1. NAME DATE The Unit Organizer BIGGER PICTURE LAST UNIT/Experience CURRENT UNIT NEXT UNIT/Experience UNIT SELF-TEST QUESTIONS is about... UNIT RELATIONSHIPS UNIT SCHEDULEUNIT MAP 1 32 4 5 6 7 8 The World Around Us understanding human relationships with and responsibilities to the world of which we are a part Diversity of Being by examining Unit introduction * TPCASTT *Narrative Paragraph * Brochure * Oral Report * Database Search * Biographical Profile * Periodical/Database...News Article Search * Business Letter Unit evaluation 1. What are our relationships and responsibilities to the communities and environments of which we are part? 2. How are we related to and responsible for natural and constructed environments and for technology? 3. Why is it important to stay in touch with the world? 4. How can we ‘read the world’ and respond to it critically? 5. How can I have a positive influence upon my world? 6. How must we show respect and care for the community of life? wants/needs past/present action/consequence ELA B10 Human Concerns Facing Society Natural and Constructed Worlds Individuals and Communities Stewardship by examining problem/solution

2. NAME DATE The Unit Organizer NEW UNIT SELF-TEST QUESTIONS Expanded Unit Map The World Around Us 9 10 is about... understanding human relationships with and responsibilities to the world of which we are a part Diversity of Being by examining Natural and Constructed Worlds Individuals and Communities Stewardship by examining

3. NAME DATE The Unit Organizer NEW UNIT SELF-TEST QUESTIONS Expanded Unit Map The World Around Us 9 10 is about... understanding human relationships with and responsibilities to the world of which we are a part Diversity of Being by examining Natural and Constructed Worlds Individuals and Communities Stewardship by examining Self Seven Wonders - Thomas Dreams – Hughes: poem Family Touched My Family - Carswell: Poem Community Community - Starhawk: Poem * Paragraph (narrative) Our personal development from selfish thought to extended concern for others Great Bear Rainforest The Great Bear Rainforest - Video If a Tree Falls – Cockburn: lyrics Keep Faith with Nature – Locke: speech City Yellow Taxi – Mitchell: lyrics * Brochure Project Create a 2 sided brochure promoting the positive benefits of the rainforest, the other the positive aspects of the city Requires some research on benefits Great Bear Rainforest and cities Oral promotion of one side of brochure Haida History of Haida people – documentary Haida Nation – periodical Environmentalists Current News Articles – database search Julia Butterfly Hill Internet Biography search David Suzuki Internet Biography search * Biographical Profile Select an environmental who is concerned with rainforests Environmental Issues Why we Grow Insensitive to Danger – Suzuki Research Enbridge Pipeline Database search including Periodicals News articles Essays * Locate, choose, and summarize one of each of the mentioned. * Write a letter, either pro or con based on the info gathered, to an appropriate organization