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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 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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Aboriginal Art In this task, students will create an animal self portrait after studying aboriginal art and styles. This task inlcludes: |
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Aboriginal Rights and Title in British Columbia In this task, students will explore various perspectives on aboriginal rights and land titles. This task includes: |
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Acid Precipitation In this task, students wlll examine five solutions representing water samples and determine the acidity. This task includes: |
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