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What is a global issue?
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A real-world concern that is significant, transnational and locally felt.
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What are the three properties of a global issue?
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Significant (wide impact), transnational (crosses borders), locally felt (seen in everyday life).
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Name the five fields of inquiry.
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Culture/identity/community; Beliefs/values/education; Politics/power/justice; Art/creativity/imagination; Science/technology/environment.
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How is a global issue different from a theme?
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A theme is a topic (a word); a global issue is a sharp, wide real-world concern.
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What does 'transnational' mean here?
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Felt across borders — in more than one country or culture.
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What does 'locally felt' mean?
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You can see it in the specific everyday detail of a real text.
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Why must a global issue be narrow?
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A broad topic can't be explored in depth; a narrow focus keeps the Oral clear.
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Which assessment uses a global issue?
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The Individual Oral — you examine one global issue across two works.
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Turn 'war' into a good global issue.
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e.g. 'how war forces children to grow up too fast' — narrow and specific.
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Give the chain from theme to global issue.
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Theme (topic) → message (the point) → global issue (a wide real-world concern the message speaks to).
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