Lesson # and Approx.
Date
Lesson Plan & Main Concepts
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FALL 2017 - NEW CURRICULUM
#28
October 16th
#29
October 17th
#30
October 18th
(shortened day due to Parent-Teacher Conferences)
#32
October 20th
#33
October 23rd
#37
October 27th
#38
October 30th
#39
October 31st
#40
November 1st
#41
November 2nd
#42
November 3rd
#43
November 6th
#44
November 7th
#45
November 8th
#46
November 9th
Canadian Immigration Simulation Activity
Take Your Kid To Work Day (No class)
GEOGRAPHY FIELD TRIP TO NIAGARA FALLS!
Urban Issues / Geography in Canada - Part I
Urban Issues - The Future of Canadian Cities
UNIT REVIEW: Human Geography and Population Studies
4. Case Study: Video: China's Lost Girls (student worksheet) (45 min.)
Refugee Critical Thinking Activity
Class Discussion - PADLET LINK - Refugees (Refugee System in Canada)
Discuss: What is a refugee? How is their desire to leave different from immigrants?
Why should we be proud to help refugees?
What refugees are out there currently?
Who should take in refugees? Why?
Where do they come from? MAP
Ted Talks: Use this organizer to take point form notes on these videos as we
watch as a class.
Ted Talk: Tan Le: My Immigration Story (12 mins)
Ted Talk: Refugees Welcome (16 min.)
3. Option #5: Other Options for Immigration in the Future (Group Activity)
4. HW: Case Study of a local refugee family and their experience. Read the article and make point form notes from the reading.
3. Immigration Survey Analysis and Discussion Questions (please complete individually) - (Padlet Link)
4. Map: Where are Canada's Immigrants Coming From? & Canada's Ethnic Origins Map
5. Canadian Citizenship Test - Let's see how many of you would actually qualify to be a Canadian Citizen.
6. Option #5: Other Options for Immigration in the Future (Group Activity) - OMIT in fall 2015
Refugee Critical Thinking Activity
3. Class Discussion - PADLET LINK - Refugees (Refugee System in Canada)
Discuss: What is a refugee? How is their desire to leave different from immigrants?
Why should we be proud to help refugees?
What refugees are out there currently?
Who should take in refugees? Why?
Where do they come from? MAP
4. Ted Talks: Use this organizer to take point form notes on these videos as we
watch as a class.
Ted Talk: Tan Le: My Immigration Story (12 mins)
Ted Talk: Refugees Welcome (16 min.)
4. Canadian Citizenship Test - Let's see how many of you would actually qualify to be a Canadian Citizen
5. HW: Case Study of a local refugee family and their experience. Read the article and make point form notes from the reading on a NEW google document (make sure it is in Unit 1 folder).
b. Refer to graph and make inferences about immigration in Canada
4.