Social Experience Unit
(Dealing with Universal Issues; Ambition, Power, and the Common Good; Social Criticism; Addressing the Issues) Every person is part of the larger society and is shaped by and responsible to it. Historically and currently, people have strived to create a better society that attends to the individual as well as to the collective good. Human endeavour, history, and literature attest to the ongoing challenge of achieving balance between individual and societal concerns, rights, and responsibilities; between individual aspirations and societal needs; between personal ambition and the common good; between individual beliefs and societal values. This ongoing challenge manifests itself in conformity and rebellion, causes and crusades. In this unit, students examine, critique, and interrogate the society in which they live and consider the actions students can take to create the kind of society in which they would like to live.
Explain your thoughts on people/society/human nature. Good or bad intentions? |
We will be starting our unit with a Novel Study called Night.
Assignments: Student Booklet Night Theme Tracking sheet Chapters 1-4 Quiz (To be completed after our reading) Chapters 6-9 Quiz (To be completed after our reading) |
What is the purpose of Social Criticism? What is privilege?
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Lord of the Flies: Are Humans Naturally Evil?
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Unit One: Social Experience Unit Exam: Friday, May 6th REVIEW
Compare and Contrast Essay: May 12th |