Hidden Halton
What is Hidden Halton?
It is a series of challenges that will be released over the month of March and concluding by the rescheduled spring break.
Each challenge is presented as a written provocation and is rooted in the history and geography of the communities that make up our School Board. Participants can tweet their challenge responses and have a chance to view what others have shared in addition to possibly earning their school points.
*Provocations will be in both english and french*
Check out the video below to get started - it also provides some ideas of what you could and how you could connect to the curriculum.
Hidden Halton Challenge Nine: The Heart of Halton
Halton, Hamilton, and Brant counties are often referred to as the “Heart of Ontario.” When we examine the region of Halton we recognize that the “arteries” to the heart include the intersection of highways, roads, trails and waters.
The Halton watershed is an example of this intersection as the lands are covered by the headwaters, tributaries, forests, ravines, farmlands and city lands feeding into Sixteen Mile Creek. The land base extends east and north alongside the edge of Mississauga, north towards the southern edges of Georgetown, Limehouse and Acton, and as far west as Campbellville. Its waters flow together from these rural lands at the very core of the Halton Region, before carving through the centre of Oakville through a massive ravine valley and rushing to join the waters of Lake Ontario in a grand finale at the Oakville waterfront.
Sixteen Mile Creek is steeped in the Halton countryside and in many ways, it is like the heart of Halton itself.
The growth and evolution of communities and the people who live and have lived in Halton also demonstrate a “heart.”
The region of Halton is a large and diverse area which leaves us wondering; Where is our heart? Who does it beat for? Who has it beaten for?
Les communautés de Halton, Hamilton et Brant sont souvent appelées le «cœur de l'Ontario». Lorsque nous examinons la région de Halton, nous voyons que les «artères» au cœur comprennent l'intersection des autoroutes, des rues, des chemins et des eaux.
Le bassin hydrographique de Halton est un exemple de cette intersection car les terres sont couvertes par les sources, les rives, les forêts, les ravins, les terres agricoles et les terres de la ville qui mènent au ruisseau Sixteen Mile. La terre s'étend à l'est et au nord le long de Mississauga, au nord vers les limites sud de Georgetown, Limehouse et Acton, et aussi loin qu’à l'ouest de Campbellville. Ses eaux coulent ensemble de ces terres rurales au cœur de la région de Halton, avant de traverser le centre d'Oakville à travers une immense vallée de ravin pour rejoindre les eaux du lac Ontario dans une grande finale au bord de l'eau d'Oakville.
Sixteen Mile Creek est infusé de la campagne de Halton et, en beaucoup de façons, c'est comme le cœur de Halton lui-même.
L'agrandissement et l'évolution des communautés et des personnes qui y habitent et ont habité à Halton démontrent également un «cœur».
La région de Halton est une région vaste et diversifiée qui nous laisse en question; Où est notre cœur? Pour qui le bat-il? Pour qui l'a-t-il battu?
What is a "Challenge Response"?
What students, small groups, or classes do with the written provocation is completely up to them!
Each challenge can be treated as a mini inquiry where students and teachers embark on a learning journey and engage in the creative development of new knowledge. In addition to broadening students' perspective of Halton, each challenge directly links to curriculum expectations from a variety of subjects across several grades; some of these will be immediately apparent, while many will be found inside the layers of the provocation.
Everyone has deepened their technological communication skills this year - so be creative with what you know, or use this as an opportunity to explore new ways to express your insight, thinking, wondering, and learning.
How to Participate
To participate, students, a class, or classes working together, will capture the learning and knowledge built while exploring the challenge and tweet that to #hiddenHDSB.
The tweet must also include the school’s twitter handle. An educator may choose to identify the class by either their name or class code as well.
A challenge will be offered every 3 days.
@HDSBElemProgram will tweet out a few eye, mind, or heart catching responses a week following the challenge being posted - so keep an eye out for yours!
*You do not need to submit a response to each challenge to participate. You choose what is right for you.
Should a student’s name or image be included in what is shared, that student’s family will have had to check the “yes” box on the “Authorization for Use of Student Photos/Videos and Other Personal Identifying Information” form that was sent home at the start of the school year.