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Current Events Club (Ongoing)
Talking Politics
Mikael Hellstrom, Ph.D.
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Average rating:5.0Number of reviews:(91)
This Ongoing Course is an opportunity for your learner to engage with current political events domestically and abroad guided by a doctor in Political Science.
Class experience
US Grade 8 - 11
Is your learner interested in politics? Want to learn more about *why* politicians do what they do and say what they say? Look no further - in this class we will dissect current events in politics. For example - we have recently seen natural disasters like wildfires, flooding, and earthquakes strike the US, Turkey, Libya and Marocko - how did they governments in those countries respond to these crisis? How effect were those responses? What are the political and economical systems at work that...
I have a Ph.D. in Political Science and have taught classes on levels 100-300 at several Universities.
In addition to the Outschool classroom, this class uses:
Since the class will discuss current developments in world politics, topics may include war crimes and human rights violations in various conflict regions. Third party tools are primarily websites used to display data for context. Learners will not need accounts to access them.
We will use various sources for our discussions. Here are some examples: BBC CNN Al Jazeera CBC Gapminder Economic Freedom Index Our World in Data Interactive Bias Media Chart
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Average rating:5.0Number of reviews:(91)
I teach social studies and role-playing games. I have 35 years of experience as a Game-master of table-top roleplaying games and Live-Action Roleplay organizer and facilitator for people of ages 7+. I used that experience in my teaching,...
Group Class
$21
weekly1x per week
55 min
Live video meetings
Ages: 13-18
3-6 learners per class
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