SUMMARY OF THEMES

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

THEMES & CONTEXTS & ESSENTIAL
QUESTIONS
VOCABULARY, EXPRESSIONS, & IDIOMS
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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
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?

THEMES & CONTEXTS & ESSENTIAL
QUESTIONS
VOCABULARY, EXPRESSIONS, & IDIOMS
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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
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?

THEMES & CONTEXTS & ESSENTIAL
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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
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?

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