This theme can be described in the following manner, based on the PYP document, "Making the PYP Happen":
Sharing the planet
An inquiry into rights and responsibilities in the struggle to share finite resources with other
people and with other living things; communities and the relationships within and between
them; access to equal opportunities; peace and conflict resolution.
Students worked in groups to read through this descriptor, highlight words they were unfamiliar with, and to describe sections of the description in their own words.
This is all part of the Exhibition process. Students start out by looking at the big picture of the unit in the form of an overarching theme and will be zooming in on concepts and issues that go into understanding this theme as the Exhibition progresses. In the coming weeks, students will be: creating a central idea to guide their inquiries through this unit, doing some initial research into various issues that could help them understand this central idea, and writing questions about these issues based around the key concepts of form, change, function, connection, causation, perspective, responsibility, and reflection.
Check out the photos below to see students in action and records of what they discussed together.
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