Trandisciplinary Theme : Where We Are in Place and Time
Central Idea: Events in the past shape the future
Key Concepts: Causation, Perspective, Responsibility
Approaches to learning:
Learner Profile Attributes: Open minded, Caring, Reflective
3 Lines of inquiry:
An Inquiry into:
What drive people to explore and settle
conflict and cooperation
reconciliation
Questions that will drive these inquiries:
Central Idea: Events in the past shape the future
Key Concepts: Causation, Perspective, Responsibility
Approaches to learning:
- Communication skills
- Exchanging information - Listening, interpreting and speaking
- Discuss and negotiate ideas and knowledge with peers and teachers.
- Listen actively to other perspectives and ideas.
- Literacy - Reading, writing and using language to gather and communicate information
- Make inferences and draw conclusions.
- Social Skills
- Interpersonal relationships, social and emotional intelligence - developing positive interpersonal relationships and collaboration
- Learn cooperatively in a group: being courteous, sharing, taking turns.
- Practise empathy and care for others.
- Thinking Skills
- Critical thinking - Analysing and evaluating issues and ideas, and forming decisions
- Analysing and evaluating issues and ideas, and forming decisions
- Evaluate evidence and arguments, and associated decisions.
- Consider ideas from multiple perspectives.
- Recognize unstated assumptions and biases.
Learner Profile Attributes: Open minded, Caring, Reflective
3 Lines of inquiry:
An Inquiry into:
What drive people to explore and settle
conflict and cooperation
reconciliation
Questions that will drive these inquiries:
- What makes a suitable place to live?
- What drives exploration?
- How are culture and identity related?
- What creates conflict?
- What skills and attitudes are required for cooperation?
- Why is it important to understand history?
- What are the lasting results of conflict?