World History Sem 1 Exam Review Sheet!!
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What We Have Been Discussing
Sleepwalking towards Armageddon: An examination of tolerance, religious knowledge systems and a way forward
Read the short essay penned by Author Sam Harris titled, “Sleep Walking Toward Armageddon.” When finished, reflect on the following questions: Harris writes, “Which will come first, flying cars and vacations to Mars, or a simple acknowledgment that beliefs guide behavior and that certain …
Creating Jeopardy Questions like a boss
Because creating test questions is great review, and because playing jeopardy is fun, we’re going to combine the two (Pen+pineapple = pineapple-pen style) into one amazing review activity! Creating Jeopardy Questions like A BOSS
How America Lost Its Mind: The history of belief trumping truth
Great question. Is it? Do you believe that currently in our society, there is a stark (clear delineated) difference between belief and truth? Before we discuss that, YOU need to understand the difference. So, what is the difference between belief and truth? For a much …
Understanding Depression: Appearances are simply that.
Read the tragic story of Madison Holleran in order to better understand What depression is Etiology of depression Stroy linked here: http://www.espn.com/espn/feature/story/_/id/12833146/instagram-account-university-pennsylvania-runner-showed-only-part-story
Party Time. Renaissance Style.
As a celebration of your work on our renaissance documentary films, we’ll have a class party while we watch your wonderful work and are educated on the causes and effects of the renaissance! Please sign up to bring something to eat on THURSDAY for our …
Conspiracies Examined: An investigation into how truth is constructed
We’ve been discussing myth making via our reading of Sapiens as well as our recent examination of the myths that exist in our society. We’ve discovered that there is often a very fine line between what Harari would describe as MYTH and what our society …
Humanism Still Matters
Oh yea, get excited! Humanism matters! It’s not just some annoying, old, esoteric term that has no relevance to you beyond term dropping it on some exam! To see what I’m talking about, read the excerpt titled, “The Humanist Revolution” from Yvul Noah Harari’s book, …
TOK Essay: Stacks on Stacks of Knowledge Questions
See link below to lots of great knowledge questions for every 2017/18 TOK essay prompt, generated by you! https://docs.google.com/document/d/1qroiJdSW9rWPmtp_osL7W7c6j31qeiRFsIOQM1RPW1Y/edit?usp=sharing