Day 1
BIOLOGY 30
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Guiding Question(s):
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Is identity given or created?
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Who are you?
Overview of the Lesson:
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Provocation: “Is identity given or created?” (Engage)
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Students will participate in a Think-Pair-Share discussion around the question
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Move class into a circle and ask: “Who are you?”
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Facilitate class discussion about the various categories that arise (race, religion, gender, experiences, etc.)
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Prompt: which categories were given, and which were created?
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Move discussion around identity and the guiding question of the class
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Have students write a brief reflection about the question “is identity given or created?” and then put in the student’s portfolio for the unit (UDL principle 9.3)
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Introduce the interdisciplinary topic that is being explored
ART 30
Guiding Question(s):
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What do you look like and how do you express it in a visual 2-dimensional form?
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How do you perceive yourself and others around you; in what ways are you affected by this perception?
Overview of the Lesson:
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Resident artist comes in to talk about their own practice - Art used as an expression of identity (ENCOUNTERS - Sources of Images A.B., Impact of Images A.B., p. 6)
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Provide information about the showcase and performance task surrounding the essential question: What shapes your identity? (AB Competencies - Critical Thinking, Personal Growth and Well-Being)
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Students will begin Part One of the performance task – see Performance Task for more information (DRAWINGS-Record, Investigate A.B., Communicate A., Articulate and Evaluate B.C. p. 5)
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Students will be given the rubric for the performance task (UDL principle 9.1)
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