Brave New World/Dystopians
While we learning about Dystopians we read Brave New World by Aldous Huxley. There were some really interesting concepts in the book. We then had to take one of those concepts from either Brave New World or another dystopian novel, and do a project on it. I wrote a poem about how the government controls their citizens.
Model United Nations
Model United Nations gave us a chance to see what it was like in the UN. During this project we researched real world problems. Our first MUN talked about the Israel/Palestine Refugee conflict. Our second one talked about Iran and if they should be allowed to have nuclear technology.
Collapse of Civilizations
During this poject we learned what makes a civilization a civilization. We also learned about why and how civilizations collapsed. For a project we made an online museum that explains how we thought the Earth would collapse, and we wrote a fictional peice of writing.
Identity & Sociology
In this unit we learned about sociology and what makes us who we are. We learned about how society plays a role in who people become. We created a mask that represented who we are and how we have been socialized. Then we wrote an essay about it.
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