Billionaire businessmen like Richard Branson and Jeff Bezos are hurling themselves to the edge of space, all on their own budgets. These trips could open up a new chapter in space travel, but also pose the debate about income inequality and whether the government should be taking more of their wealth through taxation.

Inequality

Reduced inequalities

Cities

Sustainable cities and communities

poverty

No poverty

Infrastructure industrialization

Industry, innovation and infrastructure

Students will analyze how the United States participates with the global community to maintain and restore world peace (e.g., League of Nations, United Nations, Cold War politics, Persian Gulf War) and evaluate the impact of these efforts.

SOC.9-12.SS-HS-5.2.7

Compare and contrast the social impact of the Cold War and the War on Terror on the United States.

SOC.9-12.H3.[9-12].11

To understand the historic, political, and social context in which United States foreign policy has evolved during the post-Cold War era

SOC.7-8.10.III.1

Students demonstrate an understanding of the impact of technology by: researching and displaying how technological advancements have inspired historical events (e.g. Cold War/Sputnik, slavery/ cotton gin)

TEC.5-6.ET1.1 5-6.1a

explain the significance of the following years as turning points: 1898 (Spanish-American War), 1914-1918 (World War I), 1929 (the Great Depression begins), 1939-1945 (World War II), 1957 (Sputnik launch ignites U.S.-Soviet space race), 1968 (Martin Luther King Jr. assassination), 1969 (U.S. lands on the moon), 1991 (Cold War ends), 2001 (terrorist attacks on World Trade Center and the Pentagon), and 2008 (election of first black president, Barack Obama).

SOC.9.USH.2.B

describe U.S. involvement in world affairs, including the end of the Cold War, the Persian Gulf War, the events surrounding September 11, 2001, and the global War on Terror;

SOC.9.USH.11.A

identify major events of the Cold War, including the Korean War, the Vietnam War, and the arms race;

SOC.9-12.WH.13.C

explain the effects of major new military technologies on World War I, World War II, and the Cold War;

SOC.9-12.WH.27.C

explain the significance of the following years as turning points: 1898 (Spanish-American War), 1914-1918 (World War I), 1929 (the Great Depression begins), 1939-1945 (World War II), 1957 (Sputnik launch ignites U.S.-Soviet space race), 1968-1969 (Martin Luther King Jr. assassination and U.S. lands on the moon), 1991 (Cold War ends), 2001 (terrorist attacks on World Trade Center and the Pentagon), and 2008 (election of first black president, Barack Obama).

SOC.9-12.USH.2.D

describe how Cold War tensions were intensified by the arms race, the space race, McCarthyism, and the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC), the findings of which were confirmed by the Venona Papers;

SOC.9-12.USH.8.B

describe U.S. involvement in world affairs, including the end of the Cold War, the Persian Gulf War, the Balkans Crisis, 9/11, and the global War on Terror;

SOC.9-12.USH.11.A

describe how Cold War tensions were intensified by the House Un– American Activities Committee (HUAC), McCarthyism, the arms race, and the space race;

SOC.9.1.8.B

summarize how the outcome of World War II contributed to the development of the Cold War;

SOC.9-12.2.13.A

identify the following major events of the Cold War, including the Korean War, the Vietnam War, and the arms race;