Is there a Scientific Basis for Race
maryam adrangi - 3 years ago
For decades, people have debated the question: Is…
For decades, people have debated the question: Is there a Scientific Basis for Race? The answer is…still under discussion. Many argue that race is socially constructed and that we are all part of the same human race. At the same time, scientists continue to research health issues, like sickle-cell anemia or diabetes, that impact some racial communities more than others. Why? Your assignment is to explore a topic in which Scientists have explored or had to address the idea of race! This could be with regards to medicine, sports, public health, scientific testing, genetics, and more.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LAWrwexw-To
http://www.radiolab.org/story/91653-race/
-Grade 12 Cellular Biology, or Grade 8-10 Science units regarding human biology. -Consider ethics and social issues related to Science
Project with multiple classes (discretion of teacher)
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The Labour Movement in British Columbia 1914-2013
Wayne Axford - 5 years ago
The Labour Movement in British Columbia 1840-1914 and 1914-2013 can be used as background material for the Working People: A History of Labour in BC vignettes series hosted on the Knowledge Network. The articles are designed to be used individually in the Social Studies 10 and Social Studies 11 course. Teachers can supplement the reading activity with selected lessons from the Working People: A History of Labour in BC lessons that will be posted here. Additionally, the video series The Edge of the World: B.C.'s Early Years has a number of segments that compliment the reading for the 1840-1914 time period.
Labour History
https://www.knowledge.ca/program/working-people-history-labour-british-columbia
https://www.knowledge.ca/program/edge-world-bcs-early-years
The materials address aspects of the key learning standards of the current social studies 10 and 11 curriculums. For Social Studies 10, critical thinking skills are applied throughout as well as research and writing skills as described in the "skills and processes of social studies". Aspects of "Identity, Society and Culture" are addressed in the materials including gender roles, ethnicity and daily life as well the interactions of Aboriginal peoples in early Canada. Elements of the "Economy and Technology" learning outcomes are discussed in the examination of resource development and technological innovations. Additionally, aspects of the environmental impact and attitudes towards resource extraction are developed as they relate to the "Environment" learning outcome of the IRP. Regarding Social Studies 11, the areas of the "skills and processes of social studies" apply throughout as well as aspects of how Canadians can affect change at the federal and provincial levels of government. In the later examples of the reading the impact of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms are reflected in the work. The role of workers in both World War I and II and aspects of the "Autonomy and International Involvement" aspect of the IRP . The material can also be affectively applied to the "Society and Culture" of the curriculum addressing the development and impact of social policies and programs, the role of the labour movement in Canada and specifically the role of women in social, political and economic change in Canada.
4 hours +
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1907 Riots 1
Aboriginal People 1
Aboriginal Peoples 1
Animal welfare 1
Anthropocentrism 1
Assessment rubrics 1
B.C. Federation of Labour 1
B.C. Fishermens' Union 1
BC Curriculum 1
BC First Nations Studies 12 1
BC history 1
Brian Anderson 1
Charan Gill 1
Charter of Rights and Freedoms 1
Chiens 1
Chinese Canadian History 1
Chinese Canadians 1
Chinese Immigration 1