As students continue to work on their current events, they are encouraged to think about the follow elements of worldview and the questions connected to the elements...
Geography: What role do geographical features such as climate and location play in how people look at the world and behave in it?
Time: In what terms is time viewed by a society? eg mechanical (clocks and watches?) natural (eg. the sun, the moon, the stars?).
Society: What roles are available to individuals in society? Who holds power and how is power maintained? Who has status and how do they get it? Are certain benefits available to some and not others?
Values: How do people in a society act toward each other? How do people in a society act toward people in other societies/ groups?
Beliefs: What beliefs do people hold about life and death? About their environment?
Economy: Who controls the resources? What is to be produced? How will it be produced? For whom? How is property distributed? Protected?
Knowledge: How do people develop knowledge? What ways of knowing are accepted? Who has access to knowledge? How is it valued? Where or in whom does the knowledge reside?
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