8th Grade Social Studies Project
“Global Issues”
Due Date: Monday, December 7, 2009
Goal: Identify three global issues our world is
facing today. Using your knowledge of European and American
history of the 1700's, compare and contrast today’s issues with those of the
1700’s.
Task: Define each global issue using the Global
Analysis Model. Compare how today’s issue is similar to a
specific issue from the 1700's. The Global Analysis Model is posted on
the Worksheets tab.
Product:
Venn Diagram Per Issue- You must create a Venn Diagram per
issue for a total of three separate Venn Diagrams. Use the interactive
Venn Diagram which is posted on the Worksheets page. Venn Diagrams are
due on Tuesday, Novemeber 24th.
Five Paragraph Essay- Essays are to be typed in Times New Roman 12
font. Your introductory paragraph must include a thesis statement and
should identify the issues for which you based your research. The
following paragraph should state the first issue and include elaboration
(specific examples) on the actual comparison. Paragraphs
three and four should mimic paragraph two. The closing
paragraph must include a general statement relative to how current issues can
relate to issues in the past, and should restate the issues for which you
based your research.
Links:
Global Issues
Problems as a Result
of the Sugar Trade
America as a
Religious Refuge
Health
Problems in Colonial America
Civil Injustices as defined by
Henry David Thoreau
British Taxation and
Mercantilism
Discrimination
Famine