Storytelling is the oldest of the arts. It defines us, and brings us together in ways that no other form of expression does. Through this study, students will be invited to discover their own family histories, and how these personal narratives become the threads of story that hold communities together across Canada.
You can find the student work from this study at http://www.galileo.org/schools/district-cbe/princeofwales/stories/index.htm
Understandings Developed Through This Study
Expanding on the concept of community the following fundamental understandings form the focus of this study:
Fundamental understanding #1 Culture and Community
The relationship between culture and community sometimes results in pitting communitarians against liberals. Liberalism is often described as a theory about the proper relationship between the individual and the state. But the debate can be softened when liberalism is examined through a broader account of the relationship between the individual and society. From this orientation, there is a reflexive relationship between culture and community in that culture shapes the community and the community shapes the culture.
Through this study, the students will come to understand that culture shapes the community and the community shapes the culture.
To achieve this understanding students will need to examine belonging, values and traditions.
The students will lead students to:
Create and tell/dramatize family story
Design something that allows the family sentinel (artifact) to speak for the family history
Plan and interview family members - with a focus on how to question and listen in such a way as to create insight (rather than just gather facts and information).
Fundamental Understanding #2 - The land, places and people.
Physical Geography brings together several branches of the natural sciences to provide students with an overview of people's physical environment and the processes that shape it.
Through this study the students will come to understand the ways in which the land shapes and people and the people shape the land.
Students will examine the impact of physical geography and how connections to the land influence a culture's sense of place. This will require students:
Compare, categorize and differentiate between Canadian sentinels, their stories, their differences, their commonalities (Prairie, Acadian and Inuit)
Evaluate, appraise the importance of these historical landmarks and the heritage they speak of...should and how will the heritage of these communities be kept?
Fundamental Understanding #3 - Time, continuity and change.
Frederick Turner wrote, "Each age tries to form its own conception of the past. Each age writes the history of the past anew with reference to the conditions uppermost in its own time." This sentiment forms one of the fundamental understandings in this study. Looking back at the structures built by our ancestors, we will come to understand that each age writes the history of the past anew as it makes its way in the present and gains insights to guide the way into the future.
Through this study the students will come to understand that each age writes the history of the past anew as it makes its way in the present and gains insights to guide the way into the future.
Students will make meaning of the past, the present and make decisions for the future. This will require students to:
Design or create something that highlights how the stories of these sentinels (family, community and national) fit together and define who we are.
You can find the student work from this study at http://www.galileo.org/schools/district-cbe/princeofwales/stories/index.htm
Understandings Developed Through This Study
Expanding on the concept of community the following fundamental understandings form the focus of this study:
Fundamental understanding #1 Culture and Community
The relationship between culture and community sometimes results in pitting communitarians against liberals. Liberalism is often described as a theory about the proper relationship between the individual and the state. But the debate can be softened when liberalism is examined through a broader account of the relationship between the individual and society. From this orientation, there is a reflexive relationship between culture and community in that culture shapes the community and the community shapes the culture.
Through this study, the students will come to understand that culture shapes the community and the community shapes the culture.
To achieve this understanding students will need to examine belonging, values and traditions.
The students will lead students to:
Create and tell/dramatize family story
Design something that allows the family sentinel (artifact) to speak for the family history
Plan and interview family members - with a focus on how to question and listen in such a way as to create insight (rather than just gather facts and information).
Fundamental Understanding #2 - The land, places and people.
Physical Geography brings together several branches of the natural sciences to provide students with an overview of people's physical environment and the processes that shape it.
Through this study the students will come to understand the ways in which the land shapes and people and the people shape the land.
Students will examine the impact of physical geography and how connections to the land influence a culture's sense of place. This will require students:
Compare, categorize and differentiate between Canadian sentinels, their stories, their differences, their commonalities (Prairie, Acadian and Inuit)
Evaluate, appraise the importance of these historical landmarks and the heritage they speak of...should and how will the heritage of these communities be kept?
Fundamental Understanding #3 - Time, continuity and change.
Frederick Turner wrote, "Each age tries to form its own conception of the past. Each age writes the history of the past anew with reference to the conditions uppermost in its own time." This sentiment forms one of the fundamental understandings in this study. Looking back at the structures built by our ancestors, we will come to understand that each age writes the history of the past anew as it makes its way in the present and gains insights to guide the way into the future.
Through this study the students will come to understand that each age writes the history of the past anew as it makes its way in the present and gains insights to guide the way into the future.
Students will make meaning of the past, the present and make decisions for the future. This will require students to:
Design or create something that highlights how the stories of these sentinels (family, community and national) fit together and define who we are.
