Due to the nature of an IB school we explore content and 4th grade standards through units of study. During this unit, students will be exploring, experimenting, researching, questioning, and connecting. This theme is How We Express Ourselves. In this unit we will focus on our central idea of how creative expressions provide ways to communicate ideas and emotions. We will inquire about how creativity can communicate ideas, about the value of creation, and how ideas form and grow.
13 days in and we have already done so much! We have learned about the Haudenosaunee, a group of people in New York State, sometimes referred to as the Iroquois Native Americans, and the different ways that they expressed themselves. We read several articles and legends about the creation of the Hadenosaunee confederacy, which greatly influenced United States governance. We did a Gallery Walk to explore the history of this group of people and learned about their origin story by comparing the story Chiefs tell, those children in that culture learn, and what was written historically by outsiders. We have been annotating texts and already wrote our first essay.
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