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How do students feel about who they are, where they come from, and who they want to be? This DBI is about exploring what makes a successful community and where to find the communities that provide belonging. Students will make connections on a personal level along with noticing or wondering about the communities around them and how these communities play a role in their own identities.
Author: Charissa Chatburn
Essential Question: How do we become who we are?
This DBI helps 4th graders learn to make observations about Earth's surface to explain the effects of weathering, erosion and deposition. Students will observe a variety of rocks and photographs of rock formations to identify the effects of erosion, weathering and deposition on our everchanging world.
Author: Libbie Hayden
How does listening to different perspectives deepen our understanding of one another? This DBI explores cultural ideas, images, mascots, and stories of others, specifically those of Indigenous peoples of Idaho. Through listening and observing with empathy this DBI will help dispel misconceptions of Native Americans today while connecting ones own story of misunderstandings to other untold stories.
Author: Jaymie Hogg
Essential Question: Who are indigenous people?
Ban Ki-Moon said "Migration is an expression of the human aspiration for dignity, safety and a better future. It is part of the social fabric, part of our very make-up as a human family." This DBI will explore immigration to Idaho in the 1800s and 1900s. Students will analyze primary and secondary sources including photographs, advertisements, news articles, and readings to to discover why people moved to Idaho and what experiences they had when they arrived.
Author: Beth Harju
Essential Question: Why do people move?
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