Global Current Events

Global Current Events

Global Current Events

Examine contemporary global issues—population, poverty, globalization, and resource sustainability—through data, multimedia, and class discussion.

Global Current Events

Paid once.

Level
Beginner
Ages
14–18
Duration
50 min
Classes
1 / Week
Weeks
21

Class Experience

This course explores world population trends, standards of living, extreme poverty, globalization, and natural-resource challenges such as water, fossil fuels, and waste. Lessons use multimedia presentations and class discussion to analyze causes, consequences, and possible responses to global sustainability and development issues.

Learning Outcomes

  • Discuss world population demographics and trends

  • Discuss standards of living and demographic comparisons across regions

  • Discuss extreme poverty and possible ways to help

  • Discuss globalization, international economic competition, and consumption patterns

  • Discuss natural resource challenges including water, fossil fuels, and waste

Learning Needs Support

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Krunal Babu

Joined August, 2026

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With three decades of secondary science teaching, this educator brings deep subject knowledge in chemistry and physics to rigorous, exam-focused review sessions and topical science discussions. Lessons blend conceptual clarity with problem-solving practice, particularly for algeb…

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