Bishops Student Teachers

....Sharing Learning Situations with the Community!

Below you will find descriptions of some of the exciting Learning and Evaluation Situations recently uploaded to the new Social Sciences PLC for teachers.

These particular LESs were developed by students taking Canjita Gomes' advance curriculum writing course at Bishops in late 2009.  Each LES contains a teachers guide, evaluation tools and various printable student documents including logbooks and graphic organizers.  If you are teacher in Quebec and are part of the greater LEARN community, consider becoming part of the PLC and trying out some of these activity suggestions in your courses.  The student teachers would greatly appreciate your feedback!

Geography Cycle 1

Nunavut: a land claims success?   
The student studies the Native Territory of Nunavut. He/she identifies signs of human activity in landscapes (Nunavut), broadens his/her personal representation of the territorial organization,  Identifies the main characteristics of the organization of the territory.

For All People, For All Time.  
This students look into the importance of Protected Areas in Canada, using the guiding question "What is a protected territory?" The complex task suggestion asks students to create a poster or brochure to demonstrate their knowledge of the importance of conserving and preserving Canadian National Parks.

World Heritage Sites: Quebec and Vatican Cities   
Students discover the nature of a World Heritage site, through use of the iInternet and the UNESCO web site, and through research into Quebec heritage sites on the list. A more thorough examination of the walled city of Quebec follows, ending with a comparison of the Quebec site to that of the Vatican City site. Finally, students ask themselves, "As globally conscious citizens, what can we do to protect natural and cultural heritage at the local level and at the global level?" The complex task asks students to develop a conservation action plan for a UNESCO site of their choice.

Shake, Rattle & Roll:  Living with Natural Hazards   
What is a natural hazard? What are some natural hazards that people live with? Do these hazards occur everywhere in the world? How does our location in the world decide what hazards we are prone to? These are some questions students answer by referring to photos and texts.  Includes group activities such as a scavenger hunt, use of Venn diagrams and Internet research on San Francisco.

What is a natural hazard?   
Students develop an understanding of what it's like to live on a restless planet. Students examine the situation in Quito City. The situation is:  "You have been hired as environmental geographers by the city of Quito and your job is to present an action plan to city council that will protect the city and limit the damages from a potential volcano."

History Cycle 1

The White Man’s Burden?  Imperialism & Colonization in Africa
Students respond to various guiding questions such as: What are the reasons for imperialism? What method(s) did the industrialized countries of Europe use to divide African societies and their respective territories? What effects did the European political, economic and cultural relationships have on the African people? Is Globalization a new form of Imperialism? Use of simulation games, maps, poems, etc. are part of the student process.