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  General

  • News forum
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  General Outcome Lesson Plans

  • Grade 10

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  • 10-1 Responding to Globalization - In this formative assessment task, students work in small groups to analyse quotes. They then identify the challenge to globalization with which the quote is most closely associated and justify their choice. File
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  • 10-1 Showing Your Love…are Diamonds a Girl’s Best Friend? - Students decide if the processes followed by the Canadian diamond industry should be adopted as a model for other countries. File
  • Grade 11

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  • 20-1/ -2 Propaganda Poster Project - Students study World War I and II propaganda posters and create their own poster for the French Revolution/Napoleonic period. File
  • Grade 12

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  • 30-1 Ideology and Identity - Students examine the philosophies of Hobbes, Locke and Rousseau in terms of collectivism and individualism before determining their own beliefs and values. File
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  • 30-1 Responding to Classical Liberalism - In this formative assessment task, students work in small groups to analyse quotes. They then identify the ideology with which the quote is most closely associated and justify their choice. File
  • 30-1 Modern Liberalism vs. Conservativism - Students make connections between classical liberalism and the concept of modern day conservatism. File
  • 30-1 Comparing Capitalism and Communism - Students compare and contrast Capitalist and Communist ideologies through creating a storyboard. File
  • 30-1 Conflicting Ideologies: Events of the Cold War - Students will analyze ideological conflict by researching events of the Cold War then choosing and ranking the 10 most significant events. File
  • “Cold War Overview” PowerPoint File
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  • 30-1,2 What Would They Do? - Students identify the problem or crisis in a text and demonstrate an understanding of the different approaches liberal democracies and authoritarian governments take in solving problems. File
  • 30-1 Investigating Illiberal Practices - Students investigate the idea that liberal governments may abandon liberal principles for justifiable reasons. File
  • Comparing our Economic Past and Present: The Great Depression and the 21st Century URL
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  • 30-1 Fighting for Liberalism - RI2 and RI4 - This inquiry project takes students on an analysis of historical and current issues to determine the viability of liberalism and the extent to which individuals were justified in the cause. File
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  Performance Assessments

  • Grade 10

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  • 10-1 Legacies of Historical Globalization - Students analyse a historical, imperialistic situation from varying perspectives to determine the extent to which the actions of the imperialistic power were justified File
  • 10-2 Legacies of Historical Globalization - Students analyse an historical, imperialistic situation from Canada and one other nation from varying perspectives to determine the extent to which the actions of the imperialistic power were justified File
  • Grade 11

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  • 20-1 Ultranationalism - In this inquiry activity, students analyse a historical situation from varying perspectives to determine the extent to which the ultranationalistic actions of the government/leaders were justified. File
  • 20-2 Ultranationalism - In this inquiry activity, students analyse a historical situation from varying perspectives to determine the extent to which the ultranationalistic actions of the government/leaders were justified. File
  • 20-1 The Case of Conscription - Students investigate the perspective of English-, French-, or European-Canadians in 1939 to debate, from that perspective, whether conscription is a nationalistic or an ultranationalistic policy. File
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  Technology Infusion

  • Grade 10

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  • 10-1 Residential Schools - Digital Historical Narritive with lesson plan URL
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  • Sustainable Development and Oil in Alberta - Digital Historical Narrative. Support document included. URL
  • RI 3, RI 4 Perspective on Economic Globalism - Students create a digital story from a specific viewpoint on globalization’s ability to contribute sustainable prosperity for all people File
  • Sample - Globalization in Bangalore URL
  • Grade 11

  • Grade 11

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  • Identifying Nationalism - Exploring historical significance, students use a web-based timeline in analyzing nationalism. File
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  • 20-1/-2 Genocide in the Twentieth Century - Working with a partner students research genocides from a provided list of choices and create a digital scrapbook from a perspective. File
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  • Digital Current Events - On a bi-weekly basis, students analyse the impacts of various current events that transpire provincially, nationally, and/or internationally. File
  • 20-1/-2 Reducing Poverty - Using specific criteria, students rank case studies, making recommendations to the G8 by creating a commercial. File
  • 20-1/-2 Current Events and Nationalism - Throughout the semester, students create a digital timeline, accompanied by write-ups using X-Timeline, Ten by Ten, and Citation Machine. File
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  • Canadian Confederation: Investigating Perspectives - Student create and present a Voice Thread providing opinions on confederation while others respond to posed questions. File