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Multiple Perspectives on National Identity

  • Design a visual to represent the vision of national identity of your assigned person.
  • Interpret the vision of national identity represented in a visual presentation.

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Specific Outcomes

This critical challenge may address these outcomes:

Curriculum Outcomes Addressed: 20-1

Specific Outcome 4.1 - Students will appreciate historical and contemporary attempts to develop a national identity (I, TCC, C)
Specific Outcome 4.2 - Students will appreciate contrasting historical and contemporary narratives associated with national identity (I, C, TCC)
Specific Outcome 4.3 - Students will respect the views of others on alternative visions of national identity (I, C)
Specific Outcome 4.4 - Students will explore multiple perspectives on national identity in Canada (I, C, LPP)
Specific Outcome 4.8 - Students will evaluate various perspectives of future visions of Canada (pluralism, multination model, separatism, Aboriginal self-determination, global leadership, North American integration) (I, C, CC)
Specific Outcome 4.9 - Students will develop personal and collective visions of national identity (I, C)
Specific Outcome S.1.1 - Students will evaluate ideas and information from multiple sources
Specific Outcome S.1.2 - Students will determine relationships among multiple and varied sources of information
Specific Outcome S.1.3 - Students will assess the validity of information based on context, bias, sources, objectivity, evidence or reliability
Specific Outcome S.2.5 - Students will discern historical facts from historical interpretations through an examination of multiple sources
Specific Outcome S.4.4 - Students will describe a plan of action to use technology to solve a problem
Specific Outcome S.4.5 - Students will use appropriate tools and materials to accomplish a plan of action
Specific Outcome S.6.2 - Students will acknowledge the importance of multiple perspectives in a variety of situations
Specific Outcome S.7.3 - Students will draw pertinent conclusions based on evidence derived from research
Specific Outcome S.7.6 - Students will integrate and synthesize argumentation and evidence to provide an informed opinion on a research question or an issue of inquiry
Specific Outcome S.8.1 - Students will communicate effectively to express a point of view in a variety of situations
Specific Outcome S.8.5 - Students will use a variety of oral, visual and print sources to present informed positions on issues
Specific Outcome S.8.6 - Students will apply information technologies for context (situation, audience and purpose) to extend and communicate understanding of complex issues
Specific Outcome S.8.7 - Students will use appropriate presentation software to demonstrate personal understandings
Specific Outcome S.8.8 - Students will compose, revise and edit text
Specific Outcome S.8.9 - Students will apply general principles of graphic layout and design to a document in process
Specific Outcome S.8.10 - Students will understand that different types of information may be used to manipulate and control a message (e.g., graphics, photographs, graphs, charts and statistics)
Specific Outcome S.8.11 - Students will apply principles of graphic design to enhance meaning and engage audiences

Curriculum Outcomes Addressed: 20-2

Specific Outcome 4.1 - Students will appreciate historical and contemporary attempts to develop a national identity (I, TCC, C)
Specific Outcome 4.2 - Students will appreciate contrasting historical and contemporary narratives associated with national identity (I, C, TCC)
Specific Outcome 4.3 - Students will respect the views of others on alternative visions of national identity (I, C)
Specific Outcome 4.4 - Students will explore multiple perspectives on national identity in Canada (I, C, LPP)
Specific Outcome 4.8 - Students will analyze various perspectives of future visions of Canada (pluralism, multination model, separatism, Aboriginal self-determination, global leadership, North American integration) (I, C, CC)
Specific Outcome 4.9 - Students will develop personal and collective visions of national identity (I, C)
Specific Outcome S.1.1 - Students will analyze ideas and information from multiple sources
Specific Outcome S.1.2 - Students will determine relationships among multiple sources of information
Specific Outcome S.1.3 - Students will determine the validity of information based on context, bias, sources, objectivity, evidence or reliability
Specific Outcome S.2.5 - Students will understand the difference between historical facts and historical interpretations
Specific Outcome S.4.4 - Students will describe a plan of action to use technology to solve a problem
Specific Outcome S.4.5 - Students will use appropriate tools and materials to accomplish a plan of action
Specific Outcome S.7.6 - Students will select relevant information when conducting research
Specific Outcome S.8.1 - Students will communicate effectively in a variety of situations
Specific Outcome S.8.3 - Students will use a variety of oral, visual and print sources to present informed positions on issues
Specific Outcome S.8.6 - Students will use technology to compose, revise and edit text
Specific Outcome S.8.7 - Students will employ technologies to adapt information for context (situation, audience and purpose)
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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