Know and Understand Your World - It is a lot better than you may think! You may want to be a surgeon, a business leader, an artist, it does not matter, whatever you do you are impacted by events in the world. Knowledge and understanding of current events and issues is key to your success. If you want to start a fruit juice company you better be aware of a conflict in Africa that could impact the cost of the peanuts you use in your smoothies, or a new disease in Madagascar could wipe out the vanilla plants you use in your vanilla shakes. Do you see the connection? Would knowing what is going on in other countries impact your business decisions? What if you were planning a major trip? Would you want to know if there was political instability in the country you want to visit, the possibility of a civil war while you are there? This Ted Talk shows that there are so many important, good things that are happening in the world that we also should know about, all news is not bad news, but the TV channels sell the bad news, it gets our attention. When you listen to or read the news, look for the successes, the amazing things that science and technology, civil rights and other groups are accomplishing.
Prezi Presentation on the Importance of following the news and understanding current events.
Ten Areas of Critical Global Concern Students will have opportunities to access prior knowledge of current global events, and they will collaborate in small groups to explore the issues in depth. Essential Questions • How do statistics and demographics help us better understand the world and its people? • How do we access information that helps us better understand the areas of critical global concern? • How do visual images help us interpret issues of global concern?