Introducción

¡Bienvenidos al tema de Mi Barrio! En esta unidad salimos de nuestra casa para relacionarnos con otras personas de nuestro entorno: nuestros vecinos, nuestros amigos, nuestros compañeros de colegio o de trabajo y nuestra comunidad. Para ello, nos moveremos por diferentes lugares dentro de nuestra ciudad o pueblo. Así, intentaremos responder a la pregunta: ¿Dónde vivo y adónde voy?

Welcome to the topic My Neighborhood! In this unit, we leave our home to interact with other people in our surroundings: our neighbors, our friends, our classmates or coworkers, and our community. To do this, we will move around different places in our city or town. In this way, we will try to answer the question: Where do I live and where do I go?

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Lines of inquiry
  • Factual: What are the different levels of social organization?
  • Conceptual: Where do I live and where do I go? 
  • Debatable: To what extent my neighborhood shapes my life? 
ATLs
  • Thinking: Transfer: Students will use known words and structures in different contexts.
  • Thinking: Critical thinking: Students will reflect about the different ways to interprete a question and develop an answer.
  • Creative: Students may create a video about their city.
  • Social: Collaboration: Students will work in pairs and in groups.
  • Communication: Students will debate about best places to live, and take part in role-plays about asking and giving directions.
  • Self-management: Organization: Students will use the resources to self-learn concepts and consolidate skills before and after lessons through reading, research, revision, and practice.
  • Self-management: Reflection: Students will self-test and reflect on their progress by revisiting the opening worksheet at the end of the unit.
TOK
  • How does our neighborhood shape the way we see the world?
  • To what extent does the place where we live influence our values, behavior, and knowledge?
  • Can knowledge be “local”? What makes knowledge from one community different from another?
  • In what ways does living in a particular neighborhood affect what we consider normal or true?
  • How does our sense of belonging to a neighborhood influence our identity?
  • To what extent can outsiders truly understand a neighborhood’s culture?
  • Can we ever have objective knowledge about a community we belong to?

Also in this unit:

  • What are the challenges of translation? 
  • What is lost in translation?