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 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? VOCABULARY, EXPRESSIONS, & IDIOMS SOURCES/EXPERIENCES/QUOTES/SONGS THEMES & CONTEXTS & ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS 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 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? VOCABULARY, EXPRESSIONS, & IDIOMS SOURCES/EXPERIENCES/QUOTES/SONGS THEMES & CONTEXTS & ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS 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 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? VOCABULARY, EXPRESSIONS, & IDIOMS SOURCES/EXPERIENCES/QUOTES/SONGS THEMES & CONTEXTS & ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS 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 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? VOCABULARY, EXPRESSIONS, & IDIOMS SOURCES/EXPERIENCES/QUOTES/SONGS THEMES & CONTEXTS & ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS 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 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? VOCABULARY, EXPRESSIONS, & IDIOMS SOURCES/EXPERIENCES/QUOTES/SONGS THEMES & CONTEXTS & ESSENTIAL 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 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? VOCABULARY, EXPRESSIONS, & IDIOMS SOURCES/EXPERIENCES/QUOTES/SONGS