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Grade 9 Term 1 Unit 1, Topic 3: The evolution of the human species driven…

- - - - In Class activity 2A (1 day)
        Learners to create a Coggle on human reproduction. The Coggle must sum up human reproduction and cover the following:
        
        changes during puberty stage
        
        male reproductive system(parts and functions)
        3.female reproductive system(parts and functions)
        4.process of fertilisation
        5.implantation
        6.gestation period
        
        In-class activity 2B (1 day) part 1
        MS Form on sexual norms
        
        Where did you hear about sex for the first time-from parents, family, members, friends, mass media
        
        What do you understand sex to be ?
        3.Have your parents spoken to you about sex before?
        
        Do you think it is important to talk to children /teenagers about sex? Explain your answer.
        5.Where do you think that children/teenagers could learn more about sex besides from their parents?
        6.Do you think that media such as TV shows, movies and social media shapes people's perceptions or feelings about things such as sex?
        7.Do you feel pressurized or nervous about interacting with the other sex because of you think the expectations will be of you?
        8.From what age do you think people should have sex/or is it not something age-specific?
        
        Do you think having sex should be allowed from a certain age or do you think there need to be other things in place such as being married/ in a relationship?
        10.Do you think there is such a thing as healthy and unhealthy sexual behaviours?
        
        Explain briefly what you think healthy sexual bahaviour is.
        12.Explan briefly what you think unhealthy sexual behaviour is.
        
        PART 2 Mathematics and ICT(2 day)
        Learner creates a short questionnaire as follows:
        
        Partipants must be anonymous.
        
        Participant indicates whether they are M/F.
        
        Age of participant.
        
        Is the participant sexually active Y/N.
        
        Would the participant use protection Y/N.
        
        Participant selects age appropriateness for being sexually active (categories)
        
        Learner creates an axcel spreadsheet; based on the questionnaire response.
        7.1 Calculates percentage column
        7.2 Uses average function to determine the average age of the participants.
        7.3 Use counta function to determine the total number of the participants.
        7.4 Creates a vertical bar graph.
        
        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xEq3SzOVYKQ&feature=youtu.be
        https://youtu.be/fk-iFv5_Rdo
        
        Learner is provided with a horizontal bar graph to perform Mathematical concepts. The graph "High school students condom usage U.S. 2019; Statistics".
        
        Learner discusses whether young people demonstrate healthy sexual behaviour, based from the statistics calculated from their questionnaire and the given graph "High school students condom usage U.S. 2019; Statistics".
        
        PART 3 (1day PBL time)
        Learners to research and make an infographic presentation on the following healthy and unhealthy behaviours:
        -things that impact their view of the world
        -what they consider right
        -what they consider wrong
        -healthy sexual bahaviours
        -unhealthy sexual bahaviours
        -substance usage
        peer pressure
        -bullying
        -physical inactivity
        -excessive drinking
        -energy drinking consumption
        
        Switched on Task 2 : days
        PART 1
        Introduction:
        1.Learners will watch the video "titled Where do babies come from?"
        
        Learners will take down Cornell notes on key points, while watching the video
        
        Learners will discuss the various responses that were given by the respondents in the video
        
        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g68BHT-Gbto
        There are two types of reproduction that lead to existence of living organisms. There is sexual reproduction which uses sex cells and asexual reproduction which uses body cells.
        PART 2
        
        Learners will watch the video below and take Cornell notes on important points
        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcGDUcGjcyk&feature=emb_logo
        
        2.Learners will read the article below
        https://www.thoughtco.com/asexual-vs-sexual-reproduction-1224594#:~:text=Asexual%20reproduction%20involves%20only%20one%20parent%20with%20little,the%20offspring%2C%20thus%20creating%20a%20unique%20genetic%20being
        3.Learners will draw a table to compare sexual and asexual reproduction and give examples of each.
        consider the following in your table: genetic similarities with parents, rate of reproduction, adaptation to the environment, possibility of evolution, type of cells used.
        
        Humans can only reproduce sexually because they have a reproductive system within their body.
        
        Learners will watch the video below answer questions.
        
        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-XQcnO4iX_U
        
        Identify the three parts of a sperm.
        
        Give two functions of the testes.
        
        Where exactly in the testes are sperms made?
        4.Provide a reason why testes hang outside of the body?
        
        Sperm cell has mitochondria. What is its function?
        
        Explain how the sperm is protected from the acidic vagina.
        
        **Topic 2: In Classs Activity 2C - Life Orientation and English HL
        Debate
        2 Hours (2 lessons)
        The "old sexual" morality is dead. Long live "new" sexual ethics.
        OR
        Sexual morality has become obsolete.
        Part 1
        1.Learners will be introduced to debates through a Power Point Presentation prepared by the teacher.
        2.Students will discuss the following:
        participants and their roles, the affirmative and non affirmative sides, structure and etiquette.
        
        Students will watch a video on how to run a debate.
        
        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WB3vEzu6gUo
        
        Students will be divided into 2 groups and start researching for presentation on the debate topic
        
        Topic 2: In-Class Activity 2D** Dramatic Arts**
        Process Drama
        Duration (4 Hours)
        One of the features that seem to continually come through in the pursuit of perfection is the necessity for certain physical or aesthetic traits often linked to beauty or attraction.
        This Process Drama activity uses the Disney fairytale princess ‘feminine beauty ideal’ to engage with the concept of body image and perfection that children are exposed to and carry into their teenage years and beyond. As a result of such exposure, most teenagers face an internal struggle in negotiating these prevalent views with their own growing perceptions and this leads to self-esteem complications especially for individuals whose bodies are not aligned with the ‘ideal’ body. The activity will use the fairytale ‘Cinderella’ for illustration.
        This activity is aimed at engaging with the complexities surrounding the notion of the perfect body and aid understanding that body image struggles are part of being human and affect everyone. The activity also creates room for you to engage with sensitive issues in the safety provided by the dramatic world whilst simultaneously getting a platform to express your own personal attitudes, experiences, and feelings. The Process Drama strategies to be used by the learners are:
        
        Role on the Wall
        
        Tableau/Still Images
        
        Collective Role Play
        
        Thought Tracking
        
        Hot Seating
        
        Switched on Task 2D
        Learners will follow link and watch this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v129rsjYGeI on social media and distortion of the notion of beauty and Read this article https://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/teen-teens-and-body-image.htm on what happens when motivation to have and maintain “the perfect” male body becomes obsession?
        
        Topic 3: The ‘evolution’ of the human species driven by information, perfection and power?
        In-class activity 3A
        Introduction:
        If we recap for a moment on all we have learnt thus far we should now know a little bit more about what humans are and where humans come from. We also unpacked the things that make a human a human of which we quickly realised that humans are complex beings. As a population human have existed for years with the earliest humans said to have been on the earth about 2.4 million years ago. Since then humans have changed and evolved and seemed to get better or more advanced. Humans do not simply change for no reason though,though;; they more often than notoften do so in pursuit of something? What they are in pursuit of is what we will ty figure out and unpack.
        
        Part 1:
        (Group work) (Duration 1 hour)
        Socratic Discussion
        Creating Super Humans:
        Learners will watch the video below.
        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5BKn_lrA6I
        Questiouns:
        Do you think humans have an inate desire for power?
        Part 2:
        (Group Work)
        The start of WW2: 1 Man's Lust for power:
        (Making use of the Media Room)
        Learners will use the WW2 series to do research as well as further online enquries. The use of the Cornell note taking method is encouraged.
        PowerPoint Presentation (Duration 4 days)
        Using Power Point:
        Learners set up a PowerPoint presentation. The slide breakdown is as follows:
        1) 2 Slides: On the initiation of WW2 (What stared it?)
        2) 2 Slides: Per key role player in the World War. Who were they and what were their conributions to the war?
        3) 1 Slide: What was Hitlers main motivation for starting and maintaining the war?
        4) 1 Slides: Are humans still in pursuit of perfection? Show evidence.
        5 ) 2Slides: Do you think there is still a struggle for control and power in our modern times? Consider things like social media controling peoples ideas/thoughts/perceptions
        
        Part 4:
        What is your idea of perfection?
        Mathematics
        Duration: 2 Days
        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v129rsjYGeI
        https://youtu.be/-g8d0QTHek8
        
        Learner is provided with contextual information about the award winining golden ratio to determine facial beauty. (1:1.6)
        Ratio for a beautiful face link
        1.1 Learner is asked Mathematical questions based on working with ratios and facial beauty.
        
        Learner is provided with contextual information to analyse facial attractiveness, the scoring ranges and factors.
        
        Learner is given data and Photographic Canthal Index (PCI) formula to calculate facial attractiveness. Uses scoring range to determine facial beauty.
        
        Learner solves an equation using PCI formula.
        
        Learner substitutes a factor into the formual to determine a missing variable.
        
        Learner works with negative integers. Learner is provided with a statistical study over 10 000 faces.
        
        Resources
        WW2 Series contained in Grade 9 Stream Channel
        
        Switched on Task 3
        Learners will watch this episode on A.I. and building a better human through technology.
        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrv8ga02VNg
        
        Learners will take Cornell notes using the following guideline questions:
        1) What are the main areas AI is being used to "enhance" humans?
        2) What are the main focuses technology is currently being used with regards to the human body?
        3) Do you think man is trying to play God?
        
        Switched on Task 3B
        Learners will read the following articles, and use Cornell notes to summarise the most important information.
        Consider factors such as:
        1) Who was the Aryan race?
        2)What features made them stand out?
        3)How would these features make them better/ stronger?
        Article:
        https://www.facinghistory.org/holocaust-and-human-behavior/chapter-5/breeding-new-german-race
        
        In Class Activity 3B
        Part 1: Socratic Discussion
        Learners will use Cornell notes and some research of your own including these articles
        https://hitlersgermansociety.weebly.com/hitlers-aryan-race.html
        Learners will engage in a class discussion about whether you think the Aryan race was a pursuit of perfection/ a genetically stronger and heathier population / or a pursuit of certain beauty standards?
        Part 2:
        Learners will formulate a Flipgrid response on
        1) Their personal view of a perfect person?
        2) What would the perfect person be like in their eyes?
        3) What determines perfection?
        4) Beauty/ intelligence/ personality/talent/ morality?
        5) Are these ideals constant or evolving?
        Part 3(2 days):
        Learners will watch the following video then conduct research of their own and see if they can find anything to help them define what a
        -perfect person/citizen/ human is.
        -would be write a paragraph summarizing -what you found /if anything ?
        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VsbLNa9U2AY
        The perfect person?
        Use findings for a Socratic Discussion.
        So this begs the question – what is your idea of perfection?
        Mathematical answer for perfect facial proportions can be determined using perfect measurements for face, looking at proportions in science vs nature.
        
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        Resources : Subject Notebook, Audio