The work for the 2002-2003 school year is to learn about the issues involved in Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) in volatile regions of the world. Students will address these issues from the following perspectives: scientific, environmental, political/geopolitical, economic, and social/cultural.

Student participants will create products for each of the Benchmarks, all of which will be posted to the CIF website. These products may be in any format that can be posted to the web (but must not exceed 10MB in total size for each school). Participants will analyze the key aspects of WMD in regional conflicts and their ramifications for the future. These products may also be the students' presentation at the Spring 2003 CIF student conference although a separate presentation may be acceptable. For a good example of the kind of work that is expected, please check this site http://www.zianet.com/sadobbyn.

The benchmarks for 2002-2003 are listed below. Click on the benchmark to see the objectives and the suggested activities.

Benchmark One: Your task is to investigate and comprehend the nature of weapons of mass destruction (WMD). In your investigations you will examine the objectives from the point of view of the scientific & environmental; social & cultural; economic; political & geopolitical domains to gain a comprehensive understanding of these weapons.

Benchmark Two: Your task is to investigate and comprehend weapons of mass destruction in two volatile regions of the world: the Middle East or South Asia. Choose one entire region or two or more countries within either region. In your investigations you will examine the objectives from the point of view of the scientific & environmental; social & cultural, economic; political & geopolitical domains to understand nations’ motivations for acquiring these weapons.

Benchmark Three: Your task is to investigate and comprehend responses to weapons of mass destruction in the Middle East and South Asia. In your investigations you will examine the objectives from the point of view of the scientific & environmental; social & cultural, economic; political & geopolitical domains.

http://cif.miis.edu/bmks.htm
updated 31 December 2002