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Our Community Then and Now

How and why has our community changed over time?

Synopsis

Many of the specific outcomes found under:

General Outcome 2.2, "A Community in the Past," may be addressed by inviting students to become "time-traveling detectives" looking for evidence of past- and present-day life in their own community.

Critical Challenges

Students might explore this overarching theme by completing these challenges:






Help Documents

Embedding Critical Thinking Into Teaching and Learning PDF
This document provides a definition of critical thinking, and discusses how to embed critical thinking into teaching and learning.

Definitions of Terms Used in Overarching Critical Inquiries
This document provides definitions of Overarching Critical Inquiry, Critical Challenge, Modelling the Tools, Support Material, Graphic Organizer, Assessment, and Background Information.

Meeting the Diverse Learning Needs of All Students PDF
This document provides suggestions to help teachers plan for diverse learning needs.

Reference Charts

The following charts provide a quick overview of correlations, references, and summaries for all the Critical Challenges. In the charts, the Critical Challenges are organized according to which Overarching Critical Inquiry they address.

Last updated: July 1, 2014 | (Revision History)
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