Sheng Kung Girls’ High School   Syllabus, February 2014 ~ June 2014

Grade: S1     Subject: World Issues      Material:Self-compiled       Teacher(s): Peter

Week	From/ to	Target Lesson
1	02/17--02/21	Introduction to class. Introduction to first theme: “Youth and Civil Society”
2	02/24--02/28	Protests, Popular Movements and the Internet
3	03/03--03/07	How young people can learn more and get involved
4	03/10--03/14	Civil society and what it means to Asia
5	03/17--03/21	Group presentation on a popular movement of the last 10 years
6	03/24--03/28	1st Mid-term
7	03/31--04/04	Introduction to theme: “International Issues in Asia”
8	04/07--04/11	International security issues (eg N/S Korea, China v. SE Asia, India/Pakistan)
9	04/14--04/18	Environmentalism in Asia
10	04/21--04/25	The Third-World no more, economic prosperity and political power in Asia
11	04/28--05/02	Pair dialogue on a key issue in Asia
12	05/05--05/09	2nd Mid-term
13	05/12--05/16	Introduction to theme: “Taiwan and its Place in the World”
14	05/19--05/23	With a friend like this, who needs enemies? (China and Taiwan)
15	05/26--05/30	Taiwan’s international space, or lack thereof
16	06/02--06/06	Soft power and what it means to Taiwan
17	05/09--05/13	Individual project on Taiwan’s international relations (pt 1)
18	05/16--05/20	Individual project on Taiwan’s international relations (pt 2)
19	06/23--06/27	Final Exam