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CI – Contemporary Issues – Students will use inquiry skills to learn about the issues that impact the contemporary world and engage in research and problem solving in order to better understand and assess significant current issues.

CI | CONTEMPORARY ISSUES Course Description: Students will use inquiry skills to examine the issues that impact the contemporary world. Students will analyze the historical, cultural, economic, and geographic factors that have elevated certain issues to levels of concern in the United States and around the globe. Students will engage in research and problem solving in order to better understand and assess significant current issues.

C—Culture, E—Economics, G—Geography, H—History, P—Politics/Government, T—Tennessee TCA—Tennessee Code Annotated: These standards are legally required to be taught.

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CONTEMPORARY ISSUES LESSON 19 – CI.18

CI.18 Compare and contrast world religions (e.g., Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism, and Sikhism), and analyze how they complement or conflict with each other in the contemporary world.C, G, H

Contemporary Issues – Lesson 14 – CI.13

CI.13 Compare and contrast American civil liberties and protections, as defined by the Bill of Rights, to those of other nations. C, G, H, P What am I learning today?

Contempory Issues – Lesson 7 CI.06

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CI.06 Identify how geography shapes culture, economics, politics, and history. C, E, G, H, P What am I learning today? Where someone is located at effects that is happening around