Exploring Impact: How Human Exploration Shapes Global Interactions

In this exciting Grade 7 Individuals and Societies unit, students investigated the impact of human exploration on the world, both positively and negatively. They learned about various historical waves of exploration, from 2750 BCE to the present day, and strengthened their research and information synthesis skills.

Learners connected and considered complex ideas as they then investigated the relationship between the historical exploration of land with that of modern tourism. This exploration shed light on how tourism can positively or negatively affect global interactions.

This unit highlighted the role of learners‘ curiosity in shaping their learning experiences, demonstrating how learners’ curiosity drives what and how they learn.

 

 

"I am curious about other travellers or other important people in history that we were exploring. I enjoyed thinking about the different points of view and considering that information to discover if the person was exploring or exploiting.“

Anna, Grade 7

 

"I would love to learn more about if humans are exploiting space. We don‘t talk about that often, but it would be interesting to see what humans have done in space."

Sergey, Grade 7

 

"I found it interesting about non-European historical explorers like Zheng He and Ibn Battuta, which aren‘t talked about as much but are equally as important.“

Robby, Grade 7

 

For the culmination of this unit, each student created an awareness campaign through iMovie to demonstrate to fellow tourists how they can actively promote positive global interactions while minimising or eradicating harmful ones.