Sharing+the+Planet

**"When a man moves away from nature his heart becomes hard."**

 Lakota Sioux

**"The frog does not drink up the pond in which he lives."**

 Sioux saying

__Unit Letter for Parents__


 * Transdisciplinary Theme: Sharing the planet **

An inquiry into rights in the struggle to share finite resources with other people and with other living things; communities and the relationships within and between them; access to equal opportunities; peace and conflict resolution.

**Central Idea**

People are putting many of our natural environments in danger.

**Concepts: **
 * The unique characteristics of natural environments (Form)
 * Causes and effects of environments in danger (Change)
 * Action people are taking (Responsibility)

** Teacher Questions **


 * What different kinds of natural environments are there? (Form)
 * What is special about each environment? (Form)
 * What is an environment in danger? (Form)
 * How are environments put in danger? (Change)
 * What action is being done to protect these environments and what can we do? (Responsibility)

**Summative assessment task(s):**

In partners, students create either a poster, brochure, or photo board showing cause, effect and action based on answering the following questions.

1) What is putting the environment in danger? 2) What action is being done to protect this environment? 3) What can I do to help this environment?