Kindergarten

How We Organize Ourselves/Central Idea: People can work together to provide necessary services.
Inquiry:

How people work to earn $ to buy things needed & wanted (Function)
Ways different jobs are important & reasons people serve (Connection)
The different jobs people do within the community & the tools they use (Responsibility)

Key Concepts: responsibility, function, connection
Related Concepts: communities, organization

1st Grade

How We Organize Ourselves/Central Idea: Actions within a community can create change.
Inquiry:

How communities can work together to create change.
Businesses that produce goods and services
How roles of people within an organization impact society

Key Concepts: causation, change, connection
Related Concepts: cooperation, needs

2nd Grade

Where We Are Place/Time/Central Idea: Learning about changes from the past can influence the future.
Inquiry:

How the past influences the future (Change)
Exploring ancestry and where we are in the present (Causation)
How people’s actions can create change for the future (Function)

Key Concepts: function, change, causation
Related Concepts: history, movement, technology

3rd Grade

Where We Are Place/Time/Central Idea: Opportunities can lead to people and animals relocating, which can change their world, perspective, and instincts.
Inquiry:

How opportunities can lead to relocation
How perspectives can change due to relocating
Researching areas where people and animals relocate due to opportunity and time (Change)

Key Concepts: perspective, change, causation
Related Concepts: migration, perseverance, opportunity

4th Grade

How World Works/Central Idea: Change is necessary for survival.
Inquiry:

What helps an organism survive? (Function)
How do adaptations affect the world we live in? (Change)

Key Concepts: change, function
Related Concepts: adaptation, behaviors, system

5th Grade

How We Organize Ourselves/Central Idea: People can communicate ideas and beliefs to solve problems.
Inquiry:

Rights, responsibilities & decision-making as citizens
How working together can assist in t accomplishing goals
Solving real world problems

Key Concepts: causation, responsibility, reflection
Related Concepts: conflict, sustainability

IB Curriculum

Programme of Inquiry Brigham Academy