8th Grade Global Awareness

Class will include but is not limited to the following subject matter:

• China – Economic world power, ghost cities, trade with the U.S.

• Japan – Cuisine, culture, samurai

• Folk Tales, Ghost Stories, Myths

• Religion – Hinduism, Buddhism and Shintoism

• Indonesia – Corporate responsibility, Slums

• Cambodia – Cambodian genocide

• India – caste system, economy, religion, etc.

• Singapore – Law

• Sports

• Foreign investment

• Cultural Diffusion and Globalization

• The Korean Peninsula

• Water rights