About the inquiry

This third-grade inquiry expands students’ understandings of how groups represent themselves through what they wear. The compelling question—“What do things I wear say about me?”—engages students in an examination of material culture by considering the factors impacting their own choices of what they wear such as geography, culture, and religion. Students will examine the similarities and differences they share with their classmates, as well as diverse cultures in their communities and around the globe.

Compelling Question

Staging Question

Summative Performance Task

Argument: Construct an argument by drawing and annotating the graphic with what you wore and why you wear it.

Extension: Create a bulletin board display with the graphics created for the summative argument. Invite another class to view the display and ask them what the things that they wear say about them.

Taking Informed Action

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