IB THEME QUESTIONS
SUB TOPICS
Identities • Lifestyles • What constitutes an identity?
• Health and • How do we express our identity?
Wellbeing • What ideas and images do we associate
• Beliefs and Values with a healthy lifestyle?
• Subcultures • How do language and culture contribute to
• Language and form our identity?
identity
Experiences • Leisure activities • How does travel broaden our horizons?
• Holidays and travel • How does our past shape our present and
• Life stories our future?
• Rites of passage • How and why do different cultures mark
• Customs and important moments in life?
traditions • How would living in another culture affect
• Migration our worldview?
Human Ingenuity • Entertainment • How do developments in science and
• Artistic expressions technology influence our lives?
• Communication and • How do the arts help us understand the
media world?
• Technology • What can we learn about a culture through
• Scientific innovation its artistic expression?
• How do media change the way we relate
to each other?
Social • Social relationships • What is the individual’s role in the
Organization • Community community?
• Social engagement • What role do rules and regulations play in
• Education the formation of a society?
• The working world • What role does language play in the
• Law and order society?
• What opportunities and challenges does
the 21st century workplace bring?
Sharing the Planet • The environment • What environmental and social issues
• Human rights present challenges to the world, and how
• Peace and conflict can these challenges de overcome?
• Equality • What ethical issues arise from living in the
• Globalization modern world, and how do we resolve
• Ethics them?
• Urban and rural • What challenges and benefits does
globalization bring?
environment
• What challenges and benefits result from
changes in urban and rural environments?