Communicate research findings through debate and persuasive writing, design civic action plans, and evaluate strategies to address global issues.

Compare world government systems and analyze how nation-states and international organizations cooperate and resolve global crises.

Analyze how resource use, technology, human-induced environmental changes, and natural hazards interact with human communities.

Examine how early river valley civilizations, classical empires, and world belief systems shaped human culture and governance.

Use geospatial technologies, photographic analysis, and the five fundamental themes of geography to investigate global spatial patterns and regional connections.

Use maps, geospatial technologies, and geographic inquiry methods to investigate spatial questions at local, regional, and global scales.