This interdisciplinary unit was developed for 5th grade students. The common theme of Human Rights, to be studied in more than one content area, is selected according to text topics (curriculum), student interests, experiences, issues, or problems. After that, I mapped out what I wanted to teach my students during the unit before I began to teach it. The selected subjects are tools that help children understand and make connections through a common theme as well as explore other areas in the 5th grade curriculum. I integrated reading, writing, listening, viewing, speaking, and word language throughout the curriculum, so as students learn concepts in social studies, Math or art, for example, they will be also practicing one or more of their
