9E – R we M.A.D? – UNIT PLANNER
STAGE 1 – Desired Results Goal / Purpose: To provide students an opportunity to explore problems they see in their own school, community or the wider world and explore ways in which they can make a difference to something they care about. Understanding(s): Essential Question(s): • •
Once essential physical needs are met, human happiness is not dependent on what you have. I can make a difference? Empathy is essential for connecting and belonging.
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WHAT REALLY MATTERS?
Do:
We can all contribute to making our world a better place. What makes a compelling speech Hierarchy of human needs
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Be: Manage their learning. Make connections Make generalisations
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Organised, Questioning, Reflective
Stage 2 Assessment Evidence (How will We Know) Performance Task:
Success Criteria:
Perform a Ted Talk style presentation that tells about their learning journey and their project to make a difference. To identify what they learned about themselves and extrapolate this to a more general understanding about what humans need.
Students will develop the success criteria jointly prior to the final performance task and develop a continuum for each of the elements they see as important. This will be around – • Performance ie: listening, speaking, acting, • Research and gathering ideas to try out • Writing – story telling – using the structure of a great speech. – persuasive writing • Self managing their time and learning – goal setting and self assessment
STAGE 3 – Learning Sequence What do we know, think & care about? (Prior knowledge) One Note collaborative page – “What problems do we see?” Verso flip -
THE CHALLENGE: Identify a problem that you see in your home, school, local community or the world. Research a range of ways you might make a difference. Decide upon a course of action and implement your idea. Record your journey in a learning journal with regular entries. Create a “Ted Talk” to tell us about what you did and to endeavor to convince us to join you in continuing to make a difference to the problem you identified. Tell us what you learned about yourself from completing this challenge. What does this say about what is important to us all as we seek a happy and satisfying life.
Learning Journal
Understanding and Thinking
Students will be asked to make a reflective entry regularly throughout the “project” They will be asked to keep track, not only about what they have achieved or need to do but where their thinking is at and what their questions might be.
Verso flip based on the Website based on Happiness Research
Comparing & Contrasting Comparing and analyzing which intervention they will pursue in their efforts to make a difference.
Socrative seminars around empathy readings
Vocabulary building Empathy v altruism – examples to definition T chart activity
Persuasion
Creating –
Persuasive writing techniques The structure of great speeches The persuasiveness of storytelling
Preparing a script and visual presentation for their “Ted Talk”
Check In on Understanding Verso Flip – What have we learned?
Listening & Speaking Presenting a Ted Talk style persuasive oral presentation that tells the story of the problem, their passion and their journey to make a difference. They should identify what they learnt about their own needs and wants and make connections/generalisations to what all humans want and need.
9E – R we M.A.D? – UNIT PLANNER