Vertical Planner - Baken Park Lyceum and societies vertical planner – 2015-2016 Vertical Planner ... Geography Culture Folktales ... Studying Humanities Time, place and space

Individuals and societies vertical planner – 2015-2016

Vertical Planner Subject: Individuals and Societies Year level: MYP1

Unit Title Key Concept Related Concept Global Context Statement of Inquiry MYP subject group objective(s)

ATL Skills Content (topic, knowledge, skills

Service and Action

Who am I? Identity Culture, Identity, Processes

Identities and Relationships

History provides Identity

B: Investigation ii. iii. iv. D: Thinking Critically i. iii.

Communication skills: Exchanging thoughts, messages, and information through interaction

Primary and Secondary Sources Timelines Family Trees

Where do we come from?

Space, Time, and Place

Innovation and Revolution, Resources, Migration

Orientation in Space and Time

From the first human beings, humanity has evolved with the use of resources to adapt to their environment through innovation and technology.

A: Knowledge and understanding i. ii. C: Communication i. ii. iii.

Communication skills: Reading, Writing, using language to gather and communicate information

Pre-History/Timelines Paleolithic Era Early Humans The Great Migration Neolithic Revolution

Folktales Global interaction Culture, Perspective

Personal and Cultural Expression

Folk Tales tell about the beliefs, values, and attitudes of different cultures throughout history.

A: Knowledge and Understanding: i. ii. D: Thinking Critically i. ii. iii. iv.

Critical Thinking: Analyzing and Evaluating Issues and Ideas

Geography Culture Folktales Customs/Beliefs

Create a folktales about our school and mission statement




Service and Action

Where am I? Change Scale, Perspective Orientation in Space and Time

Scale and Perspective help us explore the world around us.

B: Investigation i. ii. iii. iv. C: Communication i. ii. iii.

Self-Management: Managing time and tasks efficiently

Geography Maps and Plans Scale Legend/ Symbols Cardinal Directions Latitude /Longitude Urbanization/ City planning???

Create a map for the school or new parents to come in

Human Geography

Systems Culture, Causality (Cause and Consequence)

Other: Globalization and Social Interaction

Our world contains many natural systems that effect our day to day lives.


Research: Finding, Interpreting, Judging and Creating Information

Internet Research Physical Geography Human Geography

Make an awareness campaign on human interaction of the environment


Year level: MYP2



Service and Action

Studying Humanities

Time, place and space

Identity, perspective

Orientation in space and time

Studying humanities teaches us what it means to be human, while developing our skills to discover, examine, process, and create our own opinions from information.

A: Knowledge and understanding i. ii. B: Investigating i. ii. iii. iv. C: Communication i. ii. iii.

Communication: Reading, writing, and using language to gather and communicate information

-What are the Humanities -Why do we Study Humanities -Sources: Primary and Secondary, and how we use them -Timelines and Measurement; and how we use them -Bias/Perspective -Prehistory/History -Basic Essay Writing and Historical Investigation

Ancient Egypt Time, place and space

Innovation and Revolution, Civilization, Resources

Scientific and technical innovation

People adapt the environment to their needs, through innovation and the use of resources,making the existence of great civilizations possible.

A: Knowledge and understanding i. ii. D: Critical Thinking i. ii. iii. iv.

Critical Thinking Skills: Analyzing and evaluating issues and ideas Self-Management: Managing time and tasks Efficiently

-Nile River: how the physical environment supported permanent settlement and early civilization -Development of Agricultural techniques that led to economic surplus -Egyptian Art and Architecture (Hieroglyphics and Pyramids) -Relationship between religion and socio political order (Pharoes and Mummies)

Water scarcity Global interaction Equity, Resources Fairness and development

Clean water is a vital resource for people all around the world, so people must conserve it and

B: Investigation i. ii. ii. iv.

Communication Skills: Exchanging thoughts, messages, and information

-Water cycle -Importance of having access to clean water -Problems that arise without access to

Make an awareness campaign on water scarcity




Service and Action

ensure everybody has equal access to it.

C: Communication i. ii. iii.

effectively through interaction Research: Finding, interpreting, judging, and creating information Reflection: (Re)Considering the process of learning; choosing and using ATL skills

clean water -Physical Water Scarcity and Economic water Scarcity -World’s ‘water gap’ -Effects (good and bad) of people’s actions on Ecosystem’s involving water resources -How to address the world’s water Problem

Ancient China Time, Space, and Place

Civilization, Culture, Significance


Ancient civilizations provide significant contributions and ideas that our connected to today’s world.

A: Knowledge and understanding i. ii. D: Critical Thinking i. ii. ii. iv.

Communication: Reading, writing, and using language to gather and communicate information Critical Thinking Skills: Analzing and Evaluating Issues and Ideas

-China is divided into Dynasties with different Cultural Characteristics -Geography of China -Natural Resources of China - Han Dynasty, and its lasting effects -Shang, Qin, and Han Dynasties, similarities and Differences -Different groups came into Power at Different times -Many items we use today come from Ancient China -Abacus? -Artifacts that originated from the 3 Dynasties?




Service and Action

Ancient Greeks and Romans Civilization

Systems Culture, Perspectives, Power


Cultures have similar and different perspectives on the way society is organized, including the role and power individuals have in society.

A: Knowledge and understanding i. ii. C: Communiction i. ii. iii

Communication: Reading, writing, and using language to gather and communicate information Critical Thinking Skills: Analzing and Evaluating Issues and Ideas

-Connection between the geography and the development of City States in and Around the Aegean Sea. -Early Democratic Forms of Government -Citizenship -Life of Athens and Sparta: Compare and Contrast -Greek Mythology? -Alexander the Great? -Rise of the Roman Republic: Government Geography and Politics -Creation of Currency and Trade Routes -Daily Life: Citizens, Non-Citizens, and Slaves -Julius Cesar? -Roman, Art, Architecture, technology, science, literature, language and law ?


Year level: MYP3



Service and Action

Middle Ages in Europe and Middle East

Systems Culture, Beliefs Personal and Cultural Expression

Religious beliefs shaped the culture and society of the Middle Ages.

A: Knowledge and understanding i. ii. B: Investigating i. ii iii. iv. D: Critical Thinking ii. iii.

Communication: Reading, writing, and using language to gather and communicate information Self-Management: Managing time and tasks Efficiently

-Societal Organization of Europe in the Middle Ages (Feudalism) -How Christianity became the major Religion in Europe -How Islam became the major Religion in the Middle East -Life of the common person in the middle ages -Role of Religion in the Middle Ages: Why was it so important and its role in society

Leonardo da Vinci and the Renaissance

Creativity Innovation and Revolution

Scientific and technical innovations

To be a 21st Century Renaissance men and women, we must be creative, innovative, and knowledgeable in many fields.

A: Knowledge and understanding i. ii. D: Critical Thinking i. ii. iii.

Critical Thinking Skills: Analzing and Evaluating Issues and Ideas

-The Renaissance: Revival in classic learning and the arts fostered a new interest in humanism -Importance of Florence in the Early Renaissance -Detail advances made in literature, the arts, science, mathematics, cartography, engi- neering, and the understanding of human anatomy and astronomy (e.g., Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo di Buonarroti




Service and Action

World Religion Identity Identity and Beliefs Personal and Global Expression

Religious beliefs are important in helping people from around the world form their personal identity.

A: Knowledge and understanding i. ii. B: Investigation iii. iv. C: Communication i. ii. iii.

Communication Skills: Exchanging thoughts, messages, and information effectively through interaction Reflection: (Re)Considering the process of learning; choosing and using ATL skills

Core Beliefs and Values of: -Christianity -Hinduism -Judaism -Buddhism -Islam

Global Tourism Global interaction Globalization, Sustainability

Globalization and Sustainability

Global Tourism has had negative economic, social and environmental impact. It can have a positive impact on people around the world, but only if we do it in a sustainable way.

C: Communication i. ii. iii D: Critical Thinking i. iv.

Communication: Reading, writing, and using language to gather and communicate information

-Globalization -Tourism: Benefits and Impact: Economically , Socially, and Globally -Sustainable Tourism




Service and Action

Weather and Climate

Systems Causality Orientation in space and time

Weather and climate are the main causes for the existence of different ecosystems around the world, which directly impact the living conditions for humans, animals, and plants.

A: Knowledge and understanding i. ii. B: Investigation i. ii. iii. iv.

Self-Management: Managing time and tasks Efficiently

-Weather vs Climate (Causes) -Types of Climate and weather -Measuring Weather -Air Pressure (high and low) -Ecosystems: Aquatic; Marine and Freshwater Terrestrial; Forest, Desert, Grassland, Mountain, Tundra


Year level: MYP4



Service and Action

Climate Change/Renewable Energy

Global Interactions

Resources, sustainability

Globalization and sustainability

The sustainable use of resources is

necessary for the natural and social

systems on earth to survive.

A : Knowledge and understanding i. ii. B : Investigation i. ii. iii. iv. C : Communication i. ii. iii.

Communication skills: Reading, Writing, and Using language to gather and communicate informat-ion

-Climate -Greenhouse Effect -Climate Change -Petroleum Based Energy Sources - Renewable Energy Sources -Opposition to renewable energy sources?

Economics and Globalization

Systems Resources, Globalization, Choice, Consumption


Peoples choices to consume resources from all over the world has created a global system.

A: Knowledge and Understanding i. ii. D: Thinking Critically i. ii. iii. iv.

Collaboration Skills: Working Effectively with Others Reflection Skills: (Re)considering the process of learning; choosing and using ATL skills

-standard of living -income -markets -supply and demand -investments -role of the government -globalization -trade -global Economy (between 1st and 3rd world countries)

Development (organizations, trade, aid and exchange, measurements and trends)

Global interactions

Globalization, power

Fairness and Development

Development can be measured in many

ways

B: Investigation i. ii. iii. iv. C: Communication i. ii. iii. .

Research: Finding, Interpreting Judging, and Creating Information

-Gross domestic Product - Human Development Index -Difference between 1st and worlds; Causes: Natural Hazards (climate), History of colonialism, trade, production, fair trade,

Fundraising, awareness campaign, Model UN




Service and Action

Revolution(s) Change Perspective, Power, Equity, Causality

Orientation in time and space

Revolutions can bring change in people’s perspectives, power, and equity.

D: Thinking Critically i. ii. iii. iv

Critical Thinking Skills: Analyzing and Evaluating issues and ideas Media Literacy Skills: interacting with Media to create ideas and information

-Scientific Revolution -The Enlightenment -French Revolution -American Revolution? -Russian Revolution?


Year level: MYP5



Service and Action

Peacekeeping peacemaking (History)

system Conflict, cooperation


Nations form alliances to protect their military, cultural and economic interests

B: Investigation i. ii. iii. iv. D: Communication i. ii. iii.

Research Skills Interwar Years, League of Nation, United Nation

Model UN

Basic of economics (economics)

System Resources, Globalization, Choice, Consumption


People’s choice to consume resources from all over the world has created a global system.

A: Knowledge and Understanding i. ii.

-standard of living -income -markets -supply and demand -investments -role of the government -globalization -trade -global Economy (between 1st and 3rd world countries)

The Great Depression (economics, history)

Global Interaction Globalization, perspective


The Great Depression was caused by the interconnectedness of the global market

A: Knowledge and Understanding i. ii. D: Thinking Critically i. ii. iii. iv.

- causes of the great depression in 1930s - inflation - Wall Street Crash - relating the the great depression from the 1930s to 2008




Service and Action

Migration, aid (Geography, Economics)

change Equity, Choice, globalization

Orientation There are various factors that motivate people to move from one place to another.

A: Knowledge and understanding

Communication Current issues of migration and the reasons for leaving a country

Visit Humanityhouse.org Contact with Almere Vluchtelingenwerk, organize project at school

Human Rights Violation (History, Law)

Time, place, space

Causality, conflict, identity

Fairness and development

Systematic human rights violations can happen everywhere, no matter what time and place in history. They lead to conflict between groups of people and can be caused by discrimination and segregation

B: Investigation: i. ii iii. D: Thinking Critically i. ii.

Research Skills Critical Thinking

• Human Rights: What are human rights? Discrimination and racism Amnesty (childrens rights) US: Slavery and civil war Difference North and South Segregation Ku Klux Klan Jim Crow Laws Civil Rights Acts Martin Luther King Kennedy and Johnson Malcolm X Black Power

Student can make awareness campaigns at school. Amnesty international




Service and Action

Urban planning (Geography)

systems Culture, identity, sustainability

Sustainability Urbanization is integrally connected to the three pillars of sustainable development: economic development, social development and environmental protection.


Presentations skills - Different urban development - economic, social and environmental development - terminology: suburbs. Urban fringe, regeneration, urban sprawl, green belt

Investigate into urban planning around the world and connect it to sutainibility

Documents

Vertical Planner - Baken Park Lyceum and societies vertical planner – 2015-2016 Vertical Planner ... Geography Culture Folktales ... Studying Humanities Time, place and space