Global+Phase+Planning

=Health Unit: Planning the Global Connections Phase=

**Parameters:**

 * Plan should be ready by December 18
 * Plan on 3 weeks (15 Project Lab blocks)
 * The Health Unit Global Connections Mini-Unit should begin roughly when we return from Winter Break
 * Focuses on Health issues
 * Has a global perspective (other countries)
 * Will have students making use of resources on TakingItGlobal
 * Will need to be correlated to NYS Learning Standards (for multiple disciplines)
 * Will need to be entered as a "Project Proposal" on Buffalo Project Foundry
 * Will need a Checklist, like the other two Health Unit Checklists
 * Activities should focus more on students' learning by doing than on "sit and get"
 * There should be at least one product that will become each student's evidence and artifacts of learning

Planning Steps From [|Last Summer's TIG Training]:

 * 1) Consider the questions: What do you want students to be able to walk away with and uncover ? How might you assess that they have this understanding?
 * 2) Brainstorm all of the topics related to health that might be interesting to you and your students
 * 3) Select a topic that you might want to develop further and make a list of the issues and concepts associated with the topic
 * 4) Collectively generate a list of questions that are associated with your topic
 * 5) Consider which skills are important to support or enrich an understanding of the topic and fulfill the final project?
 * 6) Brainstorm a list of local and global resources that could support your topic and skill development (Texts and traditional media; Technology and new media; Social Networks (online, face to face); Experiential (e.g., field trips, service, games, simulations); Resources on TakingITGlobal)
 * 7) What are the essential, overarching questions that could frame the entire unit? Try to come up with three.

Planning Steps From TIG's //[|Guide to Action]//:

 * 1) Reflect & Get Inspired
 * 2) Identify & Get Informed
 * 3) Lead & Get Others Involved
 * 4) Get Connected
 * 5) Plan & Get Moving
 * 6) Have a Lasting Impact

Resources for planning:

 * The [|Presentation Slides] from last summer's TIG training
 * TIG's [|Guide to Action]
 * TIGed [|lessons & units]
 * TIG - [|Understanding Issues]
 * TIG - [|Browse Resources]

**Note:**
Keep in mind that there are two [|Youth Action Guides] already on TIGed. One is about HIV/Aids and the other is about the Millennium Goals (4 of the 8 goals are health related).

Possible Resources To Use in Your Mini-Unit

 * Project-based Learning [|Teaching Strategies & Technical Help]
 * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polio#History History of poliomyelitis
 * http://www.unicef.org/publications/files/Eng_text.pdf The State of the World's Children 2004
 * http://www.who.int/healthinfo/en/ Health statistics and health information systems