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Celebrating Alberta's Achievements

  • Develop a proposal for a Heritage Minute to celebrate an important challenge
    faced by Albertans since 1905.
  • Create a Heritage Minute video or skit to celebrate the selected challenge.

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Specific Outcomes

This critical challenge may address these outcomes:

Specific Outcome 4.3.1.1 - Students will value and respect their own and other cultural identities (C, I)
Specific Outcome 4.3.1.2 - Students will demonstrate respect for the rights, opinions and perspectives of others (C, I)
Specific Outcome 4.3.1.3 - Students will demonstrate respect for the cultural and linguistic diversity in Alberta (C, I)
Specific Outcome 4.3.2.2 - What key events have impacted the economy of Alberta (i.e., drought of the 1930s, discovery of oil)? (ER, LPP, TCC)
Specific Outcome 4.3.2.3 - In what ways have occupations and commerce been affected by geography, climate and natural resources in Alberta (i.e., forestry, agriculture, aviation, seasonal activities, tourism)? (ER, LPP, TCC)
Specific Outcome 4.3.3.1 - In what ways has Alberta changed demographically since 1905 (i.e., population distribution in rural and urban areas, arrival of diverse ethnic groups, languages spoken)? (CC, I, LPP, TCC)
Specific Outcome 4.3.3.2 - In what ways have Aboriginal peoples and communities changed over time? (CC, I, TCC)
Specific Outcome 4.3.3.3 - How has multiculturalism in Alberta evolved over time? (CC, I, GC, LPP)
Specific Outcome 4.3.3.7 - In what ways have music, art, narratives and literature contributed to the vitality of the culture, language and identity of diverse Alberta communities over time? (I, CC, LPP, TCC)
Specific Outcome 4.3.3.8 - How does living in a particular community, region or province help shape individual and collective identity? (CC, I, LPP)
Specific Outcome 4.S.1.2 - Students will evaluate, critically, ideas, information and positions from multiple perspectives
Specific Outcome 4.S.2.3 - Students will explain the historical context of key events of a given time period
Specific Outcome 4.S.4.1 - Students will contribute and apply new ideas and strategies, supported with facts and reasons, to decision making and problem solving
Specific Outcome 4.S.4.6 - Students will use graphic organizers, such as mind mapping/webbing, flowcharting and outlining, to present connections among ideas and information in a problem-solving environment
Specific Outcome 4.S.5.3 - Students will consider the needs and points of view of others
Specific Outcome 4.S.5.4 - Students will work collaboratively with others to complete a group task
Specific Outcome 4.S.5.5 - Students will share information collected from electronic sources to add to a group task
Specific Outcome 4.S.7.2 - Students will organize and synthesize information gathered from a variety of sources
Specific Outcome 4.S.7.3 - Students will use graphic organizers, such as webbing or Venn diagrams, to make meaning of information
Specific Outcome 4.S.7.4 - Students will draw and support conclusions, based on information gathered, to answer a research question
Specific Outcome 4.S.7.7 - Students will access and retrieve appropriate information from the Internet by using a specific search path or from given uniform resource locations (URLs)
Specific Outcome 4.S.7.9 - Students will organize information gathered from the Internet or an electronic source by selecting and recording the data in logical files or categories
Specific Outcome 4.S.7.10 - Students will organize information by using tools such as databases, spreadsheets or electronic webbing
Specific Outcome 4.S.8.1 - Students will organize and present information, taking particular audiences and purposes into consideration
Specific Outcome 4.S.8.4 - Students will create visual images for particular audiences and purposes
Specific Outcome 4.S.8.5 - Students will use selected presentation tools to demonstrate connections among various pieces of information
Specific Outcome 4.S.8.6 - Students will communicate effectively through appropriate forms, such as speeches, reports and multimedia presentations, applying information technologies that serve particular audiences and purposes
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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