UOI 1 - Communities
25th August - 1st October
Transdisciplinary Theme
How We Organise Ourselves
Central Idea
Individuals and communities work together to meet their goals
Transdisciplinary Theme
How We Organise Ourselves
Central Idea
Individuals and communities work together to meet their goals
Overview
Students are tasked with creating and running their own community at HKA. Students use the first six weeks to set up their community, supported through the process of choosing what they would like to set up and collaborating with others to make their idea a reality. The students then present their community to the elementary school, trying to gain members or advertising something their community will be creating or selling. The students are then tasked with running their community independently from class teacher support for as long as possible.
Students are tasked with creating and running their own community at HKA. Students use the first six weeks to set up their community, supported through the process of choosing what they would like to set up and collaborating with others to make their idea a reality. The students then present their community to the elementary school, trying to gain members or advertising something their community will be creating or selling. The students are then tasked with running their community independently from class teacher support for as long as possible.
Resources
1st Lesson Presentation What is inquiry? Brainstorming communities Activity 1 - Communities we belong to (printable) 2nd Lesson Presentation
What is action? Teacher Question - What are the different types of communities? (form) Students brainstorm and collaborate 3rd Lesson Presentation
Teacher Question - What are the different types of communities? (form) Teachers present their communities Note taking - printable 4th Lesson Presentation
Teacher Question - How do communities organize themselves? (function) Students begin to form group and brainstorm ideas for their group Brainstorm sheet - printable 5th Lesson Presentation
Teacher Question - How do communities organize themselves? (function) Students ask questions and are introduced to the communities booklet 6th Lesson Presentation
Teacher Question - How do communities organize themselves? (function) Writing mission statements communities booklet 7th Lesson Presentation
Teacher Question - How do communities organize themselves? (function) Setting goals communities booklet 8th Lesson Presentation
Teacher Question - How do communities organize themselves? (function) Writing mission statements communities booklet 9th Lesson Presentation
Teacher Question - How do communities organize themselves? (function) Introduction to wikis 10th Lesson Presentation
Teacher Question - How do our actions affect/impact others in our community? (responsibility) Taking Action 11th Lesson Presentation
Teacher Questions - How do communities organize themselves? (function) How do our actions affect/impact others in our community? (responsibility) Making It Happen |
Student Communities
Communities Booklet
This booklet guides the students through the process of setting up their community. They will need to work collaboratively to set up their own community and devise an action plan to make their community a success. Language Focus
Writing letters and emails to set up their community. Resource http://www.writingfun.com/ Sharing information through a wiki |
Presenting Communities
Student Reflections After Six Weeks2nd Rubric
The students will fill in another rubric later on in the year that they develop based around the central idea using collaboration, goals, commitment and |
Communities In Action |