Enduring+understandings

toc =Theme 4: Enduring Understandings=

For this unit, '//Culture//', the enduring understandings are:
 * Cultural Misconceptions are part of our past and present
 * Cultural values and beliefs affect relations among individuals, groups, institutions, and political states.
 * Cultural identity is determined by many factors

= = You'll notice that you have read the information below in the previous unit. Why do you think I've repeated it?

What?
Every unit in Grade 8 Humanities has what we call '**Enduring Understandings**' Do you remember what these are?

Yes! You're right! They are the **ideas** that we want you to take away with you when we've finished the unit. Everything that we do in the unit is focused on **exploring** these ideas and **consolidating** our understanding of them. We want them to remain with you (to endure) over time.

Exploring
When we explore something, we investigate its background, its connections, its meaning - anything that's relevant

Think of all the explorations you've been involved in since Christmas: Barbie bungee, the science walk, the global issues project and so on. In every single one, you were actively trying to make sense of what we were doing and you were gathering information from many different angles.

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 * Barbie Bungee Explorations**

As we move through this project, you are collecting information at every stage. This is something that you do constantly at school, as you can see in the pictures above. We are constantly exploring ideas.

Consolidating understanding
What helps //**you**// to understand new information, or to make more sense of something you've been learning about? Think about all the activities you've been involved in throughout the last unit. You have been an explorer, a learner and a teacher. You have led activities and explained ideas. What processes have you learned?

//"Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty."// [|Henry Ford]

We hope that the information and activities provided in this wiki and in class will help you develop a better grasp of the key ideas (enduring understandings) of this unit

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