Source The Historical Thinking Project (Canada)
Subject History/Social Studies
Grade Level K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 |
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:
1. Task Description
2. Additional Resources: Learning log, lesson plan, timeline sample and rubric, chart
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Source The Historical Thinking Project (Canada)
Subject History/Social Studies
Grade Level K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 |
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:
1. Task Description
2. Additional Resources: Learning log, detailed lesson plan, web resources, appendices 1-4
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Source National Monitoring Study of Student Achievement (NMSSA, New Zealand)
Subject History/Social Studies
Grade Level 3, 7 |
A Place to Live
The A Place to Live task allows students to demonstrate their understanding of the natural features of a place that makes it suitable for a purpose. Students will complete this task working in stations. The resources required for this task are a video, a laptop computer, and a postcard.
This task is a part of the Place and Environment task series from 2001 by NEMP.
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Source The Historical Thinking Project (Canada)
Subject History/Social Studies
Grade Level K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 |
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:
1. Task Description
2. Additional Resources: Learning goals, detailed lesson plan, video clips, web resources, worksheets
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Source The Historical Thinking Project (Canada)
Subject History/Social Studies
Grade Level K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 |
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:
1. Task Description
2. Additional Resources: Detailed instructions, PowerPoint, worksheet, rubric
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Source iEARN Collaboration Centre
Subject Interdisciplinary, social studies, Science, Art, World Languages and Cultures
Grade Level K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 |
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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Source iEARN Collaboration Centre
Subject History/Social Studies, Multimedia, World Languages and Cultures, Health Science, Interdisciplinary
Grade Level K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 |
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:
1. Task Description
2. Additional Resources: Classroom activities, web resources, manual, student work examples
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Source The Historical Thinking Project (Canada)
Subject History/Social Studies
Grade Level K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 |
Aboriginal Rights and Title in British Columbia
In this task, students will explore various perspectives on aboriginal rights and land titles.
This task includes:
1. Task Description
2. Additional Resources: Lesson details, rubric, worksheets, timelines, PowerPoint, web resources
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Source National Monitoring Study of Student Achievement (NMSSA, New Zealand)
Subject Writing
Grade Level 3, 7 |
Accident Report
The Accident Report task allows students to demonstrate their ability to retell an event. Students will complete this task working independently. The resources required for this task is a video recording and a laptop computer.
This task is a part of the Functional Writing task series from 2002. This task is classified as a trend task by NEMP. Trend tasks are used to examine trends in student performance: whether they have improved, stayed constant or declined over the four-year period since the previous assessments.
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Source National Monitoring Study of Student Achievement (NMSSA, New Zealand)
Subject Health and Physical Education
Grade Level 3, 7 |
Accidents
The Accidents task allows students to demonstrate their understanding of injury management and precautions to take when treating a spinal injury. Students will complete this task working one on one with a teacher-administrator. The resources required for this task are three pictures.
This task is a part of the Personal Health and Physical Development task series from 2006. This task is classified as a trend task by NEMP. Trend tasks are used to examine trends in student performance: whether they have improved, stayed constant or declined over the four-year period since the previous assessments
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