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#Apocalypse #2012 - Last Updated Dec 21, 2012 The end of the world means the end of Twitter, probably. So what’s the last tweet you will ever send?
Africa Project - Mr. Hall - Last Updated May 19, 2011 Challenges and Solutions: Inside Africa Linking Past, Present and Future
Africa Travel Folder Project - Last Updated May 13, 2013 Assignment for Lombardi World History - ESL Class
African Soccer League ASL - Last Updated Jan 5, 2012 An assignment to develop the geographic theme of "PLACE"
American Dissent - Last Updated Oct 18, 2012 Is dissent a cornerstone of American democracy or a betrayal of its core values? What do protest movements and moments of dissent in our history tell us about what it means to be a citizen?
American Dream - The African American Experience Post-Civil Rights Movement - Last Updated Mar 16, 2012 By exploring African-American’s current access to the American Dream, assess the degree to which the Civil Rights Movement succeeded.
An Issue in American Society or Global Issue - Last Updated Jan 25, 2011 Choose an issue of interest and then choose a non-fiction book to read independently while doing further research on your topic.
Ancestry - Last Updated Jan 24, 2013 Is it important to know where you come from? Why are Americans obsessed with ancestry and genealogy? What does this say about American values? Does our past really affect our present?
Arab Spring - Last Updated Oct 16, 2012 Investigate and explore the Arab Spring (Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, Syria)
Civil Rights Portfolio - Easton & Christensen - Last Updated Apr 11, 2013 Understanding the Role of Race in American Society
Constitutional Issues - Last Updated Sep 24, 2010 Supreme Court Cases Research for Ms. Levin's U.S. History class
Creating/Understanding an American Idea - Last Updated May 9, 2013 Select artifacts to illuminate your driving question: poem, short story, photograph, document, oral history, song, painting, pop culture icon, film, invention, person, public art or architecture, recipe, map, etc.
Election 2012 - Last Updated Nov 8, 2012 This guide was created to help the New Trier community monitor the issues and events of the 2012 elections.
Final Exam Research on Election Issue - Last Updated May 23, 2013 research on a foreign or domestic policy issue important to voters
Forming a More Perfect Union: America Divided - Last Updated Nov 21, 2011 Assessing Sectionalism in the Antebellum South and a Divided America Today
Globalization and Development - UNDP - Last Updated Apr 29, 2013 The UNDP is able to award a grant of $500,000 for a project that promotes development. The project must address one of the strategies of development such as poverty reduction, trade-not-aid, good governance or sustainable development.
Is Your Library "Safe"? - Last Updated Sep 28, 2012 Resources for Banned Books Week and Banned Sites Week Celebrating the Freedom to Read- September 30 - October 6, 2012
Issues in American Society - Last Updated Oct 7, 2011 Choose a controversial issue that is prevalent in American society/culture.
Jr Theme Fiction and Nonfiction Selections - Last Updated Nov 10, 2011 reading ideas for Ms. Anderson's class
Jr. Theme - American Identity: The Immigrant Experience - Last Updated Feb 27, 2012 Jr. Theme resources for K. Subhani
Jr. Theme: What Does it Mean to Be an American? - Rhee - Last Updated Apr 25, 2013 Jr. Theme - Mr. Rhee
Land, Oil, Water, and Justice: Mock Trials and Panel Discussions - Last Updated May 20, 2013 Junior Final Project on Trial: the IGSS Junior Final Exam experience, 2013
Migration Group Project: World Geography - Last Updated Dec 13, 2011 Explore the reasons for the groups's migration assess the impact that group has had on the sending and receiving areas.
Music and Society - Last Updated Sep 7, 2010 find a musical artist/group that can be defined as groundbreaking and influential to understand the power of music to transform its listeners, art, fashion, & culture.
Occupy (Wall Street) 2011 - Last Updated Feb 24, 2012 Social, political, economic movement in the United States 2011
Oil: The Parallels Between Whale Oil and Petroleum - Last Updated Nov 1, 2011 Resources for an IGSS unit on Moby Dick and the search for oil.
Planning a Unit Activity - Last Updated Sep 2, 2012 IGSS students will collaboratively plan an interdisciplinary unit of study.
Political Parties- Political Campaigns - Last Updated Dec 9, 2011 This guide is about creating a new political party in the United States, the issues a party and political candidate must address to run for office successfully. PR material, events, and campaign funding are also to be included.
Resilience Readings for Senior Advisers - Last Updated May 1, 2012 Some ideas for generating discussions with New Trier Seniors
Resistance to Western Imperialism - Last Updated Feb 7, 2013 How effective were your region's or nation's efforts to combat/resist imperialism?
School Shootings and Gun Control in America - Last Updated Jan 10, 2013 Recent massacre of children: 12/14/12 School Shooting in Newtown, Connecticut
Scientist Resume - Levin - Last Updated Nov 12, 2012 This Modern World History guide is designed to help students find resources on the Scientific Revolution.
Tangled in your Food Web: Eating and Ethics - Last Updated Dec 13, 2011 Exploring food issues - Integrated Global Studies School
U.S. Policy for Afghanistan and Pakistani Border Region - Last Updated Sep 22, 2010 Students will prepare a presentation to the President, Chiefs of Staff, and Top Science Advisers briefing them in nonmilitary policy for the future.
Using Twitter as an Engaged Citizen Journalist - Last Updated Sep 9, 2011 IGSS @IGSSers Chicago NorthShore We are a small learning community at New Trier High School. We are fairly certain we will drastically and irrevocably change the world.
What Am I Here For? - Last Updated Feb 13, 2013 Exploration of a life without purpose, finding purpose from within, and looking outside of ourselves for purpose
Writers on Writing - Last Updated Feb 1, 2013 Writers’ writing about the writing process: poetry, short stories, and personal essays.
Zeitoun and Katrina or “When the Saints Definitely Didn’t Go Marching In” - Last Updated Sep 13, 2011 Students will create a presentation meant to explore an issue that is related to Zeitoun and the disaster which occurred in New Orleans. |
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