3rd Grade

Unit 5: Sharing the planet

March 22nd - April 30th

Create a business plan for their non-profit organization that will work to solve an issue in their community.

Voice: picking an issue that impacts their community. Students will communicate an issue they have observed and believe needs to be solved.
Choice: deciding how to minimize or solve the issue through the use of resources. Students will develop a business plan that will solve the issue.
Ownership: Students will broaden their view outside of themselves to work towards the greater good of the community/earth.

Choose: Students will choose a problem they have observed in their community
Act: Students will create a plan for how they can solve (with equity) a problem that is facing their community
Reflect: Students will evaluate their plan to see if it will improve the community and what would be necessary to enact the change.

Function: The understanding that everything has a purpose, a role, or way of behaving that can be investigated.
- What does it take to organize a business?
- What does it take to organize a social movement?
- What materials or resources would be needed for people organizing the business/social movement?
- How can I build a successful business plan?
Connection: The understanding that we live in a world of interacting systems in which the actions of any individual element affect others.
- How has climate change impacted our community?
- What part does money play in non-profit organizations?
- What factors/actions cause the issue?
- What are the root causes of the issue?
Responsibility: The understanding that people make choices based on their understandings, and the actions they take as a result do make a difference.
- What are some problems our community faces?
- What are ways we can contribute to solving the problem?
- How could money be raised for a cause?
- What is the best way to spend money when trying to make positive changes for your community?

Reading: Plot, organizational patterns in text (problem/solution & cause/effect), poetry, text & graphic features
Social Studies: running a business in a community, spending, saving, earning, donating, profit, production, supply & demand, entrepreneurs, economic power players
Math: area, perimeter, fractions, time, mass, volume, measurement
Science: ecosystems and environments, cause and effect