Who we are	Where we are in time and place	How we express ourselves	How the world works	How we organize ourselves	Sharing the planet
An exploration of the nature of the self; of our beliefs and value; of personal, physical, mental, social and spiritual health; of our families, friends, communities and cultures; of our rights and responsibilities; of what it means to be human.	An exploration of our orientation in place and time; of our personal histories, of history and geography from local and global perspectives; of our homes and journeys; of the discoveries explorations and migrations of humankind; of the contributions of individuals and civilizations.	An exploration of the ways in which we discover and express our nature, ideas, feelings, beliefs and values through language and the arts.	An exploration of the physical and material world; of natural and human-made phenomena; of the world of science and technology.	An exploration of human systems and communities; of the world of work, its nature and its value; of employment and unemployment and their impact on us the world around us.	An exploration of our rights and responsibilities as we try to share the finite resources with other people; with other living things; of communities and of the relationship within and between them.
Human Body	Get a Move On!	Do You Hear What I Hear?	Landforms	Multicultural Mosaic	My Home is Your Home
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Biological systems work to support life in the human body.	People immigrate for a variety of reasons	Cultures throughout the world have told tales as a way of passing down their beliefs, traditions and history to future generations.	The earth is changing due to natural forces.	Humans have developed complex systems to facilitate existence.	Interactions of humans with ecosystems have positive and negative effects.
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Body systems Health Nutrition	Causes of immigration Effects of immigration Patterns of immigration	Folk tales Commonalities in folk tales among various cultures Oral storytelling	Landforms Earth's processes Environmental impact of natural forces	Systems Systems needed to support a community Characteristics of systems System functions	Ecosystems Plant and animal interaction within an ecosystem Human impact on ecosystems Contributions of specific ecosystems