Lesson 3
| The Labour Day Critical Design Challenge
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Task Component
Instruction
Assessment Focus
Look Fors
Notes for Teachers
Their Labour Day has a serious
tone, like Remembrance Day,
to commemorate workers who
died as a result of their jobs and
to educate others about their
protections.
Group D decides to take a local
focus on the industrial and
agricultural history of their
community.
Groups of students will research
and dramatize historical scenes so
that the public can interact within
these simulations.
After
(Reflecting/Connecting/
Consolidating)
15 minutes
Part D)
Each group orally presents their
revitalized Labour Day Critical
Design Challenge proposal to the
class, with visual supports such as
an anchor chart.
If time allows, students may
make a Prezi or PowerPoint
presentation.
Students must include the
rationale for each activity of
commemoration or celebration,
identifying historical and current
references.
Assessment of Learning
Use the Labour Day Critical
Design Challenge Rubric to assess
the proposal.
Rubric:
Answers are marked on their
strength or weakness in
connecting proposed activities
to specific historical references,
current labour developments and
institutions that support labour.
Individual
Practice
(A question for
extension that students
can do independently to
assess understanding of
the concept(s).)
5 minutes
After completion of the oral
reports, ‘reassign’ roles so students
take the role of Municipal
Councillor.
In this capacity students might
argue the merits (in writing or
orally) of different proposals. In
effect, once the students have
heard all proposals, they may
choose from a selection to create
their version of a meaningful
Labour Day.
Look for strong answers that
clearly articulate the connection
between labour knowledge in
terms of current issues, historical
events and organized labour.
Share examples with the class.