RISK TAKERS, PEACE MAKERS,

MOVERS & SHAKERS:

Ideas That Have Changed the World

Author:  Mal Cutaiar, Bryan Gottlob, Elizabeth Luscombe, Kate Messner,

Barbara Napper

Grade Level: Grade 7 (easily adaptable for other levels)

Overview:   The purpose of this project is to explore the ways in which the ideas of individuals have shaped history and to challenge students to more effectively solve the problems in their own lives and times through these historical models.  This is an interdisciplinary research and discovery unit involving ELA, Social Studies, the Arts, Foreign Language, and MST.

Connection to NYS Learning Standards:   ELA Standard 1 Language for Information

and Understanding, Standard 2 Literary Response and Expression, Standard 3 Critical Analysis and Evaluation, Standard 4 Social Interaction;   Social Studies  Standard 1

History of United States and New York,  Standard 2 World History; MST Standard 4

Science, Standard 6 Interconnectedness, Standard Interdisciplinary Problem Solving;

The Arts Standard 4 Cultural Contributions of the Arts, LOE Standard 2 Cultural Understanding.

Connection to District Learning Standards:  Critical Thinker, Effective Communicator, Responsible Citizen, Lifelong Learner