The Labour Day Critical Design Challenge |
Lesson 3
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Learning from Labour
Learning Goal(s)
The Learning Goals are the Overall/Specific Expectations written in student friendly
language for students to access (post onto chart paper and review with students)
I can understand the ways some Canadian rights and freedoms are a result of the struggles of people in the past.
I can learn from the ways in which people met challenges in the past. I can learn what individual and collective agency people
(individuals, groups and family members) had to demonstrate to meet their needs. I can think of ways I can meet similar challenges in
the future.
I can learn how we as citizens recognize and celebrate our accomplishments and how this may change over time.
Materials
Technology to share various websites
Chart paper to post Big Ideas and Framing Questions
Chart paper, markers and post-it notes for student brainstorming
activity
Online resources with access to technology or materials
photocopied in advance
Chart paper and markers for anchor charts OR technology for
Prezi or PowerPoint
A selection of current and historical images of Canadian Labour
Day from Google Images
The Labour Day Critical Design Challenge Assignment
The Labour Day Critical Design Challenge Rubric
Implementation
Task Component
Instruction
Assessment Focus
Look Fors
Notes for Teachers
Before
(Activation/Review)
5 minutes
Invite students to reflect on their
prior experience of a variety of
community festivals (i.e., Pow
Wow, Halloween, Gay Pride,
International Women’s Day,
Caribana) and statutory holidays
such as Remembrance Day or
Thanksgiving. Ask:
• What are the different
reasons for community
celebrations? What are the
activities or participation
that make a community
celebration successful?
Focus in on Labour Day. Reflect:
• How do you generally spend
Labour Day? What happens
in your community on
Labour Day? What do you
know about why we celebrate
Labour Day?
Assessment for Learning
These initial reflections allow
students to access their prior
knowledge and experience.
The reflections also develop
critical references for the reasons
and practices around community
festivals.
Use the public commemoration
and celebration practices from
other statutory holidays, such as
Remembrance Day and Canada
Day as examples.
However, do not limit the ideas
only to those holidays. Develop
an expanded list of activities
and reasons for community
celebrations, which might include
education, entertainment, social
control or fellowship, seasonal
celebration, religious or historical
commemoration, social justice,
current protest or a combination
of several of the above.