UNIT OF INQUIRY: How We organize ourselves

Unit Plan:) An inquiry into the interconnectedness of human-made systems and communities; the structure and function of organizations;societal
decision-making; economic activities and their impact on humankind and the environment.

Teacher: Sadaf Amirzada PYP : 2

Learning Engagements
Content Learning Objectives Teaching Aids/ Resources Formative Assessment Differentiation
With ATL Skills
.
Central idea: Products Assessment: The students will be
objective: given different
“People create Activity #1: Rights and responsibility in a school
Exploring and finding ways to situations to make
organizations to Think and Share Research to organize a (role play)
organize yourself their own plans about
plan
solve problems Tuning In:
how they can
-The students will
and support Camping activity: Students will be
comparing and contrasting our wants display their findings organize themselves..
human involved in
and needs as a human being around the classroom.
endeavour and planning for meals, games and
Each group will be asked
enterprise.” building tents or huts. This will help
wants and needs chart to take rounds and
students to connect to the prior check peer work. The
Lines of inquiry:
knowledge on how people organize students will assess peer
creating posters and how the world
Purpose of themselves. work to generate various Poster
would look like if wants and needs of -The teacher will
Then the students will work into questions then they will Sketch
organizations
people are not met assist the students
fix them on the wonder Research journal
pairs or into groups to list down
• Why people join wall. Further students who need help in
necessary items they need
organizations Explore purpose of various will have group research to gather
when organizing a trip or any event.
organizations discussion time to find answers to their information
• Strategies for Each student will present and share questions.
problem solving his/her ideas about it.
to identify and investigate the
within an The Students will be able to
problems faced.
organization
compare and contrast items added
or mentioned by others according to The teacher will provide
• What makes an comparing and contrasting her feedback.
organization the given situation. In this way they
challenges faced by organizations
successful? will notice and learn the importance
of organizing themselves according
Key concepts: Worksheet
to any given situation.

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 Connection,
Activity # 2
Function, Language integration: Formative Assessment
Connection Diary/Journal writing: Students will -The students will
write about any memorable family trip. display their class wants
Related concepts:
Further they will share how they planned and needs chart further Booklet
work
and organized that trip. they will be asked to
collaboration
Through this, students would further choose an action how
entrepreneurship explore their wants and needs. they can help others to
service Activity # 3 fulfill their needs. The
Students will work into groups to teacher will provide
explore and share their wants, needs feedback.
and how they are met. Research journal/
Further they will explore and research Creative journal
‘What will happen if wants and needs are
not met or fulfilled?’
Students can express and present worksheets
their work in any way they would like to. Research work
(Poster or booklet)
Activity #4
Students will be introduced to the word Formative assessments:
‘Organization’. They will explore and Making paper chains
research different organizations around
the world. Further they will research and -List problems faced by
find out how organizations help us to people around the world
meet our needs.
Formative assessment:
Presentation
ATL Skill: critical thinking skills,
research skills

Activity #5
Students will be asked to express their
opinion in groups about how and why
organizations are made. Students will
research and learn about different
organizations UNICEF, WWF and
WHO. They will explore their purpose or
.
goal, their projects, where they work, and
the issues they are involved in.
ATL Skill: critical thinking skills,
worksheet
research skills

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 Activity# 6
Students will make a paper chain by venn diagram
writing the names of different organizations Compare and contrast
on slips of paper and grouped them biotic and abiotic factors
according to the purpose that they work of an ecosystem
towards. These paper chains will help them
to identify and categorize various
organizations. Which would further help
them to unwrap the central idea and make
relevant connections

Activity #7
Language integration; Students will read
and research stories of people from around
the world. These are stories of victims and )
people who work in solving local and global
problems.

Activity #8
Students will be asked to express their
opinion in groups about how and why
organizations are made. They will be
divided into groups and each group will be
assigned one organization each any of their
choice. They will research, gather
information and explain their answers in
their journal and present it in front of the
class.

. Activity #9
Students will identify and explain an
ecosystem.they will explore the
interconnectedness of living organisms in an
ecosystem. Further they will work in groups
to compare and contrast abiotic and biotic
factors of an ecosystem.

Activity #10
Language integration: Students will read
the story ‘The color of home’. They will paint
the life of Hassan in the story and further

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 they rewrite the story using their own
perspective.

comparing and Week 2: Finding Out

contrasting Tuning In
Activity #11 How do all
challenges
Students will work in groups to list
ecosystems are
faced by down why do
provide her feedback. different?
organizations people join organizations. Further they
Which
will
explore about the strategies used by an
ecosystem will

organization to solve problems. Then Plan and make your own they choose for
within organization. Decide its adaptation?
their group they will discuss what makes name and logo. Describe
an its purpose.
organization successful. Students will
present
and share their findings with the class.
This will
generate a lot of reflection and questions.

Activity #12
Students will list and jot down reasons
why
do people join organizations.
Research about the local
and global issues faced
Activity# 13
by different
Students will list and jot down different
organizations
local and
global issues or challenges faced by
different
organizations. This will generate a lot of
reflection and questions. Further, they
will explore and list ways to make an
organization
successful.

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 habitats
ATL Skill: Communication skills, thinking
skill Internet/research journals

ATL Skill: research skills, thinking skills,

social skills

Internet

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 Week 4- : Going Further
(independent inquiry)

The teacher will assist them

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