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Danbury Public Schools Peace Curriculum Mapping Overview - Grade 5 ROOTS OF THE LEARNING TREE UNITED NATIONS THEME LINK Essential Questions Content Area: English/ Language Arts Culminating Activity BEGIN WITH THE END IN MIND The MORAL IMPERATIVE: LEADERSHIP AND GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP How does one perpetuate peace? Reading and Responding: Students read, comprehend and respond in individual, literal, critical and evaluative ways to literary, informational and persuasive texts in multi-media formats. Root Concept: Caring Cooperation - Respect Activity: Write the script for the Ceremony to Award the Peace Prize. Resource: Plan a Successful Award Ceremony http://www.crystalartusa.com/index .asp?PageAction=Custom&ID=65 Academy Peace Prize Award Ceremony KNOW ONESELF SHAPE ONESELF SHARE ONESELF THE WHY: THE WHAT: THE HOW: RESPECT FOR DIGNITY AND IDENTITY ECOLOGICAL THINKING AND RESPECT FOR LIFE CRITICAL THINKING AND ACTIVE NON-VIOLENCE Why is peace important? What is peace? Reading and Responding: Students read, comprehend and respond in individual, literal, critical and evaluative ways to literary, informational and persuasive texts in multi-media formats. Exploring and Responding to Literature: Students read and respond to classical and contemporary texts from many cultures and literary periods. Root Concept: Positive Identity – Sense of Purpose Activities: Who was Alfred Nobel? Research and write a biography of a Nobel Peace Prize winner. Resources: Nobel Prize http://nobelprize.org/alfred_nobel/ Nobel Peace Prize Winners: http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/ peace/laureates/ Microsoft Office Press Release Template Reading and Responding: Students read, comprehend and respond in individual, literal, critical and evaluative ways to literary, informational and persuasive texts in multi-media formats. Communicating with Others: Students produce written, oral, and visual texts to express, develop, and substantiate ideas and experiences. Root Concept: Reflection SelfTalk Activity: Develop a press release for the acceptance of nominations for the Academy Peace Prize. Resources: Microsoft Office Press Release Template Space Expo to Demonstrate Student Designs and Presentations How does one live a peaceful life? Reading and Responding: Students read, comprehend and respond in individual, literal, critical and evaluative ways to literary, informational and persuasive texts in multi-media formats. Root Concept: Resiliency Communicating with Others: Students produce written, oral, and visual texts to express, develop, and substantiate ideas and experiences. Root Concept: Reflection - SelfTalk Activity: Compare the acceptance speeches of two Nobel Peace Prize recipients. Resources: Martin Luther King’s Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech http://www.almaz.com/nobel/peac e/MLK-nobel.html Nelson Mandela’s Nobel Peace Prize Address http://www.anc.org.za/ancdocs/sp eeches/nobelnrm.html Ecological Plan: Trace Ecological Succession of Site Over Time Adapted from Danbury Public Schools Learning Tree and Instructional Philosophy by Bonnie Lee Rabe, Ph. D. 2006 THE END PRODUCT/RESULT: SOCIAL JUSTICE AND CIVIC RESPONSIBILITY How does one bring peace to others? Communicating with Others: Students produce written, oral, and visual texts to express, develop, and substantiate ideas and experiences. English Language Conventions: Students apply the conventions of Standard English in oral and written communication. Root Concept: Caring Cooperation - Responsibility, Listening with Empathy Activity: Students will practice for the Peace Award Ceremony by holding Figurative Language Awards in the classroom (focused on their work with figurative language, metaphor, simile and personification). Resource: Figurative Language Awards Ceremony Lesson Plan http://www.readwritethink.org/less ons/lesson_view.asp?id=115 Project Adventure Trust Walk