Unit One Learning Outcomes


In this unit, you will explore the following ideas and concepts:

     Issue Question: To what extent should ideology be the foundation of identity?


You will explore the relationship between identity and ideology.



Knowledge and Understanding


  • appreciate various perspectives regarding identity and ideology
  • appreciate various perspectives regarding the relationship between individualism and common good
  • explore factors that may influence individual and collective beliefs and values
  • examine historic and contemporary expressions of individualism and collectivism
  • examine the characteristics of ideology
  • explore themes of ideologies
  • analyze individualism as a foundation of ideology
  • analyze collectivism as a foundation of ideology
  • analyze the dynamic between individualism and common good in contemporary societies
  • evaluate the extent to which personal identity should be shaped by ideologies


Critical and Creative Thinking Skills


  • evaluate ideas and information from multiple sources
  • determine relationships among multiple and varied sources of information
  • assess the validity of information based on context, bias, sources, objectivity, evidence, or reliability
  • predict likely outcomes based on factual information
  • evaluate personal assumptions and opinions to develop an expanded appreciation of a topic or an issue
  • synthesize information from contemporary and historical issues to develop an informed position
  • evaluate the logic of assumptions underlying a position
  • assemble seemingly unrelated information to support an idea or to explain an event
  • analyze current affairs from various perspectives

Literacy Skills


  • communicate effectively to express a point of view in various situations
  • use skills of formal and informal discussion and/or debate to express informed viewpoints persuasively on an issue
  • ask respectful and relevant questions of others to clarify viewpoints
  • listen respectfully to others
  • use various oral, visual, and print sources to present informed positions on issues
  • apply information technologies for context (situation, audience, and purpose) to extend and
  • communicate understanding of complex issues
  • use appropriate presentation software to demonstrate personal understandings
  • compose, revise, and edit text
  • apply general principles of graphic layout and design to a document in process
  • understand that various types of information may be used to manipulate and control a message (such as graphics, photographs, graphs, charts, and statistics)
  • apply principles of graphic design to enhance meaning and engage audiences