Core+Concepts+to+Teach+This+Year

= Core Concepts to Teach This Year =

The important concepts fundamental to each individual subject we teach are: English: perspective, blogs Social Studies: geography, validity, social book-marking Math: Problem Solving skills, Data Analysis/ Interpretation, Graphical Representation Science: temperature Foreign Language: climate/seasons, transportation, video weather forecasts
 * What important and enduring concepts are fundamental to each subject we teach?**
 * Essential Question:** How do people adapt to their environment?

They give students a global perspective, a full understanding of each subject and how they relate to real life rather than rote memorization; how the subjects relate to each other
 * Why do these concepts matter?**

You encounter all these things on a daily basis; being able to connect, being a global citizen**,** having 21st century skills. This is a completely collaborative effort (how the content areas relate to each other)
 * Outside school, who cares about these topics? What is their relevance in different people's lives and in different parts of the world?**

Foreign Language, Social Studies & Science- geography, climate, foreign culture English & Social Studies- perspective & communication Math & Science- graphing Overall- Creation & ability to produce
 * Select one or two of the most promising of these topics and think about real-life contexts: What are the interdisciplinary connections? What other subjects might be incorporated?**

Creating things; survival (adapting to environment); evaluating resources; analyzing maps & graphs
 * How might we push past rote learning into analysis, evaluation and creation (incorporate Bloom's "rigor" verbs)?**

Connecting survival skills to real-life situations; be able to apply and synthesize content to think critically and solve problems; they can make videos/skype with each other to enrich understanding of a completely different lifestyle
 * Authentic ways students might engage in the project and the ways 21st-century skills might be addressed:**

They will have real-world interactions with students their own age in Alaska. This particular topic will allow the students to relate a true to life situation directly to the curriculum, answering the question, "Why am I learning this?"
 * What aspects of these topics will interest our students?**

Students will become comfortable with self-initiated inquiry, critical thinking, analysis and understanding of perspectives.
 * What learning dispositions should you cultivate and ask your students to pay attention to?**