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E-pal/Pen-pal Cultural Exchange

Prepare powerful questions to ask of young people in another community about what it feels like to live in that community.


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Specific Outcomes

This critical challenge may address these outcomes:

Specific Outcome 2.1.1.3 - Students will value oral history and stories as ways to learn about the land
Specific Outcome 2.1.3.7 - How do the cultural and linguistic characteristics of the communities studied contribute to Canada's identity?
Specific Outcome 2.2.1 - Students will appreciate how stories of the past connect individuals and communities to the present
Specific Outcome 2.2.4 - Students will appreciate how connections to a community contribute to one's identity
Specific Outcome 2.2.5 - Students will appreciate how cultural and linguistic exchanges connect one community to another
Specific Outcome 2.S.7.2 - Students will develop questions that reflect a personal information need
Specific Outcome 2.S.7.3 - Students will follow a plan to complete an inquiry
Specific Outcome 2.S.7.8 - Students will formulate new questions as research progresses
Specific Outcome 2.S.8.1 - Students will prepare and present information in their own words, using respectful language
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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