MYP Individuals and Societies Overview
Course: 20th Century Contemporary History
Unit Title | Concepts | Global Context | Statement of Inquiry |
Imperialism | Global interaction, equity, power | Orientation in space and time | The quest for power affects various individuals and societies differently, depending on location, time and circumstances. |
Revolution | Change, causality | Fairness and development | Citizens have the responsibility to revolt against an unjust government to bring about change. |
World War I | Change, power, conflict | Scientific and technical innovation | The struggle for power creates conflicts and instability the resolutions of which can have short and long-term consequences. |
World War II | Systems, conflict, power | Fairness and development | Could WW2 been avoided if there was more global cooperation after WW1? |
Cold War | Global interaction, interdependence, power, identity | Orientation in space and time | The desire for dominance creates an interdependent world. |
Conflict | Systems, conflict, belief | Fairness and development | The beliefs of individuals within a society create systems to begin and resolve conflicts. |
Globalization Project | Global interaction, globalization, causality | Globalization and sustainability | Interactions create evolution globally which has far reaching consequences. |
Course: US History
Unit Title | Concepts | Global Context | Statement of Inquiry |
American Foundations | Change, causality, conflict | Orientation in space and time | Revolutionary change is caused when individual’s beliefs conflict with how they are governed. |
Civil War & Reconstruction | Identity, conflict | Orientation in space and time | Conflict over identity of a region comes from lack of understanding of bias. |
American Imperialism | Systems, innovation, revolution | Scientific and technical innovation | Changes in technology and political systems may create imbalances in power. |
Boom & Bust | Change, causality, interdependence | Orientation in space and time | Changes in one aspect of society can have unexpected consequences. |
World War II and the Cold War | Global interaction, power, relationships | Orientation in time and space | The use of power by those in leadership roles has a profound effect on the stability of global interactions as well as the daily lives of different groups of people. |
Era of Social Change | Identity, equity, power | Fairness and development | Actions both at home and abroad attempted to create a fair and equitable society, but they failed to live up to the promise of identity the United States presents to the world. |