Idu Ubd12
Idu Ubd12
World Explorers Social Studies, Physical Education, Mathematics Erin VanderHoff, Robert Lee, Kalie Rickard High School (9-10) 3 Weeks
Enduring Understandings What understandings about the big ideas are desired? (what you want students to understand & be able to use several years from now) What misunderstandings are predictable? Students will understand that... Explorers are adventure seekers, individuals who are willing to take risks and push the limits. They let their inquires guide their actions and adventure seeking, which has ultimately lead to pioneers in our world.
Essential Questions What provocative questions will foster inquiry into the content? (openended questions that stimulate thought and inquiry linked to the content of the enduring understanding) Content specific. Social Studies: What motivates explorers to impact their surrounding communities/societies? Physical Ed.: How does exploring fit into the concept of lifelong physical fitness?
Related misconceptions Mathematics: What mathematical skills are required of explorers? Are Students may have one stereotype of what an explorer is--such as Christopher there explorers in math? If so, what do they look like/what do they do? Columbus or Lewis & Clark. This unit will show students that explorers vary depending on their field of research. People such as Albert Einstein and FNMI, multicultural, cross-curricular Thomas Edison were explorers, though not in the traditional sense. Students may hold the misconception that in order to explore one has to travel What characteristics/character traits depict an explorer or pioneer? to a place no one else has visited. However, on can experience explorations just by finding his/her way from one place to another; even if that place isnt new to everyone. If its new to oneself, then its worth exploring. Knowledge: What knowledge will students acquire as a result of this unit? This content knowledge may come from the indicators, or might also address pre-requisite knowledge that students will need for this unit. I Can Statements The I Can statements are the objectives listed in each content area. Skills What skills will students acquire as a result of this unit? List the skills and/ or behaviors that students will be able to exhibit as a result of their work in this unit. These will come from the indicators. Students will be able to Again, these are listed in each individual content areas lessons as the standards (standards vary depending on content area).
R Role
____________________________________________________________________________________________________ You are a researcher--become an expert on your explorer. Your teachers and peers.
A Audience S Situation
P Product, Performance
____________________________________________________________________________________________________ Put yourself in a famous explorers shoes and explain what you would have done differently using what youve learned over the course of this unit. __________________________________________________________________________________________________ Your completed essay.
Attach rubric to Unit Plan Student Self-Assessment How will students reflect upon or self-assess their learning?
Other Evidence Through what other evidence (work samples, observations, quizzes, tests, journals or other means) will students demonstrate achievement of the desired results? Formative and summative assessments used throughout the unit to arrive at the outcomes. Students will demonstrate achievement through the accurate completion of the various projects and activities in the three disciplines. In social studies they will have debates, discussions and article readings. In physical education the students will have task performances that test the skills they are learning. In mathematics the students will be creating projects, writing papers and reading content articles.
The students will have self-reflections in response to prompts in physical education. In social studies, the students will do online note-taking and reflection, discussion and various paper and pencil writing assignments. In mathematics, the students will have reflection papers and short paragraph reflections on each project.