Potential Topics for HS Social Studies CBAs
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High School Civics Topics & Pathfinders
Causes of Conflict
Checks and Balances
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Governor's veto during important events in
Washington
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Washington
State Supreme Court cases
- Impeachment of President Clinton
- War Powers Act
- Resignation of President Nixon
- 2000 Presidential election
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War on Terrorism
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- Nixon Resignation
- Guantanamo Bay
- War on Terrorism
U. S. Foreign Policy
- Strategic considerations with allies
- Trade's role on foreign policy
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Emergence of
America
as World Power ( 1890-1918)
- Spanish-American War
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Panama Canal
- World War I
- Reform, Prosperity and the Great Depression ( 1900-1940)
- Good neighbor policy
- World War II, Cold War and International Relations ( 1939-present)
- Lend lease, World War II, United Nations, North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) SEATO (Southeast Asia Treaty organization, Marshall Plan Korean War, Vietnam War, World Trade Organization
- Reservations
- Sovereign Nations
- Indigenous tribes,
- Native American removal,
Constitutional Issues
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Global expansion and encounter ( 1450-1770)
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Impact of European domination on various parts of the world
- Property and rights of indigenous peoples
- Age of Revolutions (1750-1914)
- French revolutions
- Transformation of Eurasian, African and Latin American societies
- Causes and consequences of World War I and World War II (1870-1989)
- Peace settlements and treaties
- International agreements and organizations in international relationships
- Emergence and Development of the New Nations ( 1945-present)
- Nation-building
- Relationship among colonization, independence, and globalization WLMA
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Africa, Asia,
Latin America's economical, political and social transformations
- Challenges to democracy and human rights ( 1900-present)
- Factors for rise of democracy in 20th century
- Causes of people to hate and genocide
- Implications of different definitions of human rights and civil rights
- Globalization implications on people and society
- Impact of immigration to the US
- Global warming and international agreements
- Impact of health improvements, population growth and scientific development
- Impact of property rights on democratic ideals and human and civil rights
- Various perspectives on Title IX
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Perspectives on welfare reform
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Perspectives on agricultural subsidies to farmers in the
United States
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Immigration
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Global Warming
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Globalization
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