Unit 5 calendar: when each block runs
| Block | A rotation | B rotation |
|---|---|---|
| Block 1 | Wed Feb 24 | Thu Feb 25 |
| Block 2 | Fri Feb 26 | Mon Mar 1 |
| Block 3 | Tue Mar 2 | Wed Mar 3 |
| Block 4 | Thu Mar 4 | Fri Mar 5 |
| Block 5 | Mon Mar 15 | Tue Mar 16 |
| Block 6 | Wed Mar 17 | Thu Mar 18 |
| Block 7 | Fri Mar 19 | Mon Mar 22 |
| Block 8 | Tue Mar 23 | Wed Mar 24 |
| Block 9 | Thu Mar 25 | Mon Mar 29 |
Your section follows one rotation, A or B. Check which one you are in and read that column.
Unit 5 names a skill the year has been building toward: perspective-taking. In Unit 2 you wrote to one audience (Greater Chennai Corporation planners). In Unit 4 you defended recommendations to that same audience. In Unit 5 you do something harder: you argue from a perspective that may not be your own, in a room with peers arguing from competing perspectives, where all positions have legitimate claims and no one position will fully win.
The summative (the Water Stakeholders Map + Position Paper) is the fourth major deliverable of the year. The Stakeholder Roundtable in Block 9 is the fourth defense in the year-long arc and the first one with a multi-stakeholder negotiation format (not Q&A). You'll predict 3+ competing positions, prepare 4+ challenge responses, and propose at least one compromise move in real time.
U5 is taught in three sections this year using slightly different scaffolds. Section A builds custom AI partners on BoodleBox (the Boodle Build Assignment: students build their own Stakeholder Voice bot for their chosen stakeholder). Section B uses pre-built Flint guided tutors. Section C uses paper-based Stakeholder Profile Packs (no AI). Each scaffold is designed to teach the same perspective-taking skill; they're pedagogically distinct, not quality-ranked. We're measuring which approach produces what outcomes. Your section's specific tools will be introduced on Day 1.
The Cauvery dispute is local and politically charged. Students with inherited views from Tamil Nadu or Karnataka families may find it hard to take an opposite-perspective stakeholder role; that's understood. The 8-case roster is designed for distance: if Cauvery is too close, Colorado / Nile / Aral / Mekong / Indus let you build the same perspective-taking skill in a context that isn't your family's dinner conversation. Stretch (a non-default perspective) is encouraged but not required.