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Week 8/9-- Still Echo5/31/2020 With school opening up a bit-- we've had to make some adjustments.
Still true: Your project is required to pass the course. Your project will determine your final grade-- either where you fall in the range for that letter, or whether you can letter up! Required ELEMENTS:
Changed: We won't have time to meet with all of you, so if you would like to present your project, please contact me immediately and we will set an appointment. June 12 ECHO PROJECTS DUE June 15 Semester OVER-- All overdue work needs to be submitted before noon.
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Week 6/7-- Echo5/18/2020 Nothing to see here... There are no more assignments uniquely for Socials 10-- just time to focus on your echo project.
Your project is required to pass the course. Your project will determine your final grade-- either where you fall in the range for that letter, or whether you can letter up! So here is the timeline: May 18-22 Complete Research (Annotated Bibliography) May 25-29 Assemble Projects (Essay Outline) There will be an excel document posted on TEAMS for a first come first serve signup. June 1-5 Present Draft to Peers (Schedule) June 8-12 Present to Teachers (Schedule) June 15- Echo Project Essay Due.
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Week 4/5- Timeline & Essay5/3/2020 This week you are going to start preparing for your essay. You will need to submit a rough timeline & an essay outline. 1. Timeline You should have been building a timeline since February. It should demonstrate categories for different perspective (French, immigration, indigenous.) It should demonstrate an assessment of whether or not it moves Canada towards multiculturalism or away from it. It doesn't need details other than the event title. There is no set format. However, here is an example: Items closer to the top are the most multicultural, items closer to the bottom are least multicultural-- it progresses chronologically and is colour coded. It doesn't need to be fancy, or typed-- I just want you to have considered most of the events we have covered. It will not be individually assessed, but it will contribute to your ability to orgranize evidence along with your essay outline. 2. Outline You will be answering the question: Does Canada deserve to be called a multicultural nation? You must include examples for three perspectives. I have attached a few outline examples, you can type it, hand write it, create your own format... but it must include: Hook/ Introduction Thesis 3 Topic sentences for 3 points, 3 examples (per point!) Conclusion
I will give you detailed feedback on your essay outlines before you are asked to write and submit your good copy. There will not be a "new" blog next week, as you will simply complete and submit your essay by May 17th. This is the last socials assignment-- time after this is focused on the Echo project.
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Week 3- Truth & Reconciliation4/26/2020 In 2008, PM Harper addressed the House of Commons, and Canada and issued a formal apology to the survivors of Indian Residential schools. You can watch a short excerpt here: A settlement was reached from a class action lawsuit of abuse survivors and other school attendees. Each were offered individual payouts, but many of them were declined in favour of creating a Truth and Reconciliation Commission with two main purposes: 1) hear testimony from families and survivors and document what occurred 2) make recommendations for the reconciliation of the aboriginal people and other Canadians Here is the Commission Chair Justice Murray Sinclair, speaking about it: After years of gathering stories, the Commission established a list of 94 recommendations for reconciliation and established the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation Museum in Winnipeg. Your challenge this week is to complete two activities about reconciliation. First, look at excerpts from Justice Sinclair's delivery of the 94 recommendations (below), and second, explore the interactive page about the 94 recommendations to assess how we, as Canadian citizens, are accomplishing those 'calls to action'. I have also linked a CBC article that nicely summarizes the list.
This week's optional discussion topics: Monday 10am: Truth & Reconciliation Thursday 9am: Echo Support
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Week 2-Timeline Events4/20/2020 This week we will be adding to our Aboriginal Events to your previous timelines, you will be given a structure, and an event-- and you will be asked to share the information with your peers via the TEAMS channel: Aboriginal Timeline. Please also submit the final copy of your post through TEAMS. (I will post a couple examples so that my expectations are clear.)
To "claim" an event-- start a post with just the name of the event-- first come first serve.
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Week 1- Material Review4/15/2020 This week we are going to be reviewing the work we started before Spring Break and spending the next couple of weeks adding to our timelines in preparation for an essay. 1) You should have a timeline that includes the events we covered as a class, and some note as to whether they moved towards or away from multiculturalism. 2) You have completed a mind map that looked at many of the same ideas. This week's assignment is to submit organized notes on episodes 9 & 10 of "Canada: The Story of us". You have already been asked to watch these clips-- so if you have already taken notes, just submit what you have. If you haven't, please watch them. I also what to emphasize that you need to be handing in old work-- I will be sending individual emails soon.
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