Topic Politics and Governance Democracy and Sovereignty:

• Systems of government
• Human rights
• International law
• Citizenship in action

Skills:

• Definition of democracy, representative and direct elections, referendum, nation state in global politics, the challenges to the sovereignty of nation states.
• Existing political systems and their impact on communities and individuals, differences between democratic and autocratic countries, the concepts of monarchy.
• Human rights; Universal Declaration of Human Rights; the nature and types of human, human rights during conflict, humanitarian intervention and peacekeeping; respect of the rights and freedoms.
• The origins, development of international law; the role of international laws, institutions and agreements in protecting the rights and freedoms of people, social movements, charities and non-governmental organisations (NGOs).
• Campaigning for global political change, the role of education in understanding significant global issues.

Topic Economic Development and the Environment:

• The process of economic development
• The role of international organizations
• Protecting the environment
• The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals
• Growth of regionalisation
• Citizenship in action

Skills:

• Three Human Development Index countries (high, medium, low), education and health disparities in each nation; new emerging economies; the roles of free and fair trade in economic development; international migration.
• The main international organisations supporting economic development WHO, UNICEF and UNHCR; difference between long-term and emergency development assistance; citizenship involvement with international organizations, volunteering and donations.
• Climate change, the impact of global economic development on the Global Commons, including rainforest removal, biodiversity loss and ocean pollution, ways of promoting the protection of the environment.
• UN work in support of global development, the 2015 Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) framework, meeting SDG targets in two contrasting world regions.
• Reasons for the growth of regional multi-governmental organisations (MGOs), the consequences of MGO and the political reaction to globalisation and MGO growth.
• Assisting the development of other societies, including volunteering, campaignin; educating others; importance of charities and non-governmental organizations; the work of schools, charities, NGOs, and international organisations.

Topic Culture and Community:

• Global and national cultures
• Identity and Migration
• Social attitudes and changing lifestyles
• Global language and communication
• Cultural change in emerging economies
• Citizenship in action

Skills:

• Growth towards a global culture, the rejection of globalised cultural change, the protection and promotion of national culture as an economic development strategy.
• The main economic, political, cultural and environmental reasons for increased international migration, the factors that shape individual and community identities, the effects of migration on patterns of identity and diversity in local and national communities.
• Changing social attitudes to participation in global events, the impact of cultural activities on national and international communities, lifestyle changes.
• Widespread use of European languages and increased take up of Chinese and Arabic, communications technology, accessibility of travel within and between countries.
• Changing patterns of wealth and poverty in emerging economies.
• Changing behaviours, the importance of education for promoting literacy and tackling cultural bias against disadvantaged groups in some societies, raising of own awareness of shifts in cultural traditions; health and social care related issues; educational initiatives for cultural change.

Topic Technology:

• Technology and economic development
• Technology and communities
• Technology, politics and citizenship
• Technology, energy and climate change
• Social media identities and freedoms
• Citizenship in action

Skills:

• The links between communications technology and economic development, the role of communications technology in trade and investment, the growing importance of communications technology in tackling inequality between and within communities.
• The role of communications technology in international community building, opportunities and threats for communities.
• Communications technology and campaigning, communications technology during elections, censorship and bias in relation to communications technology.
• Energy-saving technologies, technologies needed to tackle or adapt to future climate change.
• Ways in which personal identities can be affected by the growth of social media communities, personal rights and freedom of speech for users of social media, changing patterns of media use.
• Engaging with technological change, the role of law-making in support of technology access or protection issues, promoting technological skills the role of schools, charities, NGOs in improving access to technology.

Topic Citizenship Community Action Project

Skills:

• Identify an issue and carry out initial research.
• Undertake primary and secondary research.
• Represent their own and different points of view. Plan the action.
• Apply skills of collaboration, negotiation and influence as they deliver the activity.
• Critically evaluate their learning and the impact of the action.
• Develop exam technique for approaching essay writing and source analysis questions.

Topic Thinking Synoptically

Skills:

• Develop exam technique for approaching essay writing and source analysis questions.