Theme #2: Time, Continuity, and Change

The class will explore civilizations from various parts of the world to see how we are connected and what we have learned from each other over time.  As part of our Veteran’s Day celebration, we will have a special guest speaker to help get us started in this unit. Each student will focus on one “hero” from the time and place for their level, and tell their story.  Students may also use their project ideas from the “Multiple Intelligences” to select a project in their level, to demonstrate “mastery” of the particular theme standard.


ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS:
Who am I? What happened in the past? How am I connected to those in the past?
How has the world changed and how might it change in the future?
Why does our personal sense of relatedness to the past change?
How can the perspective we have about our own life experiences be viewed as part of the larger human story across time?
How do our personal stories reflect varying points of view and inform contemporary ideas and actions?

Starting with the “Attribute Web Chart” tell a story about a person from one of the following:

L2 Native American Oral Story
L3 Maya, Inca, Aztec People
L4 American Women
L5 Alaskan Pioneer
L6 American Economists

Include descriptive language about:
Setting (where are they, what time period, what was happening)
Personality
How they acted through an event of that time (include beginning / middle / end)
How it made them feel
What others say to them / about them
What lesson(s) they learned from this experience

Project may be:
❑ 3-5 typed pages
❑ 2-minute to 10-minute video
❑ 2-mintue to 10-minute audio
❑ Cartoon (3 pages min)
❑ Powerpoint (only if you have not done one yet this fall)
❑ Story Cube
❑ Foldable
❑ Mobile
❑ Collage
❑ Musical
❑ Skit
❑ Journal
❑ Flip Book
❑ Oral presentation to class

Resources:
Primary sources (always best)
My.hrw.com (on-line text book)
Internet
Books / people / Web / Library

PROJECT DUE:  Wednesday, November 26, 2008

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