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The Breadwinner by
Deborah Ellis
Literature Circles
Adversity
Inquiry Project
Biography or Medical Investigation
Big Question
How can we overcome adversity?
Week 1: What do we know about the world?
Week 1: What do we know about the world?
Our goal this week is to recognize what we know, and what we don't know about the world in terms of fairness and equality.
Instructions: Watch the video. Create a web of all the rights you have as a person that you notice in the video. Add pictures and symbols that makes sense to you.
Click the Adversity Vocabulary Button, and use the definitions provided to complete your Vocabulary List in your Adversity Workbook.
Choose one of the red buttons to click. Read the article. Add to your web in a contrasting colour all the ways that a person's rights were not being respected in the article.
Literature Circle Book Choices Made
Non-Fiction Text Features: Titles, Subtitles
Writer's Workshop: KWL Chart for Global Issues of Inequity
Week 2: What do we know about our body?
Week 2: What do we know about our body?
video
video
Click on the picture to watch the video about all the human body systems for review.
Mind Map
Mind Map
Click on the picture to link to the article about the Endocrine System. We will start building our Mind Map together.
Science Experiment: Introduction to Hormones
Adversity Literature Circles Read, Meet, and Respond
Writer's Workshop: Writing Ideas Brain Dump
Week 3: What is diversity?
Week 3: What is diversity?
every person has a story
every person has a story
Watch the video (below) provided about diversity and connection. Be prepared for a class discussion.
Adversity Literature Circles: Read, Meet, Respond
Writer's Workshop: Same, but Different Poem
My School, Your School Mini Project - A look at access to education in different parts of the world
week 4: How do hormones work?
week 4: How do hormones work?
What do hormones do?
What do hormones do?
This week, our goal is learn about hormones and what they do for us. We have a video and an article to learn from, and help us add to our Mind Map. We will also do a science experiment!
Adversity Literature Circles: Read, Meet, Respond, Building Criteria for Reading Response together
Writer's Workshop: Personal Journals. Non-Fiction Text Features: Glossary and Bold Text
Inquiry Science Experiment
Week 5: What is Global Citizenship?
Week 5: What is Global Citizenship?
Our goal this week is to begin to understand how we can be responsible global citizens, and what issues exist on our planet?
Instructions: Watch the two short videos included in this week's package. We will also take a sneak peak at some resources for our Adversity Inquiry Project!
Adversity Literature Circles: Read, Meet, Respond.
Writer's Workshop: Champions for Change Newspaper Article.
In Someone's Shoes Mini Project
week 6: Which body parts make up the endocrine system?
week 6: Which body parts make up the endocrine system?
time to map it out
time to map it out
Using the link provided (below), we need to figure out which organs or glands make hormones and where are they in the body? Then, we'll be doing a Science Jigsaw. In teams, you'll become the experts on one part of the endocrine system and teach it to us!
Adversity Literature Circles: Read, Meet, Respond. Choose your best journal entry for marking.
Writer's Workshop: Journaling. Non-Fiction Text Features: Photos and Diagrams
Science Jigsaw and Teaching Poster
Week 7: What is Global Justice?
Week 7: What is Global Justice?
Celebrities that fight for justice
Celebrities that fight for justice
Click on the photo to send you to the article about many celebrities that use their fame for good.
Our biases
Our biases
Click on the photo to watch the video about how we all have biases, we all make judgements, and what we can do about that.
Adversity Literature Circles: Read, Meet, Respond
Writer's Workshop: Global Justice News Bulletin
The Privilege Walk - Inquiry Activity
Week 8: how do our hormones change us?
Week 8: how do our hormones change us?
puberty...
puberty...
Click the link (below) for our article on how our hormones trigger the beginning of puberty, and all the changes that come with this time in our lives. We'll use this information to add to our Mind Map. Additionally, we have a video about what happens in our brains during puberty (it's wild!).
Adversity Literature Circles: Read, Meet, Respond
Writer's Workshop: Journaling. Non-Fiction Text Feature: Captions
Science: Mind Map Work and Question Box
Week 9: What is Privilege and Poverty?
Week 9: What is Privilege and Poverty?
Our goal this week is to begin to understand some of the inequalities that exist in our world, and how these can shape our lives. We will look at the idea of privilege - when people have an advantage over others for various reasons in a society. We will also explore poverty, and how it shapes peoples' lives.
We have three videos this week, an article, and an interactive map to help us understand why some countries seem to experience more poverty.
The Privilege Walk from Penn State University - Reflect on our understanding - Inquiry Activity
https://studentaffairs.psu.edu/learningmodules/powerworkshop/privilegewalk.shtml
Adversity Literature Circles: Read, Meet, Respond. Begin choosing your best 2 journal entries for marks.
Writer's Workshop: I Am Passionate About... A short article about a global issue that you feel passionate about.
Week 10: What is a period?
Week 10: What is a period?
The menstrual cycle
The menstrual cycle
Click on the picture above to link to our article all about periods. Everyone either has a period, or knows someone who does, and everyone was born from someone who had a period, so time to get informed!
menstrual products
menstrual products
Click this picture to learn more about the different products that people with periods need.
Periods are not always a simple matter of finding the right product, and figuring out how to use it. Period poverty (not being able to afford products) and many biases and discriminatory ideas around the world prevent girls from getting an education because of their periods. Watch the video below for more.
weeks 10-14: Adversity Inquiry Project
weeks 10-14: Adversity Inquiry Project
Your Adversity Inquiry Project will be comprised of three major components. Each photo links to our Adversity Resources pages, where you fill find the information you need for our first major inquiry project.
Biography Project
Biography Project
You will need to choose a famous person, either from the past or present, who has overcome adversity that falls within our learning about global inequity (ex. racism, sexism, misogyny, ableism, poverty, homophobia, etc.). You will write a biography about their life, focusing heavily on the adversity that this person faced, and how they overcame it. The biography will need to include non-fiction text features such as a title, headings, bold words, photos and captions, and a map.
You will need to create an artifact of learning that celebrates the person you chose. This is where you pair your learning with something you love to do. The options for an artifact are almost endless. I've had students dress up like the person, create a crocheted doll of a person, do a series of paintings that depict that person's life, write a song about the person, etc.
Lastly, you will need to write a personal reflection that attempts to answer the question: "How can I overcome adversity?". You will be able to use all your learning materials this term to help you form your writing.
Biography
Biography
artifact
artifact
reflection
reflection
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