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Unit 3: How we express ourselves
Unit 3: How we express ourselves
December 7th - January 29th
Central Idea: Being creative unites us as humans as we find unique ways to communicate our ideas and persuade others to improve the world.
Central Idea: Being creative unites us as humans as we find unique ways to communicate our ideas and persuade others to improve the world.
By the end of the unit my student will:
By the end of the unit my student will:
Students will work in groups to create a utopia, consisting of mainly recyclable material, where resource usage is strictly monitored. They will then describe how and why they made the changes they made. They will discuss what could have been done to prevent natural resources from depleting at an alarming rate and what alternatives we may use to combat the depletion.
Student Agency
Student Agency
Voice: Being responsible to stick to their goal, choosing how to communicate their information, working cooperatively with other students and expressing themselves appropriately. Communicating with others to persuade them, identifying the problem and generating a solution.
Choice: Being more organized in the classroom, choosing which depleted resource to focus on. Project they will present. They decide whether to work in teams or individually.
Ownership: Holding each other accountable reflects on their subject goals and their plans to accomplish them.
Student Action
Student Action
Choose: A natural resource that has been depleted.
Act: Be creative and come up with a sustainable energy solution.
Reflect: Reflect on the impact we as united humans have in our environment.
Key Concepts
Key Concepts
Function: The understanding that everything has a purpose, a role or way of behaving that can be investigated.
How does a society work?
What are the parts of an ecosystem?
Where do we get the food we eat?
What kind of work do people do?
What are the main occupations of people living in our town?
What resources do we use every day?
How do we take care of resources?
Change: The understanding that change is the process of movement from one state to another. It is universal and inevitable.
How is our society changing?
How do plants change as they grow?
In what ways does the built environment result from the natural environment?
What is the role of technology in shaping society?
What factors cause migration?
What type of language do we use to persuade others in our writing and speaking?
Responsibility: The understanding that people make choices based on their understandings, and the actions they take as a result do make a difference.
What is our responsibility to each other?
How can we not waste water?
What should we do to be healthy?
What factors do you need to consider when designing a society?
What are some effective ways that people communicate?
What are some unsuccessful ways that people communicate?
Related Concepts
Related Concepts
Reading/Language Arts: Persuasive texts, context clues, informational texts and their characteristics/structures
Social Studies: American Revolution, force, formation of rocks and fossil fuels, natural resources
Summative Assessment Student Work
Summative Assessment Student Work
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