Theme: Continuity and Change Our overarching theme provides students with opportunities to explore the dynamic, evolving nature of cities, societies, institutions and individuals throughout history. Through multiple ways of knowing, students investigate, interpret and analyze recurring events, dilemmas and persistent issues. Employing empathy and critical thinking, students learn to relate relevant knowledge of the past to their understanding of contemporary issues within the study of Benin, Delhi and Philadelphia.
Guiding questions within this course of study include:
What are the defining elements of a social group and a social group?
How can studying particular individuals, social groups, societies, cities, and cultural objects help us to understand ourselves, our society, our place in the world?
What is the difference between knowledge and ways of knowing?
What forms of expression does knowledge take and how is it accumulated?
How is knowledge transferred from society to society and culture to culture?
How does knowledge vary and how have societies changed because of knowledge?
