Sunday, January 8, 2017

Happy New Year!

As we come back together in our classroom for the new year I am excited to share a new unit IB unit--How We Organize Ourselves.  The work our students did in the Who We Are -Revolution unit was phenomenal.  It was inspiring to see them so deeply engaged in the work of inquiry around the idea of revolutions and how that impacts people and society.

Our new unit is related to the 5th grade social studies standards around settlement, colonization, and formation of government.  Our unit plan is:

How We Organize Ourselves-An inquiry into the interconnectedness of human-made systems and communities; the structure and function of organizations; societal decision making; economic activities and their impact on human-kind and the environment.

Central Idea: Human-made systems impact society and the economy
Lines of Inquiry:
- patterns of settlement and growth
- economic and societal decision making
- formation of government

Key Concepts:
Form
Connection

Our plan for this week is: