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Global Issues Courses contain <strong>the</strong>following characteristics:The course activities must center around aparticular focus <strong>of</strong> inquiry;The students should learn first-hand how certainforces both positively and negatively impact acommunity’s people, culture and environment;The course should enable students to genuinelyknow <strong>the</strong> people <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> locations we visit;The focus <strong>of</strong> inquiry can be a historical or acontemporary issue;While <strong>the</strong> course <strong>the</strong>me is common, <strong>the</strong> drivingquestions may be unique to each individual or mayalso be common course-wide.The majority <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> activities during <strong>the</strong> courseneed to concentrate on <strong>the</strong> <strong>the</strong>me <strong>of</strong> study.SINGAPORE AMERICAN SCHOOL interim semester HANDBOOK 31