How we Organize

Ourselves

Transdisciplinary Learning
Language Arts
Reading and Writing: Persuasive Writing, Inferring, Poetry
Listening /Speaking: Speech and Poetry recitation
Viewing and Presenting: Students will continue learning how to
analyze and create Infographics to gain information and share their
ideas. Students will also look at photography as a means to present
ideas.
Art
Students will inquire into the involvement art can have to create
social change.

Disciplinary Learning

Central Idea

Organisations allow people to

come together to take action.
Lines of Inquiry

Mathematics
Knowledge:
Place value
Basic Facts
Order and sequence
Patterns

Strategy:
Addition and
Subtraction
Ratios and
Proportions
Multiplication and
Division

Measurement:
Area and perimeter
Angles

1. Different types of NGOs

2. Roles and responsibilities within NGOs
3. The action NGOs take and why
4. How we know if NGOs are effective or not

Important Dates
Jan 18: UN/ Red Cross Trip
(tentative)
Jan 28: Greenpeace visit
(tentative)
Feb 9: 3 Way conferences
Feb 22: Half term Holiday
Feb 29: Back to school

Links
The carpet boys gift
Art and social change
UN website

Books

5 Essential Elements
Knowledge
Students will learn
about the role and
structure of
different NGOs .
They will learn
about world issues
these
organizations are
involved with and
also what it means
to take actions
and how to take
action.

Concepts
Form and function:
What are NGOs?
What are the roles
and responsibilities
of NGOs?
Causation:
What action do NGO
s take and why?
Reflection:
How do we know if
action taken by NGOs
has been effective?

Language Arts
Word Study:
Students continue to learn
word patterns to develop
their spelling skills.
Grammar:
Students will continue to
develop an understanding
of sentence structure as
well as use the thesaurus to
empower their writing.

The carpet boys gift

I am Malala
3 cups of tea

Skills

Action

Communication:
* Speaking: I can speak
clearly when working
with others or presenting
* Presenting: I can share
the things I have learned
with others
Social:
* Cooperation:I can work
well with others
* Adopting roles:I can
lead sometimes and
follow other times
Thinking:
*Dialectal thought: I can
think about different
points at the same time
in order to debate with
others

Students will use

their learning about
different NGOs and
how they take action
to get inspired in
order to take action
themselves.

Learner Profile
and Attitudes
* cooperation
* thinkers
* risk takers
* commitment

A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step. ~ Lao Tzu