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Unit 4: How we organize ourselves
Unit 4: How we organize ourselves
An inquiry into societal decision-making, economic activities, and their impact on humankind and the environment.
January 9 - February 10th
Central Idea: Human interactions and decisions affect the world.
Central Idea: Human interactions and decisions affect the world.
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END of UNIT Assessment
By the end of the Unit, my student will:
By the end of the Unit, my student will:
Explain how other people have impacted the world around them in the same way that they have a desire to impact the world. (Connect to Making Conclusions and Exhibition ideas.)
Student Action:
Student Action:
Choose: A topic about how human actions impact the world.
Act: Research and gather information- focusing on creative thinking and research skills.
Reflect: How they organized their research to further impact societies.
Student Agency:
Student Agency:
Voice: Exchange ideas with classmates and share their findings with their community.
Choice: Choose an idea of how people have impacted the world or environment; choose a format to present their research information.
Ownership: To analyze how they have been personally impacted by this change in the world.
Key Concepts:
Key Concepts:
Causation: The understanding that things do not just happen, that there are causal relationships at work, and that actions have consequences.
Which can be a good way to use our resources?
How do new discoveries lead to the advancements of society?
What might my lifestyle be if I lived in another culture?
Connection: The understanding that we live in a world of interacting systems in which the actions of any individual element affect others.
What principles do we use to understand the impact in our environment?
What is the difference between parallel and perpendicular lines?
How do conflict and resolution shape society?
Responsibility: The understanding that people make choices based on their understandings, and the actions they take as a result do make a difference.
What causes changes in material? (metal, plastic, natural resources)
How do we use our resources?
How do the decisions we make impact our environment?
Related Concepts:
Related Concepts:
Reading: Poetry, Fiction, Drama (Shakespeare)
Math: Data
Science: Renewable resources, Space, Ecosystems.
Social Studies: Westward Expansion, Industrial Revolution, Territorial Expansion, Civil War
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