Unit
Topic
Theme

Region
Length

Empowering Global Citizens

1.3

Clothing and Shelter

ICC: interpersonal (one’s own identity and culture and oth—
ers’ identities and cultures); ethics: common values; work
and mind habits: innovation and creativity; and arts: litera—
ture and visual

India and Beyond

Eight weeks

Goals and Objectives

Skills

Learn about the clothes people wear around the world and the
houses in which they live.

Inspire students to reflect on the cultural meaning behind different
clothing choices and types of houses.

Act by identifying cultures based on the types of clothing and

houses.

and Knowledge

Students learn about the types of houses people live in around the
world.

Students are able to describe the basic environmental factors that con—
tribute to the construction materials and types of homes people live in.
Students learn about the types of clothing that people around the
world wear.

Students are able to describe the basic environmental factors that
contribute to the types of clothing that people wear and the materi—
als they’re made from.

Students are able to think reflectively about the type of house they
live in and about which aspects of their home reflect their family’s
wants and which reflect their family’s needs.

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