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Ecology – Energy Flow, Environments, And Habitats [7th Grade], Alex Wallender
Ecology – Energy Flow, Environments, And Habitats [7th Grade], Alex Wallender
Understanding by Design: Complete Collection
By the end of this unit students will understand that life depends on energy flow through systems. They will recognize the many energy transformations that take place, and focus especially on the transformation of radiant energy to chemical energy in the process of photosynthesis. Students will also understand that as energy is transferred throughout an ecosystem and is used or transformed along the way. They will be able to diagram the flow of energy in a number of manners including: food chains, food webs, and energy pyramids. Lastly, students will leave this unit understanding that organisms and their environments; both …
Slavery – A Problem Of The Past? [7th Grade], Becky Orsini, Nick Thomason
Slavery – A Problem Of The Past? [7th Grade], Becky Orsini, Nick Thomason
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This interdisciplinary unit focuses on the institution of slavery and the many forms in which it manifests. Students will be challenged to look at slavery in all of its forms and determine its impact on the lives of those who experienced it. In Texas History the students will look at the political, social and economic factors that caused slavery to be a dominate force in the growth of Texas. In ELA, students will look at slavery from the point of view of a former slave as they read the historical-fiction novel, “Spartacus”, by Lewis Grassic Gibbon. For their Performance Task, …
Who Are You? Who, Who! Who, Who! [7th Grade], Kara Brown, Jean Yang
Who Are You? Who, Who! Who, Who! [7th Grade], Kara Brown, Jean Yang
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The goal of this unit is for students to write their own personal narrative. Students will understand that writing a personal narrative is not only applicable to the classroom. They will understand the value of reflecting on past experiences and use that knowledge in the future.
They will take an essay through all five steps of the writing process (pre-writing, drafting, revising, editing, and publishing). Throughout the unit, students will be introduced to and apply new strategies to their own writing to help with pre-writing, revising and editing. These strategies will improve their writing, and students will be able to …