Normally, I alternate between Social Studies and Science, but I've had to get a little creative with our scheduling to accomplish what I am hoping. That being said, I've started to loop in some Social Studies lessons while we've been wrapping up Science. We began by discussing identity. What is identity? What is the Canadian identity? You might enjoy watching this spoken poem by Shane Koyczan called We are More from the Vancouver Olympic opening ceremonies. **NOTE: watch only at the 2h15 mark or else you're going to end up watching 2+ hours of video!! We discussed our own identity, chose photos that represented who we were. We are learning about a person's identity vs. a country's identity and how they can be very much intertwined. We're now looking into who came to Canada in the past - beginning with our own stories. Shoutout to the parents who wrote in to share their stories! It was so interesting reading where you and your families have come from. We looked at your stories in terms of push and pull factors that affect human migration. When you're chatting with your kids at home, please share your family's stories and relate them to reasons that attracted them to come to Canada OR reasons why they may have left their home community or country. As we move along through our unit we're learning more about Indigenous communities who have been in Canada for many years, as well as European colonizers that arrived here. We're looking at their relationship, conflict, cooperation, what they learned from each other, what they struggled with, and how that affects where we are today.
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