Mr. Ambroseπs 6^th Social Studies Class: 2002-2003

LIFE IN CANADA: A Survey of ≥Everyday Life≤ in Canada

The formula is simple: L = TBC

LEARNING =

THINKING and Background Info.

BUILDING Knowledge & Concepts +

COMMUNICATING What Has Been Learned

Part 1. Thinking and Background Information:

1. IDENTIFY PROBLEMS to be Solved: A whole-class CrossTalk to identify problems to be solved.

• Team 6-4 must create Travel Brochures about Canada and RESCUE their teachers from Canada in the middle of the winter !!

2. NEWS FLASH !! ≥PCMS TEACHERS LOST IN CANADA!≤: Dateline, Ottawa, Canada, winter 2003. The Canadian Intelligence Center (CIC) reports that 5 Americans are lost somewhere in Canada. The Royal Canadian mounted Police has determined that these people are lost in separate places in Canada and unless rescued in the next 2-3 weeks, they will die. Such is the Law of Nature in the Canadian Wilderness in the Wintertime! The Mounted Police regret to reºort that they do not have the personnel to conduct search and rescue missions.

However, the CIC advises that any groups of 5-6 americans who are ºroperly ttrained will be allowed a temºorary visa to search for, find, rescue, and bring back to the United States the-------

Ladies and gentlemen, WE HAVE LOST TRANSMISSION OF THE NEWS FLASH. But we were able to collect the names of the lost Americans. Mr. Sainz, Mr. Ambrose, Mrs. Shanker, Mrs. Platte, and Mrs. Holloway., Mrs. Baskin

Groups of Americans must form immediately and begin to discuss:

1. Exactly how to prepare to (and follow through with) the rescue of these unfortunate lost Americans.
2. What supplies should the rescue parties take along? What will the weather be like? How should they travel? Ca, horse, snowshoes, kayak, dog sled? It will all depend on the geography of the part of Canada in which each American is lost.
3. The CIC insists that all visa holders know a lot about: survival, inter-dependence, self-reliance, common sense, and respect for the laws of nature.

Each Rescue Group MUST Obtain a Canadian Visa from the CIC. This involves...

1. knowing how to read Canadian maps, .

2. ..knowing how to use Musher Vocabulary, ...(Balto will make a special appearance in a Team 6-4 classroom to help introduce these vocabulary words.)

3. Learn from Will Stoneman, an American boy who survived the Canadian Wilderness in 1916. Will Stoneman will speak to students of Team 6-4 sometime during the next 7 days. A "Survival Lunch" will be eaten by Americans during this presentation by Mr. Will Stoneman. Dogs, wolves, and polar bears not allowed.---concept chart. Mr. Stoneman will speak on the following topic: ≥Survival, inter-dependence, self-reliance, common sense, and respect for the laws of nature.

4. Famous musher, Sam McGee ( the "Cremation of Sam McGee") will also teach the young Americans (Team 6-4) a lot about survival, inter-dependence, self-reliance, common sense, and respect for the laws of nature.

5. A slider quiz , a PAWS Quiz, and a map quiz will let the students prove to the CIC that they have indeed learned a lot ... and are close to ready to search for and rescue the 5 almost frozen Americans.

6. Learn what it is really takes to be a hero and rescue someoneä. Learn this from BALTO.

Part 2. Building Knowledge and Concepts:

1. THE STUDENTS BECOME EXPERTS: The students are problem solvers who research, work at Print Media Stations and Educational Technology Stations in order to get information and data which they think about, rebuild into a personal library of information and personal experiences.

Students relate the details they find during their research to the concepts introduced (in Part 1) and thereby develop a deeper understanding of those concepts.

Rescue Groups 1 and 6 will rescue Mr. Ambrose in Alberta

Rescue Group 2 will rescue Mr. Sainz in British Columbia

Rescue Group 3 will rescue Mrs,Holloway in Nova Scotia and New Bruinswick

Rescue Group 4 will rescue Mrs. Shanker in Ontario

Rescue Groups 5 will rescue Mrs. Platte in the Northwest Territories

Rescue Group 7 will rescue Mrs. Baskin in Saskatchiwan

Rescue Group 8 will rescue Mrs. Wandishin in Manitob

Rescue Group 9 will rescue Mr. Maxwell in the Nunavut

Rescue Group 10 will rescue Mr. Ambrose in the Yukon

2. LIFE IN CANADA: ã≥BUILDING KNOWELDGE

NAME: ________________________________ SELF GROUP____________ COURSE: _______________________

ILAP = Individual Learning Activity Plan GLAP = Group Learning Activity Plan

0 = Must Do = Student Chooses to Do

∑ GOAL:To Prepare and Qualify for Visa: ≠ becoming≤ certified rescuers≤: Each coop group will research information and specialize on one certain province in Canada. Research information and presentation resources shall be stored in notebooks or folders on the Team 6-4 Intranet

STATUS: ____ILAP: _____No Choice _____Self-Choice ____GLAP (choose an additional _____activities) ___Self-Choice

#	Academic Skill	Learning Activity	Date STARTED	Date FINISHED	GRADE ≠Comments
01	Maps, Charts, Graphs	Read, copy, study special map of assigned Canadian Province..(use MapMakerπs Toolkit)
02	Maps, Charts, Graphs	Quiz on special map of assigned sCanadian Province..
03	Soc. St. Notes-Research	Internet Research on selected topics for Rescue Groupπs assigned Province
03.5	Soc. St. Notes-Research	Read and research old Travel Brochures (HS) on selected topics for Rescue Groupπs assigned Province
#	Academic Skill	Learning Activity	Date STARTED	Date FINISHED	GRADE ≠Comments
04	Vocabulary	Wrtie and draw Canadian government vocabulary
05	Vocabulary	Study Musher Vocabulary ---use HyperStudio Dictionary and Musher handout
06	Collaboration-Soc. St.	Build a Dog Sled and study it ä (in class w/ Mr. Ambrose)
07	Vocabulary	Paws Quiz on Musher Vocabulary
08	Soc. St. Concepts	Write Concept Chart on TO BUILD A FIRE.. by Jack London
09	Soc. St. Concepts	Write Concept Chart on Balto
10	Soc. St. Concepts	Write Concept Chart on Cremation of Sam McGee
11	Soc. St. Concepts	Slider Quiz- Cremation of Sam McGee
12	Soc. St. Concepts	Write Concept Chart ≠ on IRON WILL
13	Written Communication ≠ Composition (Lang)	Think, talk and write like a sled dog
14	Tech Resource Development	Yukon Song.. each group creates melody for these lyrics and PERFORMS (sings or records) song
15	Soc. St. Concepts	A Look at Canadaπs Government
16	Discussion of Issues	Participate in Talking Place Discussions
17	Collaboration-Soc. St.	Translate research notes into Travel Brochure
18	Discussion of Issues	Certificate Ceremony (CIC VISA)

3. THE STUDENTS RECEIVE VISAs and become certified rescuers

4. THE TEACHER MANAGES all these opportunities for students to explore and to build knowledge and concepts.

Each FTE show and discuss with the Teacher the research and resources it has created.

Student or Students in Group QUALIFY for _____SELF Choice or _______NO Choice in the next unit.

Part 3. Communicating What Has Been Learned:

1. THE EXPERTS CERTIFY THEIR KNOWLEDGE AND SOLUTIONS TO PROBLEMS: The students respond to test questions and test activities in order to certify their knowledge of details and understanding of concepts.

#	Academic Skill	Learning Activity	Date STARTED	Date FINISHED	GRADE ≠Comments
19	Social Studies Concepts ä. And Written Communication	Rescue Story ≠ 7 calendar days (could be days or nights or combination) 1.Show and describe the province your ≥lost≤ teacher was visiting.(include information on: Jobs, Transportation, Camping Equipment needed, Recreation and Entertainment, Clothing, Plants, Animals, famous Places, Famous Customs, Weather
20	Tech Resource Development	Prepare for Blue Screen ä select and store pictures for Rescue Movie and VR Interview
21	Discussion of Issue-Concepts	Translate story into I-Movie ä complete with narration
22	Social Studies Concepts ä. And Written   Communication	RESCUE DIALOGUE 1.Write dialogue : reporter, rescuers, rescued teacher ä upon dog sledding back into the USA. 2.Practice dialogueä..
23	Presentation ≠Oral Communication	Blue Screen VR Interview
24	Collaboration- Soc. St.	SEMI-AUTHENTIC SLED-DOG RACES --- Team 6-4 For the first time in 10 years, Sled-Dog Racing returns to PCMS !!

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