Overall, however, social studies and language arts spend greater lengths of time on their units because of extensive readings and the in depth research required in these areas. The science, computers and physical education components each last only a few weeks. One teacher would be enough to implement this lesson, however, a classroom will always benefit with more instructors. For the social studies lesson, an extensive communication with another country will be required. Entry Level Skills and Knowledge Learners of this unit will need to come into this area with a prior knowledge of what a family is.
Every individual has some variation of a family in their life.
Although the existence of one may not be at home, families exist everywhere. Therefore all students will have the necessary background to begin exploring families, even if they are not aware of it. A teacher would need the necessary skills to organize structure a classroom. Most teachers would be capable of teaching this unit, as long as they possesed a basic knowledge of the internet, creativity and energy to propel students, desire to see results and the hard- headedness to follow through with exercises that span a decent amount of time. Students will review a variety of material depicting families in the future, including tv, movies, books, etc.