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New School Brochure In this task, students will create a brochure about their school to hand out to visitors. This task includes: |
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One Day in the Life In this task, students will document aspects of their daily lives, or vacations, through essays and photographs. This task includes: |
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One Day in the Life In the One Day in the Life task, students will write about, photograph, and discuss their daily lives. Students will exchange messages and images describing days in their lives with students around the world, and then make cross-cultural comparisons. Students may document aspects of a typical day (like visiting the market or going to school) or they may document special days (like vacations, birthdays, celebrations, or holidays.) |
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Perspectives on Alberta Treaty 7 (1877) In this task, students will work in groups to research and understand one perspective on Treaty 7 in Alberta. This task includes: |
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Preserving the Past In this task, students will need to design a way to preserve a piece of the town's historic train depot. This task includes: |
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Privateers In this task, students will explore the differences of pirating and privateering as well as the morals surrounding it. This task includes: |
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Questioning the Causes of the War of 1812 In this task, students will come up with questions about the cause of the War of 1812 by comparing voting patterns with President Madison's War Message to Congress. This task includes: |
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Schooling Then and Now In this task, students will study primary documents in order to help them compare and contrast 19th century schooling to modern day. This task includes: |
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Significance of the Battle of Detroit In this task, students will use role-playing to explore the circumstances that led to the Battle of Detroit. This task includes: |
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Significance of the War of 1812 In this task, students will gather context on the War of 1812 by reviewing other historical events in Canadian history. This task includes: |
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