New Unit: The Way We Move

Hello Everyone,

We are in the process of finishing up our last unit projects, so now we will begin a new inquiry unit called The Way We Move!

Unit Focus Statement: Migration is a response to challenges, risks, survival, and a natural need to explore.

Concepts: EXPLORATION, IDENTITY

Core Competency Focus: Positive Personal & Cultural Identity

Areas of Inquiry:

  • The nature of exploration
  • The reasons people move throughout the world
  • Human migration and its impact on Canada, indigenous cultures, and the world
  • The similarities between humanity and other animals as related to migration
  • Our own personal and cultural identity as a result of migration
  • Geography and maps
  • Multiplicative Thinking & Tiny House Math Projects (Area, Perimeter, Multiplication, Division) related to how a home can represent what is most important to us

We look forward to….

  • Doing exploration of our identity, of our outside spaces, and more through the use of careful observation and documentation skills
  • Studying migratory birds and other animals and tracking their journeys
  • Presenting our personal TED Talks about our passions and continuing our language arts work on paragraphing, using descriptive vocabulary, and writing clear sentences
  • Creating a class map of our own family’s migration paths
  • Interviewing community members about immigration stories
  • Doing a group research timeline on how we all came to be in Canada, then writing mini monologues to present some of the key figures and events from our history
  • Making a Quilt of Belonging piece representative of our Cultural Background/Identity
  • Reading and analyzing books/stories related to immigration and refugees
  • Discussing immigration policies in Canada, and then making our own immigration policy for a made-up location
  • Doing activities and games related to multiplication, division, and geometry

Plans may change depending on time. We will do as much as we can in February and early March, and finish this unit before we go to Spring Break.

Next unit will be on NEEDS and WANTS, talking about resources, geology, economics, trade, and more.

Our independent project research and work will start now and be ongoing from now until June.

More to come!

Ms. D