Cost and Benefits of the industrial revolution/ significant to today.
(April 14)
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- Summarize information from primary and secondary print and non-print sources, including electronic sources
-Plan, revise, and deliver formal oral and written presentations
-Analyse roots of present-day social issues
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A5 select and use a range of strategies to prepare oral communications, including; interpreting a task and setting a purpose, considering audience, generating ideas, making connections among relevant knowledge and experiences, planning and rehearsing presentations
A6 select and use a range of strategies to express ideas and information in oral communications, including;
vocal techniques, style and tone, nonverbal techniques, visual aids, organizational and memory aids.
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-Students will present or be watching other students present. After presentations presenters will ask for questions from peers/ led a discussion with the class.
-5 groups are scheduled to present
-Teacher will assess presentations using a rubric.
-Peers will assess each other’s presentations
-Student will fill in a self-evaluation once they have completed their presentation.
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17. How has the environment changed since the revolution?
(April 16)
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-Discuss how industrialization has created problems for the environment
-Analyse roots of present-day issues within Canada.
-Plan a course of action that addresses the problem of environmental impacts.
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A2 express ideas and information in a variety of situations and forms to explore and respond, recall and describe, narrate and explain persuade and support.
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-Teacher led discussion-using graphs show how pollution has impacted the environment since the industrial revolution
-Class Discussion: How does this challenge our notions of progress?
-Students will fill out a worksheet to see what their ecological footprint is.
-Class brainstorm on how we can lower on environmental impact as a class? As individuals? Teacher will write up all the responses on the board in a big class mind map.
-Get into groups of 4 and create a Venn diagram using chart paper on all the costs and benefits of the industrial revolution (teacher numbering off students will create groups). Post posters up in the room.
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-Pollution maps and information from http://www.eh-resources.org/timeline/timeline_industrial.html and http://rainforests.mongabay.com/09-carbon_emissions.htm
-Worksheets for students to calculate their ecological footprint
-Chart paper
-Markers
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