Egypt Unit reflection

When reflection on the Egypt unit, there are three characteristics of the learner profile that I feel we really applied to this unit. The first one is obviously that we were great thinkers during this unit. This is a characteristic that I feel applies to everything we do in school , but really stood out while I was reflection. We had to think in depth and deal with questions like "How did the Nile River effect the development of ancient Egypt?" These questions weren't blunt, and had us thinking in a variety of different ways. An example of a project where I feel like I thought the most would be the Art project. In order to begin, we had to analyze many different types of Egyptian art. We all interpenetrating it in different ways, and could try and think and understand how other people were interpenetrating it. Approaching situations like that allowed us to think in many different ways.
The next characteristic of the learner profile that stood out to me was that we had to be risk takers and approach different situations head on. AN example of a project where we had to approach an unusual situation would be the section of ancient Egypt project where we had to give a presentation in front of the class. For a lot of people, this is a really uncomfortable and un- nerving situation. But we approached it confidently and did our best to communicate all that we had learned during the project. Another example of the work we did that displays the risks we take would be the Day along the Nile blog post. We had to write a creative composition and then read it out to the class. This is a situation that could have made even the best writer feel uncomfortable. Those of us who did share exposed ourselves and even though we were uncomfortable, stuck through to get a good mark.
The next attribute that really stood out to me during this unit is that we were all caring and respectful during this unit. We were learning about another culture, and while during it we didn't make snide remarks or insults about the new traditions we were learning about. A project I feel that really showed our respect to ancient Egypt would have been, once again, the Egypt presentations. Not only were we showing respect for other culture, but for our classmates as well.
As well as exhibiting attributes of the learner profile, we also exhibited the core values of the Approaches to Learning categories. Two of the ATL's that really stood out to me were that we were both collaborative and communicative. We had to work in groups on the mapping project, and partnered projects usually tend to get tricky. Although I feel that we did a very good job working together for a grade. While presenting all ofour projects, it was important to be clear and presise in order to make sure everyone understood. This si where we were the most communicative and really exhibited the ATL's.
This unit was one of my favorite, not only because of what we were learning, but because of ow we were challenged. It brought out some of the best parts of bth the learner profile, and the ATL's. It was a rally fun unit and I look forward to learning about India.