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Transdisciplinary Theme : Sharing the Planet

Central Idea : The differences between us make us individuals, but our acceptance of each other make us a strong group.

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Today(23rd May 2012) Grade 3 visited the Mosque in Wroclaw. We were given so much information from the guy at the Mosque and learnt so many things about Islamic People. When we arrived school, our class brainstormed and shared lots of ideas, key words and some beliefs before we forget. Please see the ideas(Wordle) below. media type="custom" key="18615968" width="145" height="145" align="center"

__Week 2-3 __ Grade 3 students had many opportunites to study themselves and identify what qualities, personalities, physical appearances and customs that they ollow and do, make up what we call 'status'. Once they have theirown status sorted, they had a chance to wprk in pairs and complete a 'Venn Diagram' that shows similarities and differences. We have also been looking at 'Prejudice and Acceptance' from different angles. One of the ways has been reading a story called 'Charlotte's web' and understanding what prejudice some animals had towards each other or prejudice shown to animals by human. Lastly, together we came up with a summative asessment task and they decided to do a role play showing; - what prejudice can look like, - what sort of impacts prejudice can have on people(how it hurts) - how we can eliminate prejudice and how these actions will bring in positive outcomes for all of us.

__Week 1 __ We have started talking about similarities and differences. Children have also started identifying their likes and dislikes, special traditions they follow, special events they celebrate just to see how we are all similar in what way and how we are different.

We start looking at different religions, beliefs and different things we do. It will be quite nice to have some guest speakers in from the parents to come into our class and talk to our children about; - what religion they follow - if you do anything special - if so when they do it and how often they do it <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">- what actually they do and how they celebrate <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">- any special food to go with that particular event? <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">- any special dance they do? <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">- if they gather in a special place? etc.

<span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">If you would like to help our unit, please come in and talk to me. Thank you!