Curriculum Info
Unit #4
Transdisciplinary theme: How we Express Ourselves
Central Idea: Creativity influences human experience
Key Concepts:
Connection
Perspective
Form
Lines of Inquiry:
1. The ways in which visual artists use different forms of media to express themselves
2. How the written word causes us to reflect on the world around us and consider the perspectives of others
3. Modes of presentation appropriate to audience and subject matter
Unit #3
Transdisciplinary theme: Sharing the planet
Central Idea: We have rights and responsibilities as global citizens
Key Concepts:
Connection
Perspective
Responsibility
Inquiry Into:
Global human rights
How global citizens can take action to bring about change
People and organizations who have inspired action
Unit #2
Transdisciplinary theme: How the world works
Central Idea: The natural world impacts how we live
Inquiry into:
Weather and climate around the world, some of it extreme
The science and technology tools used to predict weather accurately
The impact of weather on humankind and the environment
Other forces of the natural world
Unit #1
Transdisciplinary theme: Where we are in place and time
Central Idea: Our ways of life reflect the existence of past civilizations.
Inquiry into:
the evidence of past civilizations (development, traditions, values)
the relevance of past civilizations for our lives
the roles, rights, responsibilities in the process of preservation of past societies
