Young World 1, Unit 2: My Body
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In this Klett unit, students learn vocabulary related to parts of the body, the skeleton, skin, and muscles. Here are some suggestions for native English speakers to delve deeper into this theme:
The Way We Work, David Macaulay
A comprehensive visual journey of the human body from cells to systems. Highly detailed with multiple double-page spreads and enough humor throughout to engage any reader.
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Weird but True! Human Body, by National Geographic
300 facts about the human body including fun tidbits like: fingernails grow faster on the hand you write with and that if you lined up all your blood vessels they’d circle the Earth twice.
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# Knowledge Encyclopedia Human Body!, by DK
An informative resource to learn about human anatomy and physiology with fanastic illustrations.
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Jim Abbott, Against All Odds, by Ellen Emerson White
Jim Abbott was born without a hand. Despite this important body part, he dreamed of becoming a baseball player. This ibook tells the inspirational true story of how He became a famous American baseball pitcher and played for both the Los Angeles Angels the New York Yankees and the US Olympics team. He grew to baseball greatness when he threw a no-hitter game in 1993 despite having to both catch and throw with one hand. Only available used.
Out of My Mind, Sharon Draper
11 year old Melody has Cerebral Palsy and is unable to walk, talk or write, but she has a photographic memory. She’s trapped in her own body until she gets a computer that helps her express herself using her thumbs. She ultimately gets in a regular classroom and her lands on the National Quiz Team. This book can be the basis of many conversations. (Lexile 700L) what is this?
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Supplemental Activities
At the Kultura Museum des Mensches in Zurich, learn all about human development from prehistory to present. «Who we are» shows you the unfolding of modern human being from conception to death. Anatomical specimen illustrate human life and its development.https://www.kulturama.ch/en/
The exhibition BodyWorlds is not currently showing in Switzerland, but one can still visit BodyWorlds relatively close by. Read up to make sure it is appropriate for your kids, then hop on a train to Milan, and see this exhibition that shows real human bodies. https://bodyworlds.com/city/milan/
Extension Booklet
A booklet covering suffixes, past and present tense verbs, rhyming words and other areas of learning has been designed to be used with this unit. Available by contacting Theresa Jäger at [email protected].
