As a part of our Unit of Inquiry ‘Explorations, discoveries, and migrations‘ students were learning and researching more about explorers a long time ago. Using research skills students were able to learn more not only about the reasons why people moved to other places and what they discovered but also got deeper into both the positive and negative effects of these explorations.
Later on, following questions from the students, we started to talk more about explorers and discoveries nowadays.
“Do we have explorers and discoveries nowadays?”,
“What explorers do we have now?”,
“What discoveries do we have now”.
All of these questions lead us to understand that sometimes we can be explorers when simply migrating to another country and exploring new places, discovering new food, people, and traditions for ourselves. In support of this inquiry, we invited other teachers and parents to share their stories of migration and explorations. Students were able to deepen their inquiry by interviewing guests to share their experiences and life stories.
As a result of these interviews, students were able to understand the reasons for migrations and see both sides of the explorations and discoveries from the side of people who move and people who live in those places. To summarise our inquiries, students are creating their posters, books, or presentations about explorers from the past or present of their choice.
