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GRADE 6 UNIT OVERVIEW:27 AUGUST – 28 SEPTEMBER, 2012

Enduring Understandings

What do we want the students to remember for a lifetime?

Differences in values can cause conflict that we choose to deal with in different ways.(Central idea)

The choices we make about how we deal with conflict can affect our relationships.

Teacher Questions

What causes conflict?

How do personal values impact on relationships?

An inquiry into the nature of the self; beliefs and values; human

relationships including families, friends, communities, and cultures;

what it means to be human.

What is the focus of our inquiry?

How personal conflicts arise

How our values are formed

How we react in times of conflict

Lines of Inquiry

PYP Attitudes: What attitudes do we want to foster?Empathy: When dealing with personal conflict we need to stand in the shoes of the other person and understand how they are feeling. Independence: When attempting to resolve personal conflict we need to consider possible strategies and make our own decisions about which to use so the outcome is positive.

Learner Profile AttitudesReflective: Students will have many opportunities to reflect on how often personal conflict arises because their values are different to another persons and how they manage conflict, allowing them to explore alternative strategies.

Open-minded: Students will have the opportunity to challenge their thinking by viewing different perspectives and choosing appropriate conflict resolutions.

Concepts Causation: •Understanding that differences in values can cause conflict•Understanding that the way personal conflicts are managed

can affect relationshipsReflection: Thinking about their values and the values of others; how situations of conflict have occurred because of differences in values; how the conflict was managed; how it could have been managed better as a way of improving relationships in the future.

Vocabulary

Knowing how to use subject specific terminology

•values•conflict•resolutions•perspective •strategies •relationships,•open-minded•empathy•passive•aggressive•assertive•harmony•cooperation•collaboration•competition•avoidance•accommodating•compromise

What are the related concepts?HarmonyResolutionRelationship

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Skills

What transdisciplinary skills will students learn to develop?

Communication

Recognizing body language and facial cues to give insight into how people are feeling so harmonious relationships can be created and maintained

Research Skills

Collecting, interpreting and synthesizing data, and preparing for and conducting purposeful interviews and surveys

Self-Management Skills

Making informed choices when managing situations of personal conflict

Social Skills

Developing greater understanding of what it means to treat others, and themselves, with respect

Considering how others with different personality types react in times of conflict and extending their repertoire of conflict resolution strategies

How can parents help at home? * Have your child share their learning

with you: different personality types; different conflict resolution strategies; the strategies the different personality types might most likely use; personal values shared by guest speakers; the values of CDNIS; the values of the IB

* Family discussion: personal values of each family member; family conflict that arises because of the differences in values; where your values come from; the effect on personal relationships of conflict and how it is managed; conflict encountered at school and how it was/could be managed; personal conflict through the eyes of each person involved; personal conflict highlighted in news items and whether or not it was based on people having different values; the values of well known identities

Success Criteria for this Unit of InquiryStudents will understand that: Differences in values can cause conflict that we choose to deal with in different ways.The choices we make about how we deal with conflict can affect our relationships

Success Criteria Cont........Students will know: Subject specific vocabularystrategies to manage conflictStudents will be able to:Articulate an awareness of their values and those of othersFormulate questions as a means of collecting dataInterpret data collectedApply appropriate conflict management strategiesDemonstrate empathy and independence in their interactions

How is Mathematics connected to the unit?Data HandlingDesign and conduct surveys; collect, display, and interpret data; present findings by choosing the most appropriate graph formats Understand that different types of graphs have different purposes

How is Literacy connected with the unit?Read novels, picture books and news articles to analyze characters emphasizing their values Use appropriate organizational frameworks and language features when writing to inquire - interviews, questionnaires, surveysUse subject specific vocabulary to explain their growing understanding in the form of a process journal

Action: Students need to reflect on their new learning and as a result to take some independent action