Humanities+-+C1+-+Topic+7

=Humanities Digital Workbook=

Category 1 • Topic 7

 * ~ What we will do in this session: ||
 * > **Significant Concept:** || Concepts focus learning. ||
 * > **Participant learning expectation:** || Content, concept, and context drive student inquiry in MYP curriculum development, resulting in a well designed unit plan. ||

=1. Why is good design important?=

media type="youtube" key="tgLL0K139RI" height="315" width="420" Context: A mining company in Australia performing a shutdown of its dragline.

= 2. How do we begin to construct a unit of work? =

Figure 13 on page 72 of ** MYP: From principles into practice **

=3. What makes a great unit question?=

Discussed on page 74 of ** MYP: From principles into practice **

= 4. What does the IB propose unit questions should be? =

From page 74 of ** MYP: From principles into practice **

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=5. What criteria can we use to evaluate unit questions?=

From ** Evaluating MYP unit planners **

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=6. What do we think of this unit question?=

From MYP 1 Humanities example unit planner on the ** Online Curriculum Centre ** ( **OCC** )

= 7. Why is good design important? = Context: The Bagger 288 roaming the countryside.

= Useful Resources: =
 * MYP: From principles into practice
 * Evaluating MYP unit planners
 * Online Curriculum Centre (OCC) [Get your username and password from your programme coordinator.]
 * [|unit-planner.doc] (from the OCC)

=Reflection:=

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