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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 Migration happens in response to societal and environmental factors.

Key Concepts 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