, evaluating human-rights violations and solutions, and assessing social-justice initiatives.

• What geopolitics is

• Origins and evolution of conflict
• Strategies to defuse conflict

• Human-rights violations, including Indigenous rights
• Advocating and solving human-rights violations

• Assessing social-justice initiatives