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UNIT PLAN: EDUCATION AROUND THE WORLD


 * Language:** Spanish
 * Level:** Spanish 4
 * Textbook:** Glencoe, Galería de arte y vida – Nivel Avanzado

Students will demonstrate the 5 C’s in the following ways:
 * Time Period:** Three weeks, everyday. Could be adjusted for block schedules.
 * Unit Title:** What do a country’s education standards or availability tell us about the country?
 * Unit Topic:** Education around the world
 * Unit Theme (Essential question):** What can we learn about a culture from their view on education? How does education vary between countries?
 * Unit Rationale (Why are you teaching this?):** My students have the opportunity (and by law they should be here) to get a great education, but this is not consistent in all countries. My students should know about other educational systems and rights, which is an important aspect of a culture. Education varies between countries and that in turn reflects the literature and traditions of a culture. I think that my students will be able to reflect on their own education and compare it to that of students in other countries. This topic will hopefully bring up discussion and questions about the welfare of other countries and the rights of those people.
 * Standards-based Unit Goals**
 * //Communication://** Students will communicate in the TL. They will hear stories from native speakers and they will read authentic texts.
 * //Culture://** We will hopefully learn about personal experiences from students in other countries. Culture will be embedded into this unit because of our comparisons between our culture and other cultures and countries.
 * //Connections://** This unit is related to social studies and sociology, because students will be learning about other countries and their education systems as well as rights in other countries.
 * //Comparisons://** This is a great unit to introduce comparison phrases because we will be looking at a variety of countries and the level of education available in those countries. Comparisons could be made between the standards of education, availability, importance depending on gender, physical resources, etc.
 * //Communities://** Working in groups and creating projects for the whole school to see will help students use their knowledge of other countries in a beneficial way for their own community.
 * Assumed Prior Knowledge:** The content of this unit can be used based on the assumption that students can communicate in Spanish in the past, present and future. Subjunctive will be addressed further in this unit. Question formation should be prior knowledge. Comparisons should have already been addressed, but will be revisited in this unit. This unit will reinforce and build on this prior knowledge.

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