Current Issues: Critical Issues Confronting the Nation and the World. 1996 Edition [and Teacher's Guide.]

Institution	Close Up Foundation, Arlington, VA.
Titel	Current Issues: Critical Issues Confronting the Nation and the World. 1996 Edition [and Teacher's Guide.]
Quelle	(1995), (548 Seiten)Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
ISSN	0161-6641
Schlagwörter	Leitfaden; Unterricht; Lernender; Constitutional Law; Crime; Economics; Education; Energy; Environment; Females; Foreign Policy; Global Education; Government (Administrative Body); Health; Immigration; International Trade; Minority Groups; Poverty; Public Policy + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Lesson concept; Instruction; Unterrichtsentwurf; Unterrichtsprozess; Staatsrecht; Crimes; Delict; Delicts; Delikt; Volkswirtschaftslehre; Bildung; Erziehung; Energie; Umwelt; Weibliches Geschlecht; Außenpolitik; Globales Lernen; Government; Regierung; Gesundheit; Trade; International relations; Handel; Internationale Beziehungen; Ethnische Minderheit; Armut; Öffentliche Ordnung
Abstract	This book accompanied by the Teacher's guide, focuses on policy issues being discussed and debated by U.S. policymakers. The book provides essays on current issues facing the nation and the world. Ten chapters highlight domestic policy issues and 10 chapters are about foreign policy issues. This book informs readers about important concerns of today and leaves judgments up to the individual. The book is divided into three sections. Part 1, "The Federal Government", includes: (1) "Introduction"; (2) "The Clinton Administration"; (3) "The 104th Congress"; (4) "The Supreme Court"; and (5) "The Federal Budget". Part 2, "Domestic Policy Issues", contains: (1) "Introduction"; (2) "The Economy"; (3) "Education"; (4) "Women and Minorities"; (5) "Poverty"; (6) "Health Care"; (7)"Immigration"; (8) "Energy"; (9) "Environment"; (10) "Constitutional Rights"; and (11) "Crime and Drugs". Part 3, "Foreign Policy Issues", includes: (1) "Introduction"; (2) "Russia"; (3) "Defense"; (4) "Latin America"; (5) "The Middle East"; (6) "International Trade"; (7) "Europe"; (8) "Nuclear Proliferation"; (9) "World Poverty"; (10) "Sub-Saharan Africa"; and (11) "East Asia." Each chapter provides basic background information, identifies key questions, and gives arguments from both sides of the issue. (EH)
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Update	2004/1/01