Guiding
Question
How have the contributions of Canadian women made an impact on society?
Learning
Goals
Students will:
• make connections between contributors in their own lives and contributors
to society;
• investigate what making a contribution to society is; and
• examine the importance of making a difference in the world around them.
Success
Criteria
• Describe what a contribution is and who contributors are.
• Describe the importance of contributors and contributions to society.
• Give examples of contributions from a variety of contexts.
• Give examples of contributors from a variety of contexts.
Materials
Required for
This Lesson
Students will need:
• yellow and pink sticky notes
• writing and erasing utensils
Teachers will need:
• Learning Goals and Success Criteria posted
• students placed in appropriate learning groups (approximately four to
five students each)
• chart paper or whiteboard
• markers for the anchor chart
• yellow and pink sticky notes
• envelopes, large sheets of paper or file folders (one for each group)
• BLM #1 Student Assessment Checklist
• BLM #2 Anecdotal Observation/Conferencing Tracking Template
Teaching
& Learning
Strategies
• Activating Schema: Inside-Outside Circle
• Oral Discussion and Documentation of Thinking: Anchor Chart
• Categorizing Thinking to Build New Knowledge: Sticky Note Pileup and
Gallery Walk
• Consolidating the Learning Experience: Popcorn Sharing
Lesson 1
What Does It Mean to Be a Contributor to Society?
(40 to 50 minutes)
Black Canadian Curriculum – Junior – ETFO – 2014