IB MYP Unit Planner
Teacher Hosny Adel Subject Group and Individuals and Societies
discipline
Unit Title Where do we live? MYP Year 1 Unit Duration (hrs) 21
Inquiry:
Key concepts Related Concepts Global Context
Change Process Identities and relationships
Sustainability
Statement of inquiry
Settlements develop and change due to a variety of processes and their sustainability allows them to function successfully, affecting
the identity of that location.
Inquiry Questions
Factual: What is sustainability? What is change?
Conceptual: How can we achieve sustainability?
Debatable: Is process important for studying change?
Factual: What are the different types of settlements? What makes a good location for a settlement?
Conceptual: How do settlements change over time? How can settlements be more sustainable?
Debatable: Are cities the future?
Objectives Summative Assessment
Criterion B: investigating. Design a settlement that would suit the needs of “In this column, you will explain how the
Strand III and IV its inhabitants, providing pictures, describing assessment task relates to the statement of
Criterion C: communicating. how it should function, and write a detailed inquiry.”
Strand III description on this settlement, it’s location, land Students will design a settlement that is
Criterion D: thinking area, etc. sustainable and adaptable that can change over
critically. G - to design a settlement time, students will also describe how this
Strand II R - city developer settlement will affect the identities of its
A - executive committee inhabitants
S - a business meeting
P - a presentation with diagrams and descriptions
S - the objectives mentioned
Approaches to Learning (ATL)
- Communication
● Give and receive meaningful feedback
- Creative-thinking
● Create original works and ideas; use existing works and ideas in new ways
- Critical-thinking
● Test generalizations and conclusions
- Information literacy
● Collect, record and verify data
● Present information in a variety of formats and platforms
Action: teaching and learning through inquiry
Content Learning Process
- Settlements and their types
● Think–Pair–Share – Individually, students watch a clip of the different locations of
-Settlement function
different settlements’ and answer questions about them. In pairs, students discuss
- What makes a good location for a
settlement? their answers.
-How do settlements change over time? Discussion - teacher will ask students “What are the different types of
- Hong Kong, Sar China settlements?”. Individually students will write their thoughts on cards and share
- London, UK them with the rest of the class.
- Mexico City, Mexico
- What is urban growth? ● See-Think-Wonder - Teacher will display pictures of a city (Dubai) the pictures will
-Why are some settlements abandoned? be from different times, students will work together to share their ideas about the
- Pripyat, Ukraine pictures and ask questions they might have
- Bodie, USA ● Reflection - students will look at the different pictures of abandoned
- Dubai, UAE
settlements and write their reflection on the reasons this settlement got
- How can settlements be more
sustainable? abandoned.
- Frankfurt, Germany Formative assessment
Design a PowerPoint presentation on the different types of settlements mentioning the meaning
of a settlement.
Students make a case study on a real life settlement of their choice mentioning how this
settlement was abandoned.
Differentiation
Using Pictures of settlements, types of settlements, etc
Content Learning Process
Drawing maps
Creating presentations on PowerPoint
Resources
Hodder book
Internet sites
Online games
Reflection: Considering the planning, process and impact of the inquiry
Prior to teaching the unit During teaching After teaching the unit
Where do you live? What kind of List all types of settlements. Where would you like to live and why?
settlement is it?
Prior to teaching the unit During teaching After teaching the unit
