Being aware of our rights and responsibilities helps our community to work more effectively. The document outlines a citizenship-focused inquiry unit from March 3rd to April 10th that will explore respecting rules, personal responsibilities, civil values, and everyone's rights through questions about what constitutes a community, the benefits of community membership, what systems are, how systems organize communities, what communities need, and why communities are created.

1. UOI: CITIZENSHIP COUNTS!
Transdisciplinary
Theme:
How we organize
ourselves
Key Concepts:
• Responsibility
• Function
• Reflection
Related Concepts:
• Behaviour
• Systems
• Citizenship
CENTRAL IDEA
Being aware of our rights and responsibilities helps our
community to work more effectively.
An inquiry into:
• Respecting Rules
• Personal
responsibilities
• Civil values.
• Everyone has rights.
Attitudes Focus:
• Commitment
• Curiosity
Learner Profile Focus:
• Knowledgeable
• Inquirers
PERIOD: From March 3rd up to April 10th.
Teacher Questions:
1. What is community?
2. What are the benefits of being part of a community?
3. What is a system?
4. How do systems help organize a community?
5. What does a community need and want?
6. Why do we create communities?