Welcome to the 2018/2019 School Year
My name is Ms. Wagner and I will be your teacher for Social 11.
My contact information (*hint*copy this down):
- My school district email: kwagner@sd46.bc.ca
- Assignments are handed in to: mskwagners@gmail.com
- This blog is: kwagnersd46.blogspot.com.
We will journey through many topics and themes that have shaped Canada over the last century -- it will be a bit like the old canoe trips of the fur trade. Some parts of the story are easily told and require little paddling, while others will make you work hard for your dried peas and salt pork. I will definitely help lift the canoe over the big portages, but we are all in this together.
The big idea (or myth?) of Canadian Identity will accompany the entire course, as well as a persistent question: Why Bother Voting? The focus inquiries below form the basis of the lessons, activities and assessments -- the things that students do or achieve to show that they have met the learning outcomes by demonstrating understanding. Skills such a decoding sources, map literacy,critical thinking, effective research, working with population data, interpreting current events, communication, and active citizenship will relate to many of the learning outcomes. The six historical thinking concepts will underpin much of the work we do.
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