Loads of information on these websites:
CIA world fact book - useful stats on all the countries in the world - https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/
World Mapper - awesome maps showing a wide variety of data - http://www.worldmapper.org/
Gap Minder - brilliant graphs that show complex statistics in a clear and fun way - http://www.gapminder.org/
Websites - skills
Hong Kong immigration department - http://www.immd.gov.hk/en/facts/index.html
Brilliant website for making spider diagrams - https://bubbl.us/
Putting data into Google Earth - http://www.kmlfactbook.org/#&db=ciafb&table=2002&col=undefined&
Online geography dictionaries
http://www.babylon.com/define/48/Geography-Dictionary.html
http://www.tuition.com.hk/geography/a.htm
Hong Kong - Royal Geographical Society
The RGS organise regular talks. They are very interesting!
http://www.rgshk.org.hk/public/index.php?pageId=2
What do all the MYP terms mean?
The language of the MYP can sometimes be confusing - even for teachers!!! Refer back to this page if you ever need to remind yourself or your parents what it's all about!! Every unit that you study in humanities (Individuals and Society) will have the following:
Key Concepts
A key concept is a 'big idea'! The four key concepts that we will cover in humanities are:
Change
Change is a conversion, transformation, or movement from one form, state or value to another. Inquiry into the concept of change involves understanding and evaluating causes, processes and consequences.
The causes and effects of change can be natural and artificial; intentional and unintentional; positive, negative or neutral.
Global Interactions
Global interactions looks at the connections between individuals and communities, as well as their relationship with built and natural environments.
In humanities we might look at the way people come into conflict with and cooperate with each other, and live together in a highly interconnected world to share finite resources.
Time, place and space
Time, place and space looks at our understanding of location ('where' and 'when').
Understanding the terms place and space is difficult. This sentence might not help! A place is a space that has meaning attached to it by people.
Systems
Systems have interacting or interdependent parts. Systems can be both natural (e.g. in ecosystems) or human (e.g. cities)
Related Concept
The related concepts for our humanities course are:
Causality
The relationship between cause and effect.
Equity
Equity involves concerns over fairness and justice - for example how money is spread out (distributed).
Innovation and revolution
Understanding the processes that make change and invention happen
Process
Measured movements in the physical, human or cultural world to reach particular results or consequences.
Choice
Making a decision between at least two alternatives.
Globalisation
The increasing integration of national economies so that resources, products and information flow more freely across borders.
Perspective
The way in which someone looks at something.
Resources
Resources are the things we use to make the products that meet our needs and wants.
Culture
Learned behaviours and values shared by groups and spread through socialisation. Culture helps shape, define and guide civilisations and it influences the relationship between them and the environment.
Identity
Identity is the combination of values, beliefs and experiences that define, shape and inform who we are, our perspectives and how we behave as individuals, communities, societies and cultures.
Power
The capacity to make things happen. The concept of power raises the issues of equity and the rights of different groups, including gender groups, and the rights of indigenous peoples.
Sustainability
Living within our means without hurting the ability of future generations to meet theirs.
Global Context
Every unit will have a 'global context'. These help us to understand our work in a broader sense - it helps us to appreciate why the work we are covering 'matter'.
Statements of inquiry
A statement of Inquiry is one sentence that will sum up what you are expected to learn in the unit.
Inquiry questions
A unit might have a few inquiry questions, these are topics to explore.
CIA world fact book - useful stats on all the countries in the world - https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/
World Mapper - awesome maps showing a wide variety of data - http://www.worldmapper.org/
Gap Minder - brilliant graphs that show complex statistics in a clear and fun way - http://www.gapminder.org/
Websites - skills
Hong Kong immigration department - http://www.immd.gov.hk/en/facts/index.html
Brilliant website for making spider diagrams - https://bubbl.us/
Putting data into Google Earth - http://www.kmlfactbook.org/#&db=ciafb&table=2002&col=undefined&
Online geography dictionaries
http://www.babylon.com/define/48/Geography-Dictionary.html
http://www.tuition.com.hk/geography/a.htm
Hong Kong - Royal Geographical Society
The RGS organise regular talks. They are very interesting!
http://www.rgshk.org.hk/public/index.php?pageId=2
What do all the MYP terms mean?
The language of the MYP can sometimes be confusing - even for teachers!!! Refer back to this page if you ever need to remind yourself or your parents what it's all about!! Every unit that you study in humanities (Individuals and Society) will have the following:
Key Concepts
A key concept is a 'big idea'! The four key concepts that we will cover in humanities are:
Change
Change is a conversion, transformation, or movement from one form, state or value to another. Inquiry into the concept of change involves understanding and evaluating causes, processes and consequences.
The causes and effects of change can be natural and artificial; intentional and unintentional; positive, negative or neutral.
Global Interactions
Global interactions looks at the connections between individuals and communities, as well as their relationship with built and natural environments.
In humanities we might look at the way people come into conflict with and cooperate with each other, and live together in a highly interconnected world to share finite resources.
Time, place and space
Time, place and space looks at our understanding of location ('where' and 'when').
Understanding the terms place and space is difficult. This sentence might not help! A place is a space that has meaning attached to it by people.
Systems
Systems have interacting or interdependent parts. Systems can be both natural (e.g. in ecosystems) or human (e.g. cities)
Related Concept
The related concepts for our humanities course are:
Causality
The relationship between cause and effect.
Equity
Equity involves concerns over fairness and justice - for example how money is spread out (distributed).
Innovation and revolution
Understanding the processes that make change and invention happen
Process
Measured movements in the physical, human or cultural world to reach particular results or consequences.
Choice
Making a decision between at least two alternatives.
Globalisation
The increasing integration of national economies so that resources, products and information flow more freely across borders.
Perspective
The way in which someone looks at something.
Resources
Resources are the things we use to make the products that meet our needs and wants.
Culture
Learned behaviours and values shared by groups and spread through socialisation. Culture helps shape, define and guide civilisations and it influences the relationship between them and the environment.
Identity
Identity is the combination of values, beliefs and experiences that define, shape and inform who we are, our perspectives and how we behave as individuals, communities, societies and cultures.
Power
The capacity to make things happen. The concept of power raises the issues of equity and the rights of different groups, including gender groups, and the rights of indigenous peoples.
Sustainability
Living within our means without hurting the ability of future generations to meet theirs.
Global Context
Every unit will have a 'global context'. These help us to understand our work in a broader sense - it helps us to appreciate why the work we are covering 'matter'.
- identities and relationships
- orientation in time and space
- personal and cultural expression
- scientific and technological innovation
- globalisation and sustainability
fairness and development
Statements of inquiry
A statement of Inquiry is one sentence that will sum up what you are expected to learn in the unit.
Inquiry questions
A unit might have a few inquiry questions, these are topics to explore.