YARROW ULEHMAN

American International School of Bucharest:

While at AISBucharest, my Grade 6 teaching team collaborated to write a new interdisciplinary Humanities curriculum to better meet student needs during the Pandemic and distance learning.  We wanted to refresh the units to engage students in meaningful concepts and make it manageable for our online learners. 

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UNIT 1: PERSONAL HISTORIES 

An individual’s identity and cultural context affects the way they communicate and view the world. ​

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UNIT 2: SUSTAINABLE SETTLEMENTS 

I&S: Humans create systems to utilize and preserve resources that help them develop settlements that can be functional and sustainable.

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L&L: When communicating ideas about sustainability, we use different text structures depending on the message we want to convey.

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UNIT 3: PODCASTING FOR CHANGE 

Global citizens use their creativity and language to inspire others to take action to develop a more equitable and prosperous world.

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UNIT 4: DIGGING UP THE PAST 

I&S: Historians interpret the past by investigating artifacts and the perspectives they convey to create an accurate representation of history.

L&L: For millennia, cultures have used creativity to express their understanding of the world, and their beliefs and values.

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