Global Perspectives Grade 7 Term 1

Unit Sub-unit Objectives

Unit 1- Improving
communication

Learners create a display that answers how listening can

Topic: Digital world What is effective listening? contribute to a successful team or the qualities of an
effective team member.

What are the benefits and Learners use information found about social media to
challenges of using social create a short role play that demonstrates a strength or
media to communicate weakness of social media on communication. or weakness
with others? of social media on communication.

How does social media Learners create and act out an example demonstrating
affect the way we the impact on communication when a message is
communicate with others? misinterpreted.

Learners can give an example of when face to face

What advice would you
give to others about
communicating through
social media?
communication is more appropriate than communicating
through social media, when they have misinterpreted a
message from a friend or member of the family, what
they learnt from miscommunication activity or how they
will use social media differently.

Learners demonstrate that they can collaborate in a team

How could I improve through observations (self, peer and teacher
listening and responding to observations), feedback and self-reflection and provide
others in teamwork? examples from the team task to create guidance on
communicating through social media.

Revision - Unit 1 Revision Recap the previous units

Unit 2 - A warm
welcome

How many times have you Learners can identify the author(s) of a source and draw
Topic: Migration and your family moved to conclusions about purpose, accuracy and relevance to
live in a different place? their research
Why do people move? Why Learners can explain the relationship between perspective
do they stay in the same and potential bias in the sources they have identified
place?
Why have people in your Learners are able to explain how they distinguish between
family moved? fact and opinion in the sources they use
How is moving to live in a
new country different from Learners can cross-reference data and information
moving within the same between sources in order to check validity/credibility
country?
What other country would Learners confidently use and apply relevant vocabulary to
you like to live in, and why? discuss the issue of people migration

Why do people from other

countries come to live in Learners confidently use and apply relevant vocabulary to
your country? discuss the issue of people migration

What challenges might Learners present information to each other, or to a wider

young people coming to
live in your country face?
How could you help young
people to cope with the
challenges?
audience, using the following: effective visuals to support
key points (e.g. graphs); a clear speaking voice or writing
style; awareness of audience (e.g. maintaining eye contact
wherever possible, use of appropriate language); a logical
progression of ideas; sound expression of opinions with
supporting evidence
Revision - Unit 2 Revision Recap the previous units