Content Specification - SS.10.9.a.1:
Students will explore how information is accessed, exchanged, and controlled and how business is conducted in light of changing technology.

Content Specification - SS.10.9.a.2:
Students will investigate the causes and effects of, and responses to, one infectious disease (e.g., malaria, HIV/AIDS).

Content Specification - SS.10.9.b.1:
Students will compare and contrast arguments supporting and criticizing globalization by examining concerns including: * free market export‐oriented economies vs. localized sustainable activities * development of a mixed economy in China and its role in the global economy * multinational corporations and cartels (e.g., Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries) * roles of World Trade Organization, World Bank, International Monetary Fund and microfinance institutions * economic growth and economic downturns (e.g., recession, depression) on a national and a global scale * economic development and inequality (e.g., access to water, food, education, health care, energy) * migration and labor * ethnic diversity vs. homogenization (e.g., shopping malls, fast food franchises, language, popular culture)

Content Specification - SS.10.9.c.1:
Students will examine how the world’s population is growing exponentially for numerous reasons and how it is not evenly distributed.

Content Specification - SS.10.9.c.2:
Students will explore efforts to increase and intensify food production through industrial agriculture (e.g., Green Revolutions, use of fertilizers and pesticides, irrigation, and genetic modifications).

Content Specification - SS.10.9.c.3:
Students will examine strains on the environment such as threats to wildlife and degradation of the physical environment (i.e., desertification, deforestation and pollution) due to population growth, industrialization, and urbanization.

Content Specification - SS.10.9.d.1:
Students will examine the role of the United Nations (UN), North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), the European Union, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), and efforts to build coalitions to promote international cooperation to address conflicts and issues. They will also examine the extent to which these efforts were successful.

Content Specification - SS.10.9.d.2:
Students will investigate one organization and one international action that sought to provide solutions to environmental issues including the Kyoto Protocol.

Content Specification - SS.10.9.d.3:
Students will examine threats to global security such as international trade in weapons (e.g., chemical, biological, and nuclear), nuclear proliferation, cyber war, and terrorism including a discussion of the events of September 11, 2001.