Warm-UP #2
• In your opinion, how does
someone become a serial
killer? Is there anything that
serial killers might have in
common?
Today’s objective and agenda
Students will be able to begin to analyze the new
unit question: What makes you who you are? in
regards to the nature versus nurture debate by…
1. Do-now + video clip
2. Quick notes
3. Reading and gathering evidence
4. Socratic seminar
5. Paragraph write up
6. Closing
Questions for the film clip
In this clip, what had the most
impact on this girl?
Is it science, her genes? Or her
environment?
• Unit 3 essential question:
What makes us who we are?
3.1 Nature and nurture
1. Psychologists debate over whether nature or
nurture has a more powerful impact on who
people are
• 2. If nature has a stronger impact on who we
are, this means:
-genetics and DNA can determine the majority
of who you are
3. If nurture has a stronger impact on who we
are, this means:
-the environment determines the majority of
who you are
NATURE
NURTURE
In your groups, read your “home”
article and write down the 3-2-1
responses in your notes.
• 3 important points that the article makes.
• 2 statements that support the article for
nature v. nurture (this will reflect the
students’ opinion if the article is more nature
or nurture.)
• 1 question for the next group.
“Big Paper” Activity
• Groups rotate stations. The next group is
required to respond to the question posed by
the 1st group and provide evidence from the
article and draw on knowledge gained from the
previous article(s). The 2nd group will also be
required to pose a different question for the 3rd
group.
• ***Groups must discuss and agree on an
answer and question to write for the next group!
• Each group will rotate through the 4 articles
and write a response to the previous group’s
point of view/questions and add their own
knowledge.
Big Paper Summary
• Write a detailed paragraph responding to this question
(use information learned from the articles!)
• What makes us who we are?
• Note: This is what I will collect for your grade! Points
will be taken off from students who are off-task during
rotations.
Nature vs. Nurture BBC short doc:
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wd5Y3-F79LY
Socratic seminar
1. Each group presents summary and main
ideas on t-chart
2. Allows class to ask questions
3. Poses questions to the group to continue
discussion
4. Repeat!
At the end of the work block, students should
have the following products:
1. Annotated reading—highlight/underline and
write thoughts in the text
2. Basic overview of the reading (approximately
3 sentence summary)
3. Additions to your nature versus nurture tchart with 3-5 pieces of evidence from the
readings
4. 3 questions to ask the group to continue
discussion on your topic