In this project secondary students will investigate the UN Sustainable Development Goals and TRC Calls to Action, considering possible intersections (e.g. reconciliation, MMIWG, intergenerational trauma, water walks, cultural appropriation). Through discussion and sharing with Indigenous and non-indigenous peers from schools across Ontario, students will investigate issues and determine possible actions they could take to support meeting these goals. As the project culminates, students will craft their vision for making the world a better place using Minecraft or any other method of crafting (e.g. works of art, blog posts, essays, feature articles or physical creations).
Links to previous projects: #CraftReconciliation and #CDNcraft
Links to previous projects: #CraftReconciliation and #CDNcraft
What does the learning look like?
There will be five stages in the collaborative project. During each stage students will share in an online discussion forum (we create a VLE/D2L course with all students in it and set up all the discussion forums). Sometimes they will create media to share their ideas, sometimes they may type in text. There will be articles shared by teachers in the collaboration to help teachers discuss and introduce the topics in their class. The stages weave into each other and some teachers focus more heavily on some areas than others to meet the needs of their class and students.
Stage 1 - Who are we?
September - October 4th
This stage is all about relationship building. Students will create a "handshake" to introduce themselves.
GOOGLE HANGOUT:
Choose 1 to attend: October 2nd - 1:15 pm or, October October 3rd - 9:45 am
Stage 2 - UN Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDG)
October 5th - October 18th
In this stage students will investigate and read about the UN Sustainable Development Goals. The overarching question during this stage is "Which UN Sustainable Development Goal do you think is the most important? Why?".
GOOGLE HANGOUT:
Choose 1 to attend: October 19th - 1:15 pm or, October 18th - 9:45 am
Stage 3 - Intersections between UN SDG & the Truth & Reconciliation Commission - Calls to Action
October 19th - November 14th
During this stage classes will focus in on areas of the UN SDG and TRC. Teachers can choose areas of focus that support the learning in their classroom. Students will think critically about the overlap between the UN goals and the TRC Calls to Action. A template for sharing their thoughts will be provided (a virtual manipulative where students can drag and group the UN SDG and TRC Calls to Action) however any form of sharing their ideas will work. Students will share their learning in the discussion forum and hangout.
At the end of this stage students will pose questions they are interested in investigating more deeply with students from other classes.
GOOGLE HANGOUT:
Choose 1 to attend: November 13th - 9:45 am or, November 14th - 1:15 pm
Stage 4 - Knowledge Building
November 15th - January 10th (this stage can continue on until end of project)
In this stage, students will be grouped with students from other schools based on the questions they are interested in looking into. With a digital mind map and discussion forum we will attempt to create a culture of knowledge building. Prompts for students and support for teachers will be provided to help during this very important stage. Students will share ideas, research, build on each others work and hopefully challenge and build knowledge together. At the end of this stage students should be able to answer the following prompt and back up their choice with research and evidence: "What can you do to make the world a better place?". This will be within the context of their inquiry question and small group work.
Stage 5 - Crafting
December and January
Teachers will decide when their students are ready for this stage. They will need to have spent a significant amount of time building knowledge around their ideas. Once they are ready students are challenged to craft or build a representation of their vision for what should be done to make the world a better place. Students may choose to craft this representation in our collaborative Minecraft world. They can do this individually or in groups. Students will complete a reflection after crafting.
GOOGLE HANGOUT for final sharing and reflection:
Choose 1 to attend: January 11th - 1:15 pm or, January 12th - 9;45 am
Stage 1 - Who are we?
September - October 4th
This stage is all about relationship building. Students will create a "handshake" to introduce themselves.
GOOGLE HANGOUT:
Choose 1 to attend: October 2nd - 1:15 pm or, October October 3rd - 9:45 am
Stage 2 - UN Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDG)
October 5th - October 18th
In this stage students will investigate and read about the UN Sustainable Development Goals. The overarching question during this stage is "Which UN Sustainable Development Goal do you think is the most important? Why?".
GOOGLE HANGOUT:
Choose 1 to attend: October 19th - 1:15 pm or, October 18th - 9:45 am
Stage 3 - Intersections between UN SDG & the Truth & Reconciliation Commission - Calls to Action
October 19th - November 14th
During this stage classes will focus in on areas of the UN SDG and TRC. Teachers can choose areas of focus that support the learning in their classroom. Students will think critically about the overlap between the UN goals and the TRC Calls to Action. A template for sharing their thoughts will be provided (a virtual manipulative where students can drag and group the UN SDG and TRC Calls to Action) however any form of sharing their ideas will work. Students will share their learning in the discussion forum and hangout.
At the end of this stage students will pose questions they are interested in investigating more deeply with students from other classes.
GOOGLE HANGOUT:
Choose 1 to attend: November 13th - 9:45 am or, November 14th - 1:15 pm
Stage 4 - Knowledge Building
November 15th - January 10th (this stage can continue on until end of project)
In this stage, students will be grouped with students from other schools based on the questions they are interested in looking into. With a digital mind map and discussion forum we will attempt to create a culture of knowledge building. Prompts for students and support for teachers will be provided to help during this very important stage. Students will share ideas, research, build on each others work and hopefully challenge and build knowledge together. At the end of this stage students should be able to answer the following prompt and back up their choice with research and evidence: "What can you do to make the world a better place?". This will be within the context of their inquiry question and small group work.
Stage 5 - Crafting
December and January
Teachers will decide when their students are ready for this stage. They will need to have spent a significant amount of time building knowledge around their ideas. Once they are ready students are challenged to craft or build a representation of their vision for what should be done to make the world a better place. Students may choose to craft this representation in our collaborative Minecraft world. They can do this individually or in groups. Students will complete a reflection after crafting.
GOOGLE HANGOUT for final sharing and reflection:
Choose 1 to attend: January 11th - 1:15 pm or, January 12th - 9;45 am
Guest Speakers
In our past projects we have been lucky enough to have many guest speakers who participated in Google Hangouts on Air or Adobe Connect sessions with our classes. These guests have included Waubgeshig Rice, Shawn Johnston, National Gallery of Canada (Indigenous Art) and Jeanette Corbiere-Lavell. We will work to arrange some virtual guest speakers throughout the project.
SESSIONS BOOKED
National Gallery of Canada Online Presentation/Session: Art in Canada
SESSIONS BOOKED
National Gallery of Canada Online Presentation/Session: Art in Canada
- November 2nd 1:15 pm
- Description: What have artists in Canada been doing for the last five thousand years? Discover the long and fascinating history of Canadian and Indigenous art from thousands of years ago until today, and explore how it is interrelated and how it tells our stories.
