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Unit 4: Where we are in place and time
Unit 4: Where we are in place and time
January 5th - February 18th
Central Idea: Observe the impacts of individuals throughout time and space as society has continued to change.
Central Idea: Observe the impacts of individuals throughout time and space as society has continued to change.
By the end of the unit my student will:
By the end of the unit my student will:
work on the writing process of their biography, including a timeline of their individual’s life.
What steps do I need to follow when writing a biography?
How can I organize events from a person’s life on a timeline?
How will the timeline help me in writing my biography?
Have I gone through the 5 steps of the writing process when creating my biography?
Student Agency:
Student Agency:
Voice: Create a biography about the person’s life. Voice in who we are interested in learning more about (what biographies we study). What are areas of interest for the class- science? inventors? environmental activists? political/world leaders?
Choice: Choose a person who has made an impact on the world. Choose how to present their final product (dramatized or as a read aloud). What is an issue that you would like to positively influence? Lay out steps to take action and get others involved.
Ownership: What was the person’s impact on the world and how they changed peoples’ lives. Why is this person’s impact important to you personally? How can you emulate positive traits of impactful people in your own life? What is something important to you that you would like to positively impact? How would you do it? What would you like to inspire in others?
Student Action:
Student Action:
Choose: After discussing and studying individuals and their contributions to Science, Math, and social justice, students choose a person who has made an impact on the world.
Act: Students create a biography about the person’s life- (choice on project submission). Take more time to explore more contributions by great people. Share with others the impact the individual made and how it affects the lives of people living today.
Reflect: Students reflect on a person’s impact on the world and how they changed other people’s lives.
Key Concepts
Key Concepts
Causation: Why is it like this? The understanding that things do not just happen, that there are causal relationships at work, and that actions have consequences.
Change: How is it changing? The understanding that change is the process of movement from one state to another. It is universal and inevitable.
Responsibility: What is our responsibility? The understanding that people make choices based on their understandings, and the actions they take as a result do make a difference.
Related Concepts
Related Concepts
Reading: Biographies, informational text, Author’s Purpose, Text features (timelines, tables, etc.)
Math: Geometry, 3d Shapes, Quadrilaterals, 2D Shapes, Area, Perimeter, Time, Graphing, Data Collection
Science: Space exploration, inventors, scientists
Social Studies: Government (and impact on society), social justice, activism,
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