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International Baccalaureate (IB)
Middle Years Program at Grisham Middle School
Humanities (World Cultures, TX History, and U.S. History)
-Approaches to Learning
*organizational skills
*positive attitude towards work
*working effectively in groups
*strengthening oral and written communication skills
*becoming effective researchers
*self assessment
*problem-solving and thinking skills
-Community and Service
*understanding what a community is
*knowing one's role in the community
*understanding how one person can make a difference
*using one's talent for the good of the community
-Environment
*identifying the environments of which one is a part
*understanding how individuals impact the invironment
*evaluating how individuals are affected by the environment
-Health & Social Education
*understanding one's self (identity, self-esteem, decision making)
*looking after one's self (hygiene, mental and physical)
*understanding one's relationship with others (friendship, families)
*understanding one's place in society (freedom and responsibility, laws)
-Homo Faber
*indentifying why we create or change products
*predicting possible future developments
*becoming inventors, creators, developers
*celebrating human endeavor and achievement
*evaluating the positive and negative effects of human inventions on world
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