3rd grade ib units 2016-2017
How We Express Ourselves
Central Idea: People record and express their thinking to help discover and develop their feelings, ideas, beliefs, and values.
Lines of Inquiry:
1. Characteristics of inquiry
2. The effects that literature, language, and the arts have on the way people think and express themselves
3. People record feelings, beliefs, and values
Central Idea: People record and express their thinking to help discover and develop their feelings, ideas, beliefs, and values.
Lines of Inquiry:
1. Characteristics of inquiry
2. The effects that literature, language, and the arts have on the way people think and express themselves
3. People record feelings, beliefs, and values
Where We Are in Place and Time
Central Idea: Individuals change and develop over time through their personal experiences and reflections.
Lines of Inquiry:
1. Cultures are affected by the resources available
2. Explore character development (personally and through literature)
3. Take action
Central Idea: Individuals change and develop over time through their personal experiences and reflections.
Lines of Inquiry:
1. Cultures are affected by the resources available
2. Explore character development (personally and through literature)
3. Take action
How the World Works
Central Idea: Discoveries and inventions change the way we live.
Lines of Inquiry:
1. Forms of technology
2. How innovation has changed the world
3. Advantages and disadvantages in the development of technology
Central Idea: Discoveries and inventions change the way we live.
Lines of Inquiry:
1. Forms of technology
2. How innovation has changed the world
3. Advantages and disadvantages in the development of technology
Sharing the Planet
Central Idea: Survival depends on the balance of organisms and their environments.
Lines of Inquiry:
1. Interaction of living and non-living things within a given ecosystem
2. Adaptations of planets and animals
3. The impact of environmental changes
Central Idea: Survival depends on the balance of organisms and their environments.
Lines of Inquiry:
1. Interaction of living and non-living things within a given ecosystem
2. Adaptations of planets and animals
3. The impact of environmental changes
How We Organize Ourselves
Central Idea: The exchange of goods and services drive economic systems.
Lines of Inquiry:
1. How a simple business operates
2. The effects of supply and demand on the price of goods and services
3. How the cost of materials and selling price affect production
Central Idea: The exchange of goods and services drive economic systems.
Lines of Inquiry:
1. How a simple business operates
2. The effects of supply and demand on the price of goods and services
3. How the cost of materials and selling price affect production
Who We Are
Central Idea: Cultures develop unique traditions around universal human needs and experiences.
Lines of Inquiry:
1. Explore various customs among cultures
2. Significance of ethic and/or cultural customs in the community
3. Cultures are expressed through different forms of art and literature
Central Idea: Cultures develop unique traditions around universal human needs and experiences.
Lines of Inquiry:
1. Explore various customs among cultures
2. Significance of ethic and/or cultural customs in the community
3. Cultures are expressed through different forms of art and literature