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Unit Overview
Main Idea (Claim) Summative Assessment
The mixing of world cultures through different A short five-minute skit that shows the spread of
ethnicities, religions and nationalities has culture that incorporates the aspect of time,
increased with advanced communication, growth and change.
transportation and technology. In addition, the
mix of cultures lead not only to societal changes This assessment will help students to carefully
but also lead to individual changes. think about the depth of cultures and how it is
affected by another culture. This aspect of
Understanding that culture now are changing culture will cover two components from the IB
relates back to how the Great Commission are MYP curriculum:
impacting not only faiths but also the way that
people live. A secondary goal of this unit is to Criterion A: Knowing and
also train students that the heart of a culture is understanding (Secondary)
not in structures or traditions rather it lies in the
heart of people. This understanding relates to the demonstrate knowledge and
Great Commandment as understanding the understanding of subject-specific content
depth culture helps one to love their neighbors and concepts, using descriptions,
more. explanations and examples.
Time
(45 Instructional Procedures and Strategies
mins)
Beginning the Lesson
10 Give the class a 10-minute practice to prepare for their performances. While doing so,
mins remind the class of their rubrics and that it is a good time to do a last minute review of
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their performances.
After 10 minutes, proceed to choose a random of sequence for the presentations. This
could be done by having Mr. Jared pick which group would start first.
Resources
(not available for this class)