Interdisciplinary Themes

Learning expeditions may last several weeks and are organized around broad themes of study. A guiding question serves as a focal point for students to develop their own questions to pursue during the expedition.

Foundations of America

- Why are we the way we are?

American Unity

- How do we unify?

Visionaries of Western European Civilization

- Do we ever change?

Imagination and the North American Landscape

- Can we change?

Rituals

- What is the influence of rituals on cultures past and present?

Human Nature

- What is human nature?

Tolerance

- What role does human nature play in the establishment and destruction of a community?

Nature Transformed

- Where are we going?