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SOCIAL STUDIES HIGH SCHOOL PATHFINDERS

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Social Studies CBAs High School Topic Pathfinders


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HS- Constitutional Issues- Immigration
HS- Constitutional Issues- Global Warming
HS- Constitutional Issues- Globalization
HS- Constitutional Issues- Health Issues



HS- Foreign Policy- Indigenous Tribes
HS- Foreign Policy- Indian Removal Act
HS- Foreign Policy- Panama Canal

HS- Checks and Balances- Pentagon Papers
HS- Checks and Balances- Nixon Resignation
HS- Checks and Balances - Guantanamo Bay
HS-Checks and Balances - War on Terrorism


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High School Civics Topics



Checks and Balances
  • Governor's veto during important events in Washington

  • Washington State Supreme Court cases

  • Impeachment of President Clinton

  • War Powers Act

  • Publication of Pentagon Papers in the 1970s WLMA has
  • Resignation of President Nixon WLMA has
  • 2000 Presidential election

  • War on Terrorism - WLMA has
  • Detainees at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba WLMA has

U. S. Foreign Policy

  • Strategic considerations with allies

  • Trade?s role on foreign policy

  • Emergence of America as World Power ( 1890-1918)

    • Spanish-American War, Construction of Panama Canal, World War I WLMA has

  • 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
  • Indigenous tribes, Native American removal, reservations, sovereign nations WLMA has

Constitutional Issues

  • Global expansion and encounter ( 1450-1770)
  • 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 WLMA

  • Emergence and Development of the New Nations ( 1945-present)

  • Nation-building

  • Relationship among colonization, independence, and globalization WLMA

  • 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 societyWLMA has

  • Impact of health improvements, population growth and scientific development WLMA has

  • Impact of property rights on democratic ideals and human and civil rights

  • Impact of immigration to the United StatesWLMA has

  • Global warming and international agreementsWLMA has
  • Various perspectives on Title IX

  • Perspectives on welfare reform
  • Perspectives on agricultural subsidies to farmers in the United States

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