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Big Ideas!
Course Outline
Unit 1: What is Worldview
1.1: Concepts of Worldview
1.2: Research Process
1.3: Writing a Reflection
1.4: Critical Thinking Skills
Unit 2: How Does Knowledge Affect Our Worldview?
Chapter 1: Times of Change
1.1: A Changing Society
1.2: A Religious Society
Introduction and Part 1
Part 2: Chapter 1 Activity
Part 3: Chapter 1 Activity
Part 4: Chapter 1 Activity
Chapter 2: The Expansion of Trade
The Rise of International Trade
The Italian City-State
Chapter 3: The Humanis Approach
Rebirth of Ideas
Thinkers and Society
Society and the Arts
Ch 3 Project: The Humanist Shopping Mall
Chapter 4: The Exchange of Ideas
4.1 Science: A New Way of Seeing
4.2 Political and Religious Leadership
4.3 The Spread of Ideas
Final Assignment
Chapter 5: The Age of Exploration
The Desire to Explore
The Means to Explore
European Expansion
Chapter 6: "O Brave New World!"
European Imperialism
European Worldview and Identity
Unit Review
Unit 3: Worldviews in Conflict
EmpireCraft: Rebuilding Tenochtitlan
Curricular Connection
Chapter 7: The People of the Sun
The Physical Landscape
The Sacred Landscape
Expanding the Empire
Chapter 8: For the good of the People
8.1: The Aztec Social Hierarchy
8.2: Aztec Education
8.3: Contributing to Society
Chapter 9: Spain Looks Westward
9.1: Geography & Religion
9.2: Creating a Christian Spain
Gold and Glory
Chapter 10: A Deadly Meeting
An Unequal Fight
Cortés the conquistador
Invasion
Chapter 11: Worldviews in Conflict
11.1Changing Worldview
11.2 A New Worldview Emerges
Rebuilding Tenochtitlan
Unit 4: From Isolation to Adaptation
Chapter 12: Shaping a Unique Worldview
The Land of the Rising Sun
Nature Shaping a Worldview
Self-Sufficient Country
Unit 12 Assessment
Chapter 13: Japan Under the Shogun
13.1: Power and Control
13.2: Honour and Duty
13.3: First Contact with the West
Chapter 14: Edo Japan - A Closed Society
14.1: Locking Out the World
14.2: Change Within Isolation
14.3: Cracks in the Foundation
Chapter 15: Contact and Change in Meiji Japan
15.1: The End of Isolation
15.2: A Changing Order
15.3: Industriatlization in Japan
Chapter 16: Return to Roots
16.1: Change and Resistence
16.2: Strong Army, Strong Country
16.3: Into the Future
Unit 4 Project
Extra
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Social Studies 8
HOME
Big Ideas!
Course Outline
Unit 1: What is Worldview
1.1: Concepts of Worldview
1.2: Research Process
1.3: Writing a Reflection
1.4: Critical Thinking Skills
Unit 2: How Does Knowledge Affect Our Worldview?
Chapter 1: Times of Change
1.1: A Changing Society
1.2: A Religious Society
Introduction and Part 1
Part 2: Chapter 1 Activity
Part 3: Chapter 1 Activity
Part 4: Chapter 1 Activity
Chapter 2: The Expansion of Trade
The Rise of International Trade
The Italian City-State
Chapter 3: The Humanis Approach
Rebirth of Ideas
Thinkers and Society
Society and the Arts
Ch 3 Project: The Humanist Shopping Mall
Chapter 4: The Exchange of Ideas
4.1 Science: A New Way of Seeing
4.2 Political and Religious Leadership
4.3 The Spread of Ideas
Final Assignment
Chapter 5: The Age of Exploration
The Desire to Explore
The Means to Explore
European Expansion
Chapter 6: "O Brave New World!"
European Imperialism
European Worldview and Identity
Unit Review
Unit 3: Worldviews in Conflict
EmpireCraft: Rebuilding Tenochtitlan
Curricular Connection
Chapter 7: The People of the Sun
The Physical Landscape
The Sacred Landscape
Expanding the Empire
Chapter 8: For the good of the People
8.1: The Aztec Social Hierarchy
8.2: Aztec Education
8.3: Contributing to Society
Chapter 9: Spain Looks Westward
9.1: Geography & Religion
9.2: Creating a Christian Spain
Gold and Glory
Chapter 10: A Deadly Meeting
An Unequal Fight
Cortés the conquistador
Invasion
Chapter 11: Worldviews in Conflict
11.1Changing Worldview
11.2 A New Worldview Emerges
Rebuilding Tenochtitlan
Unit 4: From Isolation to Adaptation
Chapter 12: Shaping a Unique Worldview
The Land of the Rising Sun
Nature Shaping a Worldview
Self-Sufficient Country
Unit 12 Assessment
Chapter 13: Japan Under the Shogun
13.1: Power and Control
13.2: Honour and Duty
13.3: First Contact with the West
Chapter 14: Edo Japan - A Closed Society
14.1: Locking Out the World
14.2: Change Within Isolation
14.3: Cracks in the Foundation
Chapter 15: Contact and Change in Meiji Japan
15.1: The End of Isolation
15.2: A Changing Order
15.3: Industriatlization in Japan
Chapter 16: Return to Roots
16.1: Change and Resistence
16.2: Strong Army, Strong Country
16.3: Into the Future
Unit 4 Project
Extra
Made in Bangladesh
CONTACT
CLASS CALENDER
RESOURCES
CLASS NOTES
SOCIAL STUDIES CURRICULUM
Teacher Resources
MULTIMEDIA
GAMES
PHOTO ALBUM
VIDEOS
ABOUT THE CLASS
CLASSROOM TECHNOLOGY
TEACHING PHILOSOPHY
TECHNOLOGY POLICY
Family Tree
WEB LINKS
More
HOME
Big Ideas!
Course Outline
Unit 1: What is Worldview
1.1: Concepts of Worldview
1.2: Research Process
1.3: Writing a Reflection
1.4: Critical Thinking Skills
Unit 2: How Does Knowledge Affect Our Worldview?
Chapter 1: Times of Change
1.1: A Changing Society
1.2: A Religious Society
Introduction and Part 1
Part 2: Chapter 1 Activity
Part 3: Chapter 1 Activity
Part 4: Chapter 1 Activity
Chapter 2: The Expansion of Trade
The Rise of International Trade
The Italian City-State
Chapter 3: The Humanis Approach
Rebirth of Ideas
Thinkers and Society
Society and the Arts
Ch 3 Project: The Humanist Shopping Mall
Chapter 4: The Exchange of Ideas
4.1 Science: A New Way of Seeing
4.2 Political and Religious Leadership
4.3 The Spread of Ideas
Final Assignment
Chapter 5: The Age of Exploration
The Desire to Explore
The Means to Explore
European Expansion
Chapter 6: "O Brave New World!"
European Imperialism
European Worldview and Identity
Unit Review
Unit 3: Worldviews in Conflict
EmpireCraft: Rebuilding Tenochtitlan
Curricular Connection
Chapter 7: The People of the Sun
The Physical Landscape
The Sacred Landscape
Expanding the Empire
Chapter 8: For the good of the People
8.1: The Aztec Social Hierarchy
8.2: Aztec Education
8.3: Contributing to Society
Chapter 9: Spain Looks Westward
9.1: Geography & Religion
9.2: Creating a Christian Spain
Gold and Glory
Chapter 10: A Deadly Meeting
An Unequal Fight
Cortés the conquistador
Invasion
Chapter 11: Worldviews in Conflict
11.1Changing Worldview
11.2 A New Worldview Emerges
Rebuilding Tenochtitlan
Unit 4: From Isolation to Adaptation
Chapter 12: Shaping a Unique Worldview
The Land of the Rising Sun
Nature Shaping a Worldview
Self-Sufficient Country
Unit 12 Assessment
Chapter 13: Japan Under the Shogun
13.1: Power and Control
13.2: Honour and Duty
13.3: First Contact with the West
Chapter 14: Edo Japan - A Closed Society
14.1: Locking Out the World
14.2: Change Within Isolation
14.3: Cracks in the Foundation
Chapter 15: Contact and Change in Meiji Japan
15.1: The End of Isolation
15.2: A Changing Order
15.3: Industriatlization in Japan
Chapter 16: Return to Roots
16.1: Change and Resistence
16.2: Strong Army, Strong Country
16.3: Into the Future
Unit 4 Project
Extra
Made in Bangladesh
CONTACT
CLASS CALENDER
RESOURCES
CLASS NOTES
SOCIAL STUDIES CURRICULUM
Teacher Resources
MULTIMEDIA
GAMES
PHOTO ALBUM
VIDEOS
ABOUT THE CLASS
CLASSROOM TECHNOLOGY
TEACHING PHILOSOPHY
TECHNOLOGY POLICY
Family Tree
WEB LINKS
Final Assignment
Michel de Montaigne
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Michel de Montaigne and Ignorance
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