Topic 1 for the first quarter

Topic 1: Fixing the world, one nation at a time

- What does the world look like in 2010?
- Global issues (research and report on one global issue)
- Human rights and the UN
- Development and the Human Development Index (essay)
- Case study: development in Africa
- Utopian theories: the desire to create a perfect world (presentation and written report)
- Fix a nation: how best to tackle the problems of an LEDC (research report with recommendations)