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Unit 2: Who we are
Unit 2: Who we are
October 19th - December 4th
Central Idea: An inquiry into the nature of the rights and responsibilities and how they differ as your environment changes.
Central Idea: An inquiry into the nature of the rights and responsibilities and how they differ as your environment changes.
By the end of the unit my student will:
By the end of the unit my student will:
Interview a community helper and report to the class why that person is important.
Student Agency
Student Agency
Voice: Students can participate and collaborate, and ask questions about the learning process.
Choice: Students will choose a community helper and ask questions.
Ownership: Students can reflect on their learning, analyze the content, and connect it to the real world.
Student Action
Student Action
What plan can you do to help change or promote your community?
Ex: Make a poster or an announcement about what you can do to help the community.
Key Concepts
Key Concepts
Form - Everything has a form with recognizable features that can be observed, identified, described, and categorized.
What kind of work do people do?
What are the main occupations of people living in our town?
Which important decisions have you made in the past?
Who works in the school and what do they do?
What are responsibilities?
Function - Everything has a purpose, a role, or a way of behaving that can be investigated.
How do rules help us to play with each other?
How are minority groups treated by society?
Who works in the school and what do they do?
Change - Change is the process of movement from one state to another. It is universal and inevitable.
What could you change about the way you work with others?
How have you changed since you were a baby?
What could you change in life to be more balanced?
Related Concepts
Related Concepts
Reading/Social Studies: Community Helper, Rights and responsibilities, government, community
Math: Rules and procedures for problem solving
Science: Types of Energy, light, heat, solar, thermal, natural and artificial
Student Work from 1B - Mr. Bright
Student Work from 1B - Mr. Bright
Student Work from 1D - Ms. Molina
Student Work from 1D - Ms. Molina
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