Greenspire Survivor
November 14-January 13
Driving Question
Will you unlock the skills from the past to survive quarter 2?
Project Overview
Students will research how early humans lived and survived to learn how to survive in a worst case scenario in modern times.
In Social Studies, students will learn the basic features and differences between hunter-gatherer societies and pastoral nomads. They will analyze and explain the geographic, environmental, biological, and cultural processes that influenced the rise of the earliest human communities, the migration and spread of people throughout the world, and the causes and consequences of the growth of agriculture.
In Outdoor Education, students will learn basic first aid skills as well as basic survival skills such as fire building and water collection to learn how hunter-gatherers and pastoral nomads survived. They will also learn techniques for helping during a first aid event and how to get someone to safety if needed.
In Math, students will be designing a structure they could build in the wilderness to fit their team using themselves as dimensions. The structure will include the use of the Pythagorean's Theorem, area, surface area, and volume.
Project Milestones
Social Studies
Week of 11.14-11.18 & Week of 11.21-11.22: Students will use timelines and primary and secondary sources to understand the era we are going to study
Week of 11.28-12.2: Students will examine early human evolution and adaptations
Week of 12.5-12.9: Students will use maps to trace the migration routes of early humans and learn about why they migrated
Week of 12.12-1.7: Students will analyze two different eras of the stone age and compare and contrast the differences and similarities
Weeks of 1.10-1.21: Students will work in teams to create a game show using what they have learned and an assigned region of the world.
Outdoor Education
Week 11.14-11.22 First Aid Simulations
Week of 11.28-12.9 First Aid Skits
Week of 12.12-1.10 First Aid Student Created stations
Week of 1.10-1.21 Fire Building