New Unit of Inquiry : How We Organize Ourselves

How We Organize Ourselves :

An inquiry into the interconnectedness of human-made systems and communities; the structure and function of organizations; societal decision-making; economic activities and their impact on humankind and the environment.

Central Idea : 
Signs and symbols are human made systems which facilitate local and global communication

Lines of Inquiry:

·          Internationally recognized signs and symbols (form)

·          Reasons for development of communication systems (causation/connection)

·          Specialized systems  of communication (form)

Key Concepts:

Form and connection

We made the puzzle of the central idea.
When we do this we understand the meaning better.

We all had a piece to think about and add to the central idea puzzle.

We had to think carefully about the position of the words to make sure they

 made sense in the sentence.

This is our central idea!

Playing the trading game to learn about different signs and symbols used around the world.

"Mmm...I wonder what this symbol means?"

We found some countries use a red crescentsymbol for the hospital sign.
We have seen that symbol in Indonesia.

We sorted the signs and symbols to understand what they were used for.

We had to decide on the headings for each group.
Mr Jim doesn't tell us the headings we have to think about that ourselves!

Reflecting on our learning by writing the central idea for the new unit of learning.

We made some common signs we have seen in the community.

Learning about more signs and symbols that we haven't seen before.

We identified some important headings for these signs.