YEAR 2023-24 Unit Titles: Media and Technology
Essential Questions: • What are some precautions one must always take when using • •
Environmental concerns
Health and Wellbeing
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Year 2024-25 Unit Titles Immigration and Refugees
the internet? What are some dangers of using the internet? What does it mean to adapt a message to its audience? How do we decide what measures should be taken to protect young Internet users? Should schools take actions to protect young people online?
How is the environment connected to my actions? What are the consequences of our common humanity on the environment? Is a balanced lifestyle cultural? How do my cultural values influence lifestyle and how it impacts my health? How do my views on health and wellness compare to the views of my classmates, or those of my host culture? To what extent can communication with others help to develop my wellbeing? To what extent are my beliefs about health and wellness shaped by my cultural influences as opposed to science? To what extent is one lifestyle healthier than another?
Essential Questions: • What causes people to become refugees? • What is the difference between an immigrant and a refugee? • How might immigrants and/or refugees integrate and contribute • to their new societies? • How might immigrants and/or refugees put a strain on their new •
Artificial Intelligence
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What is intelligence? hould we be excited or worried about AI? What is the past, present and future impact of the AI on your life?
Culture, Heritage, and Religious Influences on Identity
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Can one person change culture? Is there a standard by which cultural norms should be evaluated? Is it ever appropriate for outside cultures to intervene? What is culture? What similarities and differences exist between cultures? (ISB, family, home country...) How do different cultures approach similar situations and challenges? How do cultures change over time?
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Thai Native Continuum THAI NATIVE LEVEL 1
This course includes a wide range of differentiated levels. Some students may still be developing their literacy in Thai and may be at foundations level. In these cases, it is expected that a student may take more than one year to progress to Level 2. When this happens the student may be placed in Thai Level 1 again.
Unit Titles: Thai as a Global Citizen
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What forms of poverty are there, other than material poverty? What moral issues arise from poverty? What should our response be to poverty? What is my responsibility towards poverty?
ISB International School Bangkok
Essential Questions: • How does basic knowledge about our nation help us understand our country and people? • How Thai customs, culture, ethics and values shape us to live happily, peacefully in Thailand and global society?
Sukhothai Kingdom
• How does knowing our history help us build a collective sense of pride? • What do good readers do to figure out words they don’t know?
Thai folktales
• Why is it important to know about Thai folktales? • How do good writers decide what to write about in narrative writing?
Regions of Thailand
THAI NATIVE LEVEL 2 Unit Titles:
societies? To what extent does the media portray the points of view of immigrants and refugees?
Wealth and Poverty
THAI NATIVE LANGUAGE
Community Responsibilities
• How does the natural environment of Thailand connect to the Thai way of living?
Essential Questions: • How can one be aware of rights and responsibilities? • How can one participate actively in school or neighbor as a citizen of the community?
Ayutthaya and Thonburi Kingdoms
• How can one learn Ayutthaya and Thonburi Kingdoms from reading the historical texts?
Local Wisdom
• How can one conserve and promote the local wisdom of Thai? • Why do we need to evaluate what we read and heard?
Thailand Environmental Issues
• How environmental issues in Thailand have impacted on our living? • How can we use social media to raise awareness and promote sustainable living?
THAI NATIVE LEVEL 3 Unit Titles:
Essential Questions:
Thailand and The Sustainable Development Goals
• How can one communicate effectively for an oral presentation?
Rattanakosin Kingdom
• How can one learn about the Rattanakosin Kingdom from reading historical fiction?
Thai Classical Literature
• How does Thai classical literature shape our lives and influence society?
Thailand and International Politics and Government
• How can one use language effectively for an argument? • How can one identify and use relevant text to formulate a position and support an argument?
Middle School Program of Studies 2022-2023
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