Unit and Lesson ideas
Following are Unit ideas and plans that promote global competency and connectedness. Some are written using UbD template (the ultimate goal) and some are descriptions that were posted on resources such as ePals. Feel free to steal ideas for your own innovation and to email me at [email protected] if you have questions or would like to collaborate! I will continue to update as I write up more lesson and unit plans.
A unit overview and description regarding local food and waste. This was posted on ePals and sent to teachers around the world. We received interest from teachers all over the world, but responses from only two schools. It's a start, we will be doing this again in October!
A very large unit about a local issue. We are lucky enough to have a grade level team entirely devoted to implementing innovative problem-based activities. This is written more as an idea of what might be possible than a fully implemented unit. Ultimately, I was exploring the connection between local issues and global perspective. I hope you are able to pull pieces that are useful and/or re-envision current practices like Model UN.