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Critical Content/Concept Web Unit Topic: Conceptual Lens: Grade: Grade: 6th Subject: Challenge Gifted Curriculum Unit: Affective Development Lens: Understanding Yourself Unit Resources William and Mary Autobiographies A Girl from Yamhill The Lost Garden A Day of Pleasure: Stories of a Boy Growing Up in Warsaw The Invisible Thread Autobiographies of gifted people Grade: 6th Subject: Challenge Gifted Curriculum Unit: Affective Development Lens: Understanding Yourself Enduring Understandings Guiding Questions Differences and life experiences make one unique. How do your experiences make you who you are? What differences do you see in yourself? How have themes (sports, art, music, academics, family issues, etc.) in your own life shaped who you are? Reflecting on other’s life experiences helps us understand our own giftedness. 1. What experiences do many gifted people share? 2. How do gifted people overcome life challenges? 3. Do the gifted approach life challenges differently? Social skills can be learned and applied. What are social skills and can they be learned or unlearned? 2. How do cultural differences affect social skills? Writing is a tool for self-discovery. How can writing about your memories help you understand and interpret them? Why do people have a need to tell their stories through writing? Grade: 6th Subject: Challenge Gifted Curriculum Unit: Affective Development Lens: Understanding Yourself Critical Content and Skills Students will . . . Idaho State Standard Addressed demonstrate communication skills that enhance personal relationships. 7-8.H.3.1.2 develop scientific explanations based on knowledge, logic and analysis. 9-10.B.1.2.3 generate ideas using a variety of strategies. 9.LA.3.1.1 write reflective autobiographical narratives that explore the significance of personal experiences and communicate the significance of events. 9.LA.4.1.1 evaluate issue