Unit 6: How We Organize Ourselves
Central Idea: The exchange of goods and services affects people and the environment Key concepts: change, causation, function Lines of Inquiry: Change: Effects of major economic transformations Causation: The role of supply and demand Function: Goods and services Learner profile: principled, caring, risk-takers Approaches to Learning: social skills, self-management skills This unit we learned about the affects that the exchange of goods and services have on the environment and people. We learned about needs vs wants, goods and services, and the effects of the industrial revolution. We researched supply and demand and designed and made our own products to sell. English We continued to practice our persuasive writing skills to prepare for classroom debates. We learned about poetry and created our own. We also made the latest edition of our classroom newspaper for the year. Math In math we explored chance and data. We learned about probability and explored chance wit