Unit plan no man are foreign

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Unit Plan Unit Plan

Unit Author

First and Last Name Kamlesh Joshi

School Name MPS English Medium School

School City, State Bharuch, Gujarat…

Unit Overview

“A thought of war can only be defeated by the thought of peace…”

Unit Title

No men are foreign… Unit Summary

This is a simple poem named by 'No men are foreign', which tells us that we should not consider

anyone as foreign or 'strange.' Through this project students will inculcate some of the major values in

life, such as unity, achievement, activeness, affection, awareness, carefulness, creativity etc.

‘Humanity is the same all over the world and in harming anyone we are harming ourselves, to

accomplish this vital message to them by conducting certain type of gratifying activities which enforce

and enhance them to lean forward to learn many things.

By doing tasks like pre-task, while task and post task they will understand the central idea of this

poem. In addition to that, they will also learn LSRW skills. The project stands for the making a man to

comprehend the simple philosophy of life is that in destroying another country we are destroying our

own Earth.

They will also work in group and pair, so by this they also learn to co-operate with each other. They will

reflect on KWL chart their innovative ideas on what they know? What they want to know? And what

they have learned?

After the conclusion of the project, they would be well learned with this central idea of the poem. The

poem is obviously a strong plea for universal brotherhood.

“When we wage war against others, we only defile our own earth.”

Subject Area

English, Social studies, Environmental studies,

Class Level

7

Approximate Time Needed

1-2 Months - 4 periods of 30 minutes each a weekUnit Foundation

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Targeted Syllabus Guidelines

As per the guidelines of CBSE (Central Board of Secondary Education) for the seventh

standard.

To develop and integrate the use of the four language skills - listening, speaking, reading and

writing.

To enhance the ability of the candidates to express their ideas and feelings in their own words.

To provide candidates with exposure of good and appropriate literature in English.

To build their views on the same ‘Humanity’ all over the world.

To develop the understanding of universal brotherhood.

To aware them regarding the peaceful world around.

Targeted 21st Century and Higher Order Thinking Skills

Communication, Collaboration, Critical thinking, Problem solving, Technology Fluency, Co-operation, Creativity, Self direction & social responsibility.

Student Objectives/Learning Outcomes

Objectives: The purpose of this poem is to broaden students’ understanding for universal brotherhood.

Students will:

To acquaint students about the problems faced by the people after war.

To bring social awareness among students about the results of war and terrorism.

To uplift their understanding in terms of unity in diversity around the world.

To help students to think universally.

To raise awareness about the life of common man and an alien.

To help students to pursue understanding about possessive nature of human being.

Aims For:

Regardless to comprehend, “United we stand, divided we fall.”

To promote them to become responsible citizens of the country.

To motivate them to love each religion of this world.

To encourage them to understand the lesson of fatherhood of god and the brotherhood of man.

To develop an international outlook.

Curriculum-Framing Questions



Essential Question

Which are the ways of living happy and peaceful

life?

Do we face any variables or troubles when we are

living happy life?

Unit Questions

By whom do we face troubles? Does other really

trouble us?

What are the ways through which we can stop

massacre (our problems)?

Content Questions

What do you understand by this phrase, “No men

are foreign”?

To whom do we have to consider as foreigner? Are

they having alien soul?

Really, ‘A thought of war can only be defeated by

the thought of peace.’ Explain in your own views.

Assessment Plan

Assessment Timeline

Before project work

Begins

Students work on projects

and complete tasks

After project work is

Completed

Icebreakin

g

Visual

Questioning

Auditory

K-W-L

Chart

Brainstor

ming

Online

Discussio

n

Guideline

s

Garner

the

figures

Tactile

(field-trip &

interview)

Debate

Rubric

Online

Discussion

Checklist

Awareness

Drive

Drama

(Street

play)

Blog

K-W-L Chart

Evaluation

Sheet

(Including

LSRW)

Assessment Summary



Continuous and Comprehensive Evaluation is ongoing process for this project. In this project,

students are assessed continuously and comprehensively according to their performance of given

tasks. Student learning is assessed by organizing an awareness drive on unity, street play,

cartooning and multimedia presentations etc. Students share their opinion on the blog regarding

activities they have done, also students reflect on their learning in a reflective manner on

contributing to making a better tomorrow. The assessment will be mixture of students’ self-

assessment and teacher-based detailed feedback at the end of the project. Use of questioning,

debate, discussions and observation throughout the unit to assess students’ understanding in terms

of understanding of topic. The K-W-L and questioning is used to gauge students’ needs. Discussion

guideline and debate rubric is used through the project for guiding debate and discussion process.

(Brainstorming sheet is used to check on whether students are thinking in broader perspective.)

Checklist is used to guide students during project. As students post their entries for debate, share

their thoughts, ask them to use the blog to guide their work.

Unit DetailsPrerequisite Skills

Good presentation skills without stage fear

Knowledge to operate computer– MS Word, Power Point etc.

Knowledge of Internet research, collect materials and consolidate it.

Functional knowledge of using Digital cameral and Video camera.

Skills of writing, reading and tabulating

Instructional Procedures

Prior to instruction

Explain the project outline with the administration and request for the project implementation

and if even support required in completing the project.

Find out audio and video clips regarding the theme of peace, war and unity.

Prepare handouts, K-W-L chart, activities, list of Web sites.

Prepare online discussion guidelines & debate rubric.

Pre-task

First of all try out to build a good rapport with students and even among the students, teacher

will make students to play one game named by a “Memory Lane”. Divide the students into

groups of ten and instruct about the rules of game to play.

Memory Lane



Ask each group of the students to list three major world events that happened the year in which they were born, and then let the other members guess the year and post a short response.

Note: Let them be initiative to take part in the game and tell to elaborate that event that happened

near to their birth and related to any event that shows massacres.

After the completion of game, do ask some questions regarding activities and video clips that

teacher will show them instantly after a short introduction, as they like it or not, ask some more

questions including:

What did you observed from those clips?

What was actually going on?

What were they doing?

Why they were fighting?

What was the result so far?

Note: Allow them to listen audio with that clips so they could feel what actual condition of people

who live near such places? Or how people around world?

Let the students fill in K and W column of the K-W-L chart to understand the prior knowledge of

students on war and peace and what they would like to know about war and peace.

Brainstorming (Beginning of while task)

In the beginning of while task or after introduction of session let them drag into activity called

brainstorming, is a group creative technique designed to generate a large number of ideas for the

solution of a problem. It helps to generate creative solutions. In this teacher will distribute some

handouts to the students and even open that page in large form through the use of projector.

Teacher will instruct the rules of this activity and will tell to fill it out in given time. Students will be

motivated towards task which given to them and also enjoy it by storming their mind.

Discussion and Debate

Students will be properly divided in various groups to discuss and debate about placed topics like

war and peace. Students have to be divided in group of eight and will talk over one specified topic

that has been given to them. In debate, a talk will be formed between sides with different views.

Students will speak for or against something before making a decision. In debate they will infer about

their topic and put forward their supportive ideas. In debate they will talk about “There was never a

good war or a bad peace.” Teacher will also infer about actual central point that has some central

ideas regarding given topic, also includes feedback.



Online Discussions:

A great advantage of online discussions is that they can happen almost anytime, anywhere.

Online discussions can also deepen students understanding of the project, and they can help

you forge stronger connections with fellow participants or students. Discussions are a critical

component of an online environment, and they build the online learning community to enhance

and support the curriculum-framing questions. In this, they also be divided into group and their

small group will discuss online regarding their quires reference to curriculum-framing questions.

Even they can google any expert online so they would inform actual context and information

about those points. Therefore, student’s participation in the discussions is crucial to deepening

their understanding of the unit.

Imply the Project

Show students collected video clips of war, peace and unity, and brief them about the project they

would be doing to answer that ‘No men are foreign.’ Make them aware with the project theme that

what are they going to do? Tell them to find out related pictures on the basis of war, peace and unity.

After collected those pictures, let them allow preparing presentation after showing your crucial

presentation and ask questions to verify understanding of the students mean while of your ongoing

presentation. Show a presentation on project processes and guidelines. Straight away, point out

various assessment strategies involved in assessing the student skills.

Activities:

1. Secondary information2. Interview

1. Students will gather the information regarding the world war two and will gather the data

about people who died in Nagasaki and Hiroshima. (Will find out information from internet or

other sources like history world war books)

2. (After that students will prepare questionnaire on the basis of war and can give people to fill

it up. (Questionnaire will be done with common people around society.) Or

3. Students will take live interview of people who are aware with such incidents around them

happened. (Interview will be done with political intellectual leader, religious gurus,

government officer etc)

Research

Allow students to conduct research on the events that recently happened in terms of war and peace

or unity. Tell them to find out appropriate data regarding that incident they are going to take for their

group through secondary information. Also handover students with list of websites that refer the



basic information about that topic. Even after if, monitor each group closely and arrange one to one

conferences with groups during the session. To do research to know the thoughts of people about

foreigners. So orient students to discuss with their parents, neighbors and people of society with the

use of questionnaire. After a successful completion of it let them allow conducting expert interviews

regarding central idea. Even tell to create awareness regarding that “for others are we aliens or

foreigners?” At last refer the site http://champions.groupsite.com/page/faqs to get frequently asked

questions on humanity, war and peace.

Erudition

Motivate & encourage students to refer the rubric and work towards the excellent of the project.

Distribute the rubric with the students to share the expectations from this project. Allow them to

prepare supportive material by themselves and guide or council if required. Even tell them to assess

them selves while doing all activities through on going process. Ask student to refer internet and tag

comment if needed more information from that site. After that ask students to prepare a multimedia

presentation to present their views and findings from the assembled data.

Excursion

Excursion enriches students’ learning, and for this project expedition is necessity like anything.

Tactile can be done only through live experience. One can take student for the relief of those soldiers

who are fighting at the border of India (Leh, Kashmir). Let them observe that situation lively, make

them away form sensitive areas and take care of them also. It would be a great experiential-based

learning for students. At the same time let them allow to take interviews with people over there and

ask them to observe each situation of people around them. Do ask for their thoughts on the life of

Leh.

Transmission of motive

After a completion of successful trip ask them to prepare presentation on what is their actual motive.

Inspiration and motivation should be well provided when teacher’s presentation is going on and

make them clear with the idea that what they are going to do with. After teacher presentation imply

well prepared while tasks to the students. Clearly instruct them about your while tasks and let them

finish it in given time, even during tasks do observe them carefully that they doing with their

essential efforts. Go to each group of the students and if possible instruct on each topic of given

tasks properly. At the end of task let them know again about their presentation preparation that how

will they do, with sequence, authenticity and appropriateness.

Blogging

Blogging is a greatest source to share things on Internet. Blogging offers lots of exposure, brings lots

of knowledge and opens new opportunities in life for those students.

Students share their experiences on the blog. They share their views about central theme of poem


http://champions.groupsite.com/page/faqs


‘No men are foreign’, post comment regarding disharmony among all countries.

Drive and Drama

Before going for awareness rally let them be well prepared for short drama on unity. Let them

comprehend the concept of, “United we stand, divided we fall." Also let them prepare this short play

by themselves so they will also improve their writing and critical thinking skill. After preparation of

short play practice teacher should observe it and do changes if needed. With ongoing awareness

rally be with them and between the street let them do their short play to entertain with wise

meaning of message of unity in diversity in the world or universal brotherhood. Teacher can

personally assess while their performance of doing those task lively and continuously.

Closing with Evaluation sheet (Final post task)

Handover handouts that prepared by teacher and instruct wisely to fill it properly. Give them some

time to fill the hand out and let them do it individually. Ask the students to fill in L column of the K-W-

L chart. At the end of the project let them allow to switch over the blog and let them write their

personal experience and comment whatever they have felt during the project.

Accommodations for Differentiated Instruction

Special Needs Student

Resource students will help in activities done by gifted groups.

Street play will be performed by these students because they

are actually well versed in these kind of things.

They will try to learn the innovative ways to be done by

talented students.

They will discuss about the points of given topic in general

way.

They will take part in competition that has to be done in the

group.

They will be with interviewer so it will be a chance to learn for

them to ways of conducting interviews.

They will also share their ideas regarding those tasks and add

suggestion to it.

Share experience about project and learning outcomes.



Gifted/Talented Student

Gifted students are wit stand pillar for this project.

They will prepare questionnaire or they will take interview of

some expert people who can give good message to society for

the awareness in terms of unity in diversity.

They will also initiatively take part in debate to make good

conclusions.

They will do internet research and online discussion with those

experts who can give broader answers.

They will also prepare dialogue for the short play that will be

played by resource students.

They also will help resource student to complete tasks and

activities in a better way.

Materials and Resources Required for Unit

Technology—Hardware (Click boxes of all equipment needed)

Camera

Computer(s)

Digital Camera b

DVD Player

Internet Connection

Laser Disk

Printer

Projection System

Scanner

Television

VCR

Video Camera

Video Conferencing Equip.

Other

Technology—Software (Click boxes of all software needed.)

Database/Spreadsheet

Desktop Publishing

E-mail Software

Encyclopedia on CD-ROM

Image Processing

Internet Web Browser

Multimedia

Web Page Development

Word Processing

Other

Printed Materials

VII grade text book

Articles and issues on war and peace.

Handouts for the students.

Evaluation sheet for the students to evaluate them.

Supplies

Note Book

Pen / Pencil

Blank pages



Internet Resources

War between India and China

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sino-Indian_War

http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/war/indo-

prc_1962.htm

http://pakalert.wordpress.com/2009/03/01/the-coming-

war-between-india-and-china/

http://www.strategypage.com/militaryforums/72-

20161.aspx

War between India and Pakistan

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indo-Pakistani_War_of_1971

http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/war/indo-

pak_1965.htm

http://thecurrentaffairs.com/operation-gibraltarfirst-war-

between-india-and-pakistan.html

http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/history/A0825128.html

war and peace

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_and_Peace

http://www.online-literature.com/tolstoy/war_and_peace/

war and unity or peace and unity

http://books.google.co.in/books?

id=TGWJqit33k4C&printsec=frontcover&dq=war+and+u

nity&source=bl&ots=XNxFnLr3Iq&sig=CYpVnuVvbCqgxv

2ln0Y68PlnKyM&hl=en&ei=4RTmTMLaMs7XcbnQ4dkK&s

a=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCEQ

6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_Peace_and_Unity

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/

Unity_for_Peace_and_Immigration

Other Resources

Invite any guest or expert who can ponder over such topic

and explain students in simple way and reach to the goal

directly.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unity_for_Peace_and_Immigration

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unity_for_Peace_and_Immigration

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_Peace_and_Unity

http://books.google.co.in/books?id=TGWJqit33k4C&printsec=frontcover&dq=war+and+unity&source=bl&ots=XNxFnLr3Iq&sig=CYpVnuVvbCqgxv2ln0Y68PlnKyM&hl=en&ei=4RTmTMLaMs7XcbnQ4dkK&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCEQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false



http://www.online-literature.com/tolstoy/war_and_peace/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_and_Peace

http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/history/A0825128.html

http://thecurrentaffairs.com/operation-gibraltarfirst-war-between-india-and-pakistan.html

http://thecurrentaffairs.com/operation-gibraltarfirst-war-between-india-and-pakistan.html

http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/war/indo-pak_1965.htm

http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/war/indo-pak_1965.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indo-Pakistani_War_of_1971

http://www.strategypage.com/militaryforums/72-20161.aspx

http://www.strategypage.com/militaryforums/72-20161.aspx

http://pakalert.wordpress.com/2009/03/01/the-coming-war-between-india-and-china/

http://pakalert.wordpress.com/2009/03/01/the-coming-war-between-india-and-china/

http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/war/indo-prc_1962.htm

http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/war/indo-prc_1962.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sino-Indian_War