Subject 1:Dressing the Part:Fashion and Popular Culture
Unit l
Topic A: Hollywood
Stars
Reading: My Favorite Oscar Dresses
Topic B: Ties
Reading: Mr. Ties and His Prepster
Stripes
Self Study
Topic C: Stylish
Geniuses
Reading: The Five Most Stylish
Geniuses of All Times
Topic D: Dress for Job
Reading l: Hats Off!
Reading 2: Hats Talk
Self Study
Unit Project
Movie Study
Unit 2
Topic E: Understanding
Different Positions
Views for Discussion
Topic F: Barbie Dolls
and US Fashion Culture
Reading: We Girls Can Do Anything
-Right, Barbie!
Self Study
Unit Project
Designing A Questionnaire
Unit 3
Topic G: Clothes and
Culture
Reading: Clothes and Popular Culture
Subject Project
Foundations of Research
Extended Study of Project Work
Reading: Nature or Nurture?

Subject 2:Globalization
Unit 4
Topic A: The Cold War
and Globalization
Reading: International Relations: The
Cold War and Globalization
Self Study
Topic B: Basic lssues
Reading: Three Fundamental Changes
Topic C: Aspects of
Modernity
Tasks
Unit Project
Planning
Unit 5
Topic D: Understanding
Different Positions
Views for Discussion
Topic E: Globalization
and Culture
Reading: The Lexus and the Oliver
Tree
Topic F: Financial Crisis
and Trade Disputes
Reading l : Financial Crisis
Reading 2: Trade Disputes
Unit 6
Topic G: China
Reading: Opportunities and
Challenges for China
Self Study
Subject Project
Conducting An Interview
Reading: Social and Cultural
Influences

Subject 3:Work,Labor and Play
Subject 4:Science and Technology