Learning Goals
Students will be able to formulate questions about at least three world communities using maps, images, and texts to guide an investigation of community similarities and differences.
Students will be able to compare the geography, customs, languages, and daily life of at least three world communities to understand how culture and place shape communities.
Students will be able to analyze maps, artifacts, photographs, and interview notes to identify how human and natural resources help communities meet needs and wants.
Students will be able to explain how communities produce goods, provide services, and trade with others to meet needs with limited resources.
Students will be able to describe how rights and responsibilities in local and world communities connect to fairness, prejudice, discrimination, and human rights.
Students will be able to document how human activities affect the environment and how the environment affects human activities in one world community.
Students will be able to collaborate with peers to plan, revise, and carry out a simple class action that addresses a real community need.
Products
World Communities Investigation Notebook
Students complete a research notebook with their question, source notes, maps, comparisons, and personal conclusions about three world communities. The notebook shows individual mastery of evidence gathering, careful comparison, and fair-minded reflection.
Fairness in Action Community Report and Expo Presentation
Teams create a formal report and short presentation that synthesize evidence from all members, explain comparisons across the three communities, and describe the class action taken to address a local fairness need. The product includes visuals, findings, limitations, and next questions for the audience.
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