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A Hero In My Eyes In this task, students will represent someone in their life whom they consider a hero through the use of text and photography. This project includes: |
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A Human Rights Timeline In this task, students will research and use court cases to explore the shaping of Canadian human rights. This task includes: |
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A Just War? In this task, students will determine if the War of 1812 was justified from the perspective of the American's declaring war. This task includes: |
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A Letter to the Publisher In A Letter to the Publisher students will identify negative messages (relating to body image, peer pressure, etc.) contained in advertisements; describe changes that could be made to advertisements that would result in a positive effect. This task includes:
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A Perspective on Slavery This task requires students to weigh the values and limitations of a document as historical evidence, as it relates to conditions slaves faced in the United States. Students well-versed in sourcing a document will be able to explain that the account of Henry Nelson, a son of former slaves, is useful in that it was informed by his parents whom, again, were slaves at the end of the Civil War. Students will also point out, however, that Nelson was offering second-hand information, making his interview less useful as specific evidence of the conditions facing slaves at the end of the war. Resources include PDF downloads of the assessment with source materials, and a rubric with benchmark descriptors. |
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A Soldier's Diet In this task, students will compare the lives of soldiers in the War of 1812 to modern Canadian soldiers in Afghanistan. This task includes: |
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A Visual Stroll Through Small-Town Canada In this task, students will act as local historians and write about their town's continuity and change. This task includes: |
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ANIA Children's Land Project / Tierra de Niños In the ANIA Children's Land Project / Tierra de Niños task, students will share their home and/or school garden experiences and learn about how the agricultural methods of the Incan people of Peru can guide them in developing their own sustainable gardening practices. This task includes four possible classroom activities. |
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ANIA Children's Land Project/ Tierra de Ninos In this task, students will work together to learn about their environment and begin a sustainable gardening project based off of Incan agriculture. This task includes: |
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AP Art History 2007 Free-Response Questions |
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