SUMMARY OF THEMES

THEMES & CONTEXTS & ESSENTIAL
QUESTIONS
THEME 1
Les défis mondiaux
 La tolérance
 L’économie
 L’environnement
 La santé
 Les droits de l’être humain
 L’alimentation
 La paix et la guerre
Global Challenges
 Diversity issues
 Economic Issues
 Environmental Issues
 Health Issues
 Human Rights
 Nutrition and Food Safety
 Peace and War
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ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS
What environmental, political, and
social issues propose challenges to
societies throughout the world?
What are the origins of those issues?
What are possible solutions to those
challenges?
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THEME 2
La science et la technologie
 La recherche et ses nouvelles
frontières
 Les découvertes et les inventions
 Les choix moraux
 L’avenir de la technologie
 La propriété intellectuelle
 Les nouvelles moyennes de
communication
 La technologie et ses effets sur la
société
Science and Technology
 Current Research Topics
 Discoveries and Inventions
 Ethical Questions
 Future Technologies
 Intellectual Property
 The New Media
 Social Impact of Technology
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ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS
How do developments in science and
technology affect our lives?
What factors have driven innovation
and discovery in the fields of science
and technology?
What roles do ethics play in scientific
advancement?
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THEME 3
La vie contemporaine
 La publicité et le marketing
 L’éducation et l’enseignement
 Les fêtes
 Le logement
 Les loisirs et le sport
 Le monde du travail
 Les rites de passage
 Les voyages
Contemporary Life
 Advertising and Marketing
 Education
 Holidays and Celebrations
 Housing and Shelter
 Leisure and Sports
 Professions
 Rites of Passage
 Travel
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ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS
How do people’s surroundings affect
them?
How do individuals affect their
surroundings?
How does one’s position in life affect
the way he/she lives?
How does a group of diverse
individuals become a community?
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THEME 4
La quête de soi
 L’aliénation de l’assimilation
 Les croyances et les systèmes de
valeurs
 La sexualité
 L’identité linguistique
 Le pluriculturalisme
 Le nationalisme et le patriotisme
Personal and Public Identities
 Alienation and Assimilation
 Beliefs and Values
 Gender and Sexuality
 Language and Identity
 Multiculturalism
 Nationalism and Patriotism
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ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS
How are aspects of identity expressed
in various situations?
How do language and culture influence
identity?
How does one’s identity develop over
time?
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THEME 5
La famille et la communauté
 Les rapports sociaux
 L’enfance et l’adolescence
 La citoyenneté
 Les coutumes
 La famille
 L’amitié et l’amour
Families and Communities
 Age and Class
 Childhood and Adolescence
 Citizenship
 Customs and Ceremonies
 Family Structures
 Friendship and Love
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ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS
How do individuals contribute to the
well-being of communities?
How do the roles that families and
communities assume differ in societies
around the world?
What constitutes a family/a friendship
in different parts of the world?
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QUESTIONS
THEME 6
L’esthétique
 L’architecture
 Le patrimoine
 Le beau
 Les arts littéraires
 La musique
 Les arts du spectacle
 Les arts visuels
Beauty and Aesthetics
 Architecture
 Contributions to World Artistic
Heritage
 Ideals of Beauty
 Literature
 Music
 Performing Arts
 Visual Arts
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ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS
How are perceptions of beauty and
creativity established?
How do ideals of beauty and aesthetics
influence daily life?
How do the arts both challenge and
reflect cultural perspectives?
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