How We Organize Ourselves

The amazing students in 5DC dove into a new unit this week.  In IB language, it's study of the trans disciplinary theme, How We Organize Ourselves.

Our Central Idea: 

Marketplaces depend on the ability to produce goods and supply services.

Accompanying lines of inquiry: 

1. Ethics of trade

2. Ways in which we depend upon people in other places

3. Global movement and communication affects the availability of goods and services

Students in 5DC put together their heads to come up with business plans to sell one of the items that I had assigned (video games, soda, bag of onions, tshirts, and old books).  They started off simply with asking questions, then they had to focus on asking questions that would help them with the business plans.  

5DC students are great with asking questions. They turned their focus from asking questions such as, "What's the best video game ever?" to "Where will we get the video games?"

 

Then students had the chance to read other groups' questions, and add questions that they thought would help the original group with their ideas.  Finally, students were asked to draw up some rough plans for their business ideas and create a 3 minutie