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Designing a Community Flag

Design a new flag representing your community's past.


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Specific Outcomes

This critical challenge may address these outcomes:

Specific Outcome 1.1.1.1 - Students will appreciate how belonging to groups and communities enriches an individual's identity
Specific Outcome 1.1.1.2 - Students will appreciate multiple points of view, languages, cultures and experiences within their groups and communities
Specific Outcome 1.1.3.2 - What helps us to recognize different groups or communities (e.g., landmarks, symbols, colours, logos, clothing)?
Specific Outcome 1.2.1.1 - Students will recognize how their families and communities might have been different in the past than they are today
Specific Outcome 1.2.1.2 - Students will appreciate how the languages, traditions, celebrations and stories of their families, groups and communities contribute to their sense of identity and belonging
Specific Outcome 1.2.1.3 - Students will recognize how their ancestors contribute to their sense of identity within their family and communities
Specific Outcome 1.2.1.4 - Students will appreciate people who have contributed to their communities over time
Specific Outcome 1.2.1.5 - Students will recognize how diverse Aboriginal and Francophone communities are integral to Canada's character
Specific Outcome 1.2.1.6 - Students will acknowledge and respect symbols of heritage and traditions in their family and communities
Specific Outcome 1.2.2.3 - In what ways has my community changed over time (e.g., original inhabitants, ancestors, generations, ways of life)?
Specific Outcome 1.2.2.4 - How have changes over time affected their families and communities in the present?
Specific Outcome 1.2.2.5 - In what ways have Aboriginal, Francophone and diverse cultural groups contributed to the origins and evolution of their communities over time?
Specific Outcome 1.2.2.6 - What connections do we have to the Aboriginal, Francophone and diverse cultures found in our communities?
Specific Outcome 1.2.2.7 - What are some examples of traditions, celebrations and stories that started in the past and continue today in their families and communities?
Specific Outcome 1.S.1.1 - Students will examine ideas and information from varied sources
Specific Outcome 1.S.2.2 - Students will differentiate between activities and events that occurred recently and long ago
Specific Outcome 1.S.5.1 - Students will consider the ideas and suggestions of others
Specific Outcome 1.S.7 (4) - Students will access and retrieve appropriate information from electronic sources, when available, for a specific inquiry
Specific Outcome 1.S.7.6 - Students will draw conclusions from organized information
Specific Outcome 1.S.8.1 - Students will interact with others in a socially appropriate manner
C Citizenship
ER Economics and Resources
CC Culture and Community
I Identity
LPP The Land: Places and People
GC Global Connections
TCC Time, Continuity and Change
PADM Power, Authority, and Decision Making
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