Teacher(s)

Ms AIMI, Ms NANI, Ms IRMA

Subject
discipline

Unit title

Health:

MYP year

group

and

Language Acquisition
2

BODY IMAGE & SELF ESTEEM

Unit duration
(weeks/hours)

Inquiry: Establishing the purpose of the unit

Key concept

Related concept(s)

Global context

Creativity

Empathy

Personal and cultural expressions

Message
Statement of inquiry

Messages of positive body image and high self esteem can be creatively shown through personal and cultural expressions.

Inquiry questions
Factual : What is the ideal body image?
Conceptual : How can the standards of beauty affect our self-esteem?
Debatable : Do the standards of beauty differ across cultures?

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Objectives

Summative assessment

Objective B: Comprehending written and visual text

i,ii

Outline of Summative Assessment Task(s) including

assessment criteria:

Relationship between summative assessment task(s)

and statement of inquiry:

Individual Task:

Messages of positive body image and high self

esteem can be creatively shown through
personal and cultural expressions.

Objective D: Using language in spoken/ or

written form
ii

OBJ B: Comprehension questions- Students will

answer a set of questions based entitled Beauty
Around the World
Group work:
OBJ D: Pecha Kucha Students create a PK
presentation to promote positive body image.
(number of slides and amount of time given for each
slide dependant on phase)

Students are exposed to videos/articles on

embracing different physical differences
before sharing information and ideas on how
these messages of positive body image can
create high self-esteem of an individual and
within the society.

Approaches to learning (ATL)

Social Collaboration Building Consensus
Research Finding and interpret data
Communication Understanding Use intercultural understanding to interpret communication

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Action: Teaching and learning through inquiry

Content

Learning process

Formative assessment

Differentiation

Learning experiences and teaching strategies

Week 1
Week 1
Defining ideal body image

Students define what they believe is ideal body

image & beauty

1. Students categorize pictures into ideal

and non-ideal body image / beauty

Identifying beauty standards in

the society

Picture prompts

big eyes, fair skin, slim body

2. The INQUIRERS (students with
YELLOW Post-It notes) write questions
based on the beauty ads to encourage
inquiry about body image and self esteem.

Post-It Notes

3. The THINKERS (students with GREEN

Post-It Notes) answer questions posed by
the Inquirers.
4. Students begin to identify similar and/or
different problems in the messages of
these beauty ads FLAT CHAT
5.

Flat Chat

They watch a Dove beauty ad.

6. They write what they see, think &

wonder on the Wonder Wall after
discussion on body image and beauty
standards.

A video on Dove Real Beauty

Sketches / Little Miss Sunshine
Wonder Wall

CLOSING
-2 reviewers from each group Identify one
IB learner profile incorporated in todays
lesson.

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Week 2
7. Students research on the project called
The Atlas of Beauty by photographer
Mihaela Noroc and lead on a discussion.

Game: What I Like About you!

Round Robin

8. They play the Game What I Like About

you and stick their Post It Notes on their
Appreciation Wonder Wall.
9. After that, they answer another set of
questions based on an article on body
image and beauty standards (Summative
Assessment 1).
Week 3
10. Then, Ss are divided into groups of 4 and
they are required to bring a stack of old
newspapers and magazines (in the
previous class).

Presentation
Peer evaluation

11. Students work on a Pecha Kucha

presentation (Summative Assessment 2)
to promote positive body image.
12. Students present the PK
13. Q & A session

Sketch

Week 4
14. Students perform a sketch with the theme
The Millenial Beauty Ad (Each group
(based on the PK group) will have a
different beauty theme to focus on: Body
Size, Hair, Skin, etc.

Resources

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Reflection: Considering the planning, process and impact of the inquiry

Prior to teaching the unit

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During teaching

After teaching the unit