Every Day is Labour Day!
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Lesson 2
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Learning from Labour
Task Component
Instruction
Assessment Focus
Look Fors
Notes for Teachers
During
(Working on it)
15 minutes
Use those three areas of interest
(Labour Day and Movement,
Employment Standards and
Organized Labour) to divide the
class into three groups. Within
each group, pairs of students will
be responsible for reading one of
the websites and summarizing
the information, making critical
selections to answer:
• What people or
organizations, events or
developments are significant
for us to know about this
aspect of ‘Labour’? How does
it impact us today?
Assessment as Learning
Students should be able to read,
summarize and draw out the
key information to record on the
worksheet. Answers will depend
on the structure of the section they
read. For example, notes about
Labour Day might be organized
in cause and effect format while
the Organized Labour notes
might contain a list of important
processes like collective bargaining
and the gains which have come
out of that.
The focus of the activity doesn’t
require one ‘correct’ answer.
However, there will be answers
that indicate a more nuanced or
complex understanding.
After
(Reflecting/Connecting/
Consolidating)
15 minutes
Groups gather to briefly discuss
their discoveries and identify the
key points to communicate to
the class. Students may choose
to write these key points on an
anchor chart for visual support.
Each group then presents their
findings to the class.
Students will complete the
worksheet as their peers present.
The completed worksheet will act
as a support when students look
for connections in the concluding
part of the lesson.
Assessment for Learning
Teachers can highlight or shape
the discussion to reflect ideas
found in the framing questions
and big ideas.
Once the lesson is complete,
you may ask the students to affix
their initial post-it note onto
their handout, using this as an
opportunity to compare what
students knew at the beginning
of the lesson with what they
have learned by the end. (Self-
reflection)
Individual
Practice
(A question for
extension that students
can do independently to
assess understanding of
the concept(s).)
5 minutes
Post the following task for
students to consider:
• What connections do you
see between Labour Day,
Organized Labour and the
Labour Standards we have
now? List as many as you
can, referring to specific
details where possible OR
make a cause and effect
graphic which illustrates this
understanding.
Assessment of Learning
Look for the depth and quality of
connections students make, as
well as their ability to add specific
details.