Cultural Baggage: that which interferes with intercultural dialog.

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A mind,
once stretched
by a new idea,
never regains
its original dimensions.

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

Education is not the filling of a pail but the lighting
of a fire.

William Butler Yeats

Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.

Mahatma Gandhi

Education either functions as an instrument which
is used to facilitate integration of the younger generation into the logic of the present system
and bring about conformity
or it becomes the practice of freedom, the means by which men and women deal critically
and creatively with reality and discover how to participate in the transformation of their world.

Paulo Freire

It is a miracle that curiosity survives formal education.

Albert Einstein

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Visit this site to review the material covered in class as well as for assignments, announcements, and examples of student work.

Economics

Economics analyzes the production, distribution, and
consumption of goods and services.

Grade 12 History-Social Science Content Standards
California State Board of Education's outline of the knowledge,
concepts, and skills that students are expected to acquire.

The site's content is based on the Center for Popular Economics's
Field Guide to the U.S. Economy.

Government

Principles of American Democracy analyzes the institutions of American
government.

Grade 12 History-Social Science Content Standards
California State Board of Education's outline of the knowledge,
concepts, and skills that students are expected to acquire.

The site's content is based on the textbook American Government.

International Relations

International Relations
    International Relations is the study of foreign affairs and global issues among
    states within the international system, including the roles of states, international
    organizations (IGOs), non-governmental organizations (NGOs), and multinational
    corporations (MNCs).

History-Social Science Content Standards
California State Board of Education's outline of the knowledge,
concepts, and skills that students are expected to acquire.

The site's content is based on different sources including the Global Issues
Network and 100 People: A World Portrait.

U.S. History

U.S. History
formally begins on July 4, 1776 with the Declaration of Independence
that marks the start of the American Revolution.

Grade 11 History-Social Science Content Standards
California State Board of Education's outline of the knowledge,
concepts, and skills that students are expected to acquire.

The site's content is based on Howard Zinn's A Young People's
History of the United States.

World History

Modern World History
starts in the late 1400s with the Early Modern Period.

Grade 10 History-Social Science Content Standards
California State Board of Education's outline of the knowledge,
concepts, and skills that students are expected to acquire.

Originally, the site's structure and content was based on the textbook
Modern World History: Patterns of Interaction but has since evolved.

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