Culture and Society

Unit 2Grade 7 Humanities

Essential Questions

• How is identity shaped by culture and society?

• What is the relationship between society and culture?

LA-SS-Me

• Language Arts

• Required Reading - Dystopian novels

• Class Novel - Lord of the Flies

• Writing - biographies

• Speaking - Digital and oral presentations

LA-SS-Me

• Social Studies

• Cultural Universals

• Different cultures/societies throughout history

• Create-Your-Own Culture and Society

LA-SS-Me

• Me

• Explore your own culture and society

• Personality/Character Strengths inventories

• Create-Your-Own Culture and Society

Calendar

• Week 1 - Introduction to culture and society

• Weeks 2-5 - Culture and Society rotations

• Jan & Feb - Create-Your-Own Culture and Society

• Jan & Feb - Lord of the Flies

• March - Culture and Society presentations

Week 1• Monday - Introduce unit, Cultural Universal

Vocab

• Tuesday - Culture (Day 1)

• Wednesday - Culture (Day 2)

• Thursday - Society

• Friday - Begin rotation with your current Humanities teacher

Weeks 2-5

• Society Rotations

• Days 1-4 - Learning about the culture and society

• Day 5 - Check in with Humanities teacher, vocabulary assessments, society assessments

Weeks 2-5Mr. Forbes

Pre-Colonial South America

Weeks 2-5Ms. Bradshaw

Ancient Greece

Weeks 2-5Mr. Ginder

Ancient Rome

Weeks 2-5

Medieval England

Mr. Robinson

Creating a Society

• 3-4 group members

• Earth-bound society

• Direct evidence of the cultural universals

• Include additional culture components

• Group members will report out on their society

• Interactive cultural activity

Required ReadingDystopian Novels

How did the society get

here?

Required ReadingDystopian Novels

How did the society get

here?

Where do we see disfunction in our society

today?

Required ReadingDystopian Novels

How did the society get

here?

Where do we see disfunction in our society

today?How do we ensure that

society does not disintegrate into a dystopia?

Required ReadingDystopian Novels

How did the society get

here?

Where do we see disfunction in our society

today?How do we ensure that

society does not disintegrate into a dystopia?

To the library 11/27 or 12/12

Required ReadingDystopian Novels

How did the society get

here?

Where do we see disfunction in our society

today?How do we ensure that

society does not disintegrate into a dystopia?

To the library 11/27 or 12/12

Due February 6

Lord of the Flies“After a plane crash

strands them on a tropical island while the rest of the world is ravaged by war, a group of British schoolboys

attempts to form a civilized society but descends into brutal

anarchy.”

AR

• Still responsible for AR points goals

• Points due March 11

• Still responsible for AR projects

• T2 Project 1 due January 19

• T2 Project 2 due March 6

Unit Assessments

• Society Previews

• Creating a Society

• Required Reading

• Biographical Sketches