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High School Cambridge AICE Global Perspectives and Independent Research I AS Level

Suggested Prerequisites

N/A

Description

This Cambridge/AICE course is developed to develop learners who are confident, responsible, reflective, innovative, and engaged. Exploration, research, reflection, and communication are skills students broaden in the Cambridge Global Perspectives & Research course. Students identify their area of focus to explore multiple perspectives on issues facing the world both today and in the past through collaboration, discussion, seminars, research, and writing. This course enables students to think globally and prepares them to take the Cambridge International AS Global Perspectives & Research exam and the Team Project component. This course is required for all students seeking a Cambridge International Diploma.

Module One: Introduction to Global Perspectives

-components of the Cambridge AICE Global Perspectives and Independent Research AS exam.

-The Critical Path (deconstruction, reconstruction, reflection, communication, and collaboration)

-CAPER source analysis.

-source reliability and credibility

-summarizing versus paraphrasing

-APA and citations

-Environment and Ethics research themes


Module Two: Analyzing Arguments

-elements of an argument.

-identifying bias

-arguments from various perspectives

-basic English grammar rules

-elements of Component 1

-exam question key words and point values

-working as a team

-Relationships and Social Interactions research themes


Module Three: Exploring Perspectives

-title questions, introductions, and conclusions

-PEEL (writing strong body paragraphs)

-elements of Component 2

-research lists

-selecting a Component 2 topic

-Science and Technology research themes



Module Four: Mastering the Manuscript

-sentence structure, word choice, and diction

-self-assessment checklist for Component 2 essay

-peer review for Component 2

-revising based on feedback

-elements of Component 3

-Politics, Government, and Economics research themes


Module Five: The Collaboration Crew

-Component 3 and the Critical Path

-key criteria of a presentation

-title questions

-presentation skills

-team collaboration

-research solutions to a global issue and present findings

-Culture and the Arts research themes

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Module Six: Global Perspectives Exam Review

-global research theme review

-analysis of arguments

-perspectives and global topics

-best practices for the AICE Global Perspectives Component 1 exam

-planning strategies for writing