Related Issue One (30-1)
To what extent should ideology be the foundation of identity?
General Outcome
Students will explore the relationship between identity and ideology.
Specific Outcomes: Values and Attitudes
Students will:
1.1 - appreciate various perspectives regarding identity and ideology
1.2 - appreciate various perspectives regarding the relationship between individualism and common good
Specific Outcomes: Knowledge and Understanding
Students will:
1.3 - explore factors that may influence individual and collective beliefs and values (culture, language, media, relationship to land, environment, gender, religion, spirituality, ideology)
1.4 - examine historic and contemporary expressions of individualism and collectivism
1.5 - examine the characteristics of ideology (interpretations of history, beliefs about human nature, beliefs about the structure of society, visions for the future)
1.6 - explore themes of ideologies (nation, class, relationship to land, environment, religion, progressivism)
1.7 - analyze individualism as a foundation of ideology (principles of liberalism: individual rights and freedoms, self-interest, competition, economic freedom, rule of law, private property)
1.8 - analyze collectivism as a foundation of ideology (principles of collectivism: collective responsibility, collective interest, cooperation, economic equality, adherence to collective norms, public property)
1.9 - analyze the dynamic between individualism and common good in contemporary societies
1.10 - evaluate the extent to which personal identity should be shaped by ideologies
Students will explore the relationship between identity and ideology.
Specific Outcomes: Values and Attitudes
Students will:
1.1 - appreciate various perspectives regarding identity and ideology
1.2 - appreciate various perspectives regarding the relationship between individualism and common good
Specific Outcomes: Knowledge and Understanding
Students will:
1.3 - explore factors that may influence individual and collective beliefs and values (culture, language, media, relationship to land, environment, gender, religion, spirituality, ideology)
1.4 - examine historic and contemporary expressions of individualism and collectivism
1.5 - examine the characteristics of ideology (interpretations of history, beliefs about human nature, beliefs about the structure of society, visions for the future)
1.6 - explore themes of ideologies (nation, class, relationship to land, environment, religion, progressivism)
1.7 - analyze individualism as a foundation of ideology (principles of liberalism: individual rights and freedoms, self-interest, competition, economic freedom, rule of law, private property)
1.8 - analyze collectivism as a foundation of ideology (principles of collectivism: collective responsibility, collective interest, cooperation, economic equality, adherence to collective norms, public property)
1.9 - analyze the dynamic between individualism and common good in contemporary societies
1.10 - evaluate the extent to which personal identity should be shaped by ideologies