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A New Land, A New Life (Grades 8-10)
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To the Teacher
ASSESSMENT
- This activity lends itself well to group self-assessment. Students
can focus on their performance with regard to the collection, organization,
and analysis of data; collaboration and teamwork; communication skills;
contribution to task completion; and understanding of the concepts.
You may wish to use Assessing Research Skills (for Grades
5 to 7 or Grades 8 to 10)
or Assessing Teamwork Skills.
- You will find a summary
of the correlation with the curriculum for your province or territory.
A more detailed explanation of the links between each activity and
each provincial/territorial curriculum is found in the Curriculum
Correlations section.
TEACHER TIPS
- Some students may hold stereotypes of various immigrant groups.
You may wish to discuss how stereotypes are developed, what stereotypes
are commonly held, and how to counteract them. Prepare the students
for potentially discriminatory comments or reactions they may encounter
in their interviews and help them develop strategies for dealing with
these kind of comments/reactions.
- For this activity, ensure that the students focus on the experiences
of groups, not of individuals.
- Students may need assistance with developing appropriate interview
questions and ideas of what to look for in terms of the impact of
immigration on the community.
- Some students may need to review the creation and use of databases.
- It may be appropriate for some students to approach this activity
from the perspective of immigrants in their own age group.
- In some communities, students may have difficulty finding people
who have immigrated to Canada. In this case, instead of conducting
an interview, you might have students gather information from the
"immigration testimonials" available on the Pier 21 Web site at www.pier21.ns.ca
> Resource Centre>Pier21 Online Story Collection
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RELATED ACTIVITIES
- Discuss the degree to which immigrants have been accepted in Canada.
Explore the different experiences different immigrant groups have
had.
- Invite a citizenship court judge to visit the class or visit a
citizenship court.
- Have students create a fictional diary of a new immigrant coming
to Canada in search of a better life.
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