Students in the year 11 International Relations and Global Politics options course were introduced to the idea of global hotspots by their teacher - through a case study of China and her neighbours - focusing on land and maritime disputes that have international significance.
Concurrently, the students in the class each worked on individual geopolitical hotspots using a structure designed by their teacher. While they were investigating and researching their chosen hotspot (from among a pre-selected list by the teacher for their suitability for study) the students began to create/write their individual pages on this Google Site: https://sites.google.com/view/nationsnewsreporter/home.
A selection of student pages is available for you to read and they hope you find it interesting. Click on any of the links on the homepage and this will take you straight to the named hotspot.
As adults (parents and teachers) viewing the site, we need to remind ourselves that this is the work of 15 and 16 year olds; as such it shows their insights into some of the world's troubled regions at an age when they are just beginning to develop a gradually more adult insight into the complexities of international relations. The students completed the work by reflecting on the probable, possible, and in some cases preferable futures for their global hotspot.