Where We Are in Place and Time

Over the coming weeks students will be looking into where we are in place and time. This unit is an inquiry into journeys and the migration of humankind. Please find below details of the unit and outlines of how Language Arts and Mathematics are integrated within it.
Central Idea Key Concepts
Migration happens in response to societal and environmental factors. Causation: The reasons why people move from one place to another. Changes: The changes people may experience when moving to a new place.

Lines of Inquiry Migrationchosen or forced (for survival).

The changes that occur due to migration

Integrated Maths

Measurement

Time: We use tools to measure attributes of objects and events.

Integrated Language Arts

Speaking and Listening: Interviewing techniques Open and closed questions Reading: Retelling the main ideas from a narrative text Narrative form: Looking at characters, setting, problem and solution Writing : Retelling: sequencing the events and main ideas in writing

Key Vocabulary

Migrate/Migration, local (where you would go on the weekend), move/shift, temporary, native, choice, environmental, societal, political, adaptation