All American youth need to understand that..

I was just reading in Developing the Curriculum 7th Ed. by Peter F. Oliva and happened upon this list of things that all American youth should understand. I thought it would be an interesting list to discuss in class as part of a contemporary history unit and then assign groups short (or long) presentations on a topic or research papers. But if all youth should understand these things, it wouldn't hurt to make them go into a little more depth on one topic and example to their peers why "all American Youth need to understand that...

1. the world's population is rapidly outstripping its resources.
2. there is more poverty in the world than riches.
3. more than one-third of the world's population is illiterate.
4. there are more people of color in the world than white.
5. there are more non-Christians in the world than Christians.
6. our actions at home are sources of propaganda abroad.
7. nationalism is on the march as never before.
8. most of the nations of the world are struggling for technical advances.
9. you can reach by air any point on the globe within thirty-six hours [(Oliva adds) Today I would reduce the number of hours of air journey to reflect supersonic flight and would add "you can reach distant spots on the planet almost instantaneously via electronic mail at a minuscule cost."]
10. in spite of our problems at home, thousands of foreigners abroad want to migrate to the land of the free and the home of the brave."

Oliva, Peter F. Developing the Curriculum 7th Ed. Boston: Pearson Education Inc., 2009. ISBN 978-0-205-59350-7