Scope and Sequence

Semester One

Content: Access to education, refugees, child exploitation including child labor

Geographic Focus: Continents/oceans, Southwest Asia, Europe

Language Arts Focus: Narrative and reflective writing

Central Texts: Danger of a Single Story (video), Girl Rising (video), I am Malala by Malala Yousafzai, We are Displaced by Malala Yousafzai, Iqbal by Francesco D’Adamo

Summative: Student narratives

Semester Two

Content: Child exploitation cont’d: child soldiers, trafficking; colonialism, world religions, country research (researching the extent to which children’s rights are protected throughout the world)

Geographic Focus: Africa, Central & South America, Asia

Language Arts Focus: Informative writing and research

Central Texts: Child Soldier by Michel Chikwanine, UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie; non-fiction and research articles

Summative: Country Research Project and Showcase