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Unit 2: How we express ourselves
Unit 2: How we express ourselves
November 9th - January 29th
Central Idea: By exploring the traditions of others and ourselves, we gain perspective about the nature of those traditions.
Central Idea: By exploring the traditions of others and ourselves, we gain perspective about the nature of those traditions.
By the end of the unit my student will:
By the end of the unit my student will:
Students will create an original holiday, then present that holiday to the class in the format they choose.
Student Agency
Student Agency
Voice: Students will be able to choose what they say to veterans while writing letters/cards.
Choice: Students will choose what they want and need for holiday gifts.
Ownership: Students will reflect on their own use of resources. Students will reflect on their own cultural expression of holiday traditions.
Student Action
Student Action
Choose: Students will write a letter or card to a veteran.
Act: Students will celebrate a veteran. Those letters or cards will be delivered to the VA.
Reflect: How do we connect to one another through our differences?
Key Concepts
Key Concepts
Form: The understanding that everything has a form with recognizable features that can be observed, identified, described and categorized.
What are the elements of a holiday?
What are the ways stories can be told?
What are the parts of a book?
Function: The understanding that everything has a purpose, a role or way of behaving that can be investigated.
Why do we name things?
How do the pictures and the text work together?
How do people celebrate?
Perspective: The understanding that knowledge is moderated by perspectives; different perspectives lead to different interpretations, understandings and findings; perspectives may be individual, group, cultural or disciplinary.
What are the points of view?
What might my lifestyle be if I lived in another culture?
Why do people have different points of view on holidays?
Related Concepts
Related Concepts
Math: making observations, noticing differences, representing amounts
Reading: Literary Elements of fairytales and fables; Letter Writing;
Social Studies: Holidays & traditions around the world
Science: Natural Resources, collecting and recording data.
Summative Assessment Student Work
Summative Assessment Student Work
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