Unit 1 

Transdisciplinary theme

• How we express ourselves

• An inquiry into the ways in which we discover and express ideas, feelings, nature, culture, beliefs and values; the ways in which we reflect on, extend and enjoy our creativity, our appreciation of the aesthetic.

Central idea

 Events may cause societies to aspire towards more independence.

Lines of Inquiry 

• An inquiry into what drives a people to break from their current form of government

• An inquiry into the changes that resulted from the break 

• An inquiry into the challenges experienced by the Revolutionaries

• An inquiry into the commonalities of revolutions