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IDENTITIES&AND&RELATIONSHIPS& • Competition!and!cooperation!! • Independence!
! • Teams! • Happiness!and!the!good!life!
Who!am!I?!Who!are!we?! • Affiliation!and!leadership! • Physical!
! • Identity!formation! • Psychological!and!social!development!
Students!will!explore!identity;!beliefs!and!values;! • SelfBesteem! • Transitions!
personal,!physical,!mental,!social!and!spiritual!health;! • Status! • Health!and!wellBbeing!
human!relationships!including!families,!friends,! • Roles!and!role!models! • Lifestyle!choices!
communities!and!cultures;!what!it!means!to!be!human.! • Personal!efficacy!and!agency! • Human!nature!and!human!dignity!
! • Attitudes! • Moral!reasoning!and!ethical!judgement!
! • Motivations! • Consciousness!and!mind!
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ORIENTATION&IN&SPACE&AND&TIME& • Civilizations!and!social!histories! • Frequency!and!variability!
! • Heritage! • Peoples!
What!is!the!meaning!of!“where”!and!“when”?! • Pilgrimage! • Physical!
! • Migration! • Boundaries!
Students!will!explore!personal!histories;!homes!and! • Displacement!and!exchange! • Exchange!and!interaction!
journeys;!turning!points!in!humankind;!discoveries;! • Epochs! • Natural!and!human!landscapes!and!
explorations!and!migrations!of!humankind;!the! • Eras! resources!
relationships!between,!and!the!interconnectedness!of,! • Turning!points!and!“big!history”! • Evolution!
individuals!and!civilizations,!from!personal,!local!and! • Scale! • Constraints!and!adaptation!
global!perspectives.! • Duration! !Indigenous understanding
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PERSONAL&AND&CULTURAL&EXPRESSION& • Artistry! • Ritual!and!play!
! • Craft! • Critical!literacy!
What!is!the!nature!and!purpose!of!creative!expression?! • Creation! • Languages!and!linguistic!systems!
! • Beauty! • Histories!of!ideas!
Students!will!explore!the!ways!in!which!we!discover! • Products! • Fields!and!disciplines!
and!express!ideas,!feelings,!nature,!culture,!beliefs!and! • Systems!and!institutions! • Analysis!and!argument!
values;!the!ways!in!which!we!reflect!on,!extend!and! • Social!constructions!of!reality! • Metacognition!and!abstract!thinking!
enjoy!our!creativity;!our!appreciation!of!the!aesthetic.! • Philosophies!and!ways!of!life! • Entrepreneurship!
! • Belief!systems! • Practice!and!competency!
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SCIENTIFIC&AND&TECHNICAL&INNOVATION& • Systems! • Consequences!and!responsibility!
! • Models! • Modernization!
How!do!we!understand!the!world!in!which!we!live?! • Methods! • Industrialization!and!engineering!
! • Products! • Digital!life!
Students!will!explore!the!natural!world!and!its!laws;!the! • Processes!and!solutions! • Virtual!environments!and!the!info!age!
interaction!between!people!and!the!natural!world;!how! • Adaptation! • The!biological!revolution!
humans!use!their!understanding!of!scientific!principles;! • Ingenuity!and!progress! • Mathematical!puzzles!
the!impact!of!scientific!and!technological!advances!on! • Opportunity! • Principles!and!discoveries!
communities!and!environments;!the!impact!of! • Risk!
environments!on!human!activity;!how!humans!adapt! !
environments!to!their!needs.!
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GLOBALIZATION&AND&SUSTAINABILITY& • Markets! !
! • Commodities!and!commercialization! ! Population and demography
Urban planning
How!is!everything!connected?! • Human!impact!on!the!environment! Strategy and infrastructure
! • Commonality! Data-driven decision-making
Students!will!explore!the!interconnectedness!of!human! • Diversity!and!interconnection!
made!systems!and!communities;!the!relationship! • Consumption!
between!local!and!global!processes;!how!local! • Conservation!
experiences!mediate!the!global;!the!opportunities!and! • Natural!resources!and!public!goods!
tensions!provided!by!worldBinterconnectedness;!the! !
Scarcity
impact!of!decisionBmaking!on!humankind!and!the! !
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FAIRNESS&AND&DEVELOPMENT& • Democracy! • Civic!responsibility!and!the!public!sphere!
! • Politics! • Justice!
What!are!the!consequences!of!our!common!humanity?! • Government!and!civil!society! • Peace!and!conflict!
! • Inequality! • Management! Ecology and disparate impact
Students!will!explore!rights!and!responsibilities;!the! • Difference!and!inclusion! • Power!and!privilege!
relationship!between!communities;!sharing!finite! • Human!capability!and!development! • Authority!
resources!with!other!people!and!with!other!living! • Social!entrepreneurs! • Security!and!freedom!
things;!access!to!equal!opportunities;!peace!and! • Rights! • Imagining!a!hopeful!future!
conflict!resolution.! • Law! !
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