Critical Challenge: Rewriting History

Specific Outcomes

This critical challenge may address these outcomes:

Curriculum Outcomes Addressed: 10-1

Specific Outcome 2.7	-	Students will explore the foundations of historical globalization (rise of capitalism, industrialization, imperialism, Eurocentrism) (TCC, ER, PADM)
Specific Outcome 2.9	-	Students will explore multiple perspectives on the political, economic and social impacts of historical globalization and imperialism (I, LPP, PADM)
Specific Outcome 2.10	-	Students will examine imperialist policies and practices that affected Indigenous peoples (British rule in India, British and French rule in Canada, post-colonial governments in Canada) (TCC, PADM, GC)
Specific Outcome 2.11	-	Students will analyze contemporary global issues that have origins in policies and practices of post-colonial governments in Canada and other locations (consequences of residential schools, social impact on Indigenous peoples, loss of Indigenous languages, impact of civil strife) (GC, CC, TCC, I)
Specific Outcome 2.12	-	Students will evaluate various attempts to address consequences of imperialist policies and practices on Indigenous peoples in Canada and other locations (GC, PADM, TCC)
Specific Outcome S.1.1	-	Students will evaluate ideas and information from multiple sources
Specific Outcome S.1.3	-	Students will assess the validity of information based on context, bias, sources, objectivity, evidence or reliability
Specific Outcome S.1.7	-	Students will evaluate the logic of assumptions underlying a position
Specific Outcome S.1.8	-	Students will assemble seemingly unrelated information to support an idea or to explain an event
Specific Outcome S.2.3	-	Students will analyze similarities and differences among historical narratives
Specific Outcome S.2.5	-	Students will discern historical facts from historical interpretations through an examination of multiple sources
Specific Outcome S.2.6	-	Students will identify reasons underlying similarities and differences among historical narratives
Specific Outcome S.2.7	-	Students will develop a reasoned position that is informed by historical and contemporary evidence
Specific Outcome S.4.1	-	Students will demonstrate leadership in groups to achieve consensus, solve problems, formulate positions and take action, if appropriate, on important issues
Specific Outcome S.4.4	-	Students will describe a plan of action to use technology to solve a problem
Specific Outcome S.5.2	-	Students will participate in persuading, compromising and negotiating to resolve conflicts and differences
Specific Outcome S. 5.5	-	Students will respect the points of view and perspectives of others
Specific Outcome S.5.6	-	Students will collaborate in groups to solve problems
Specific Outcome S.6.1	-	Students will demonstrate leadership by engaging in actions that enhance personal and community well-being
Specific Outcome S. 7.1	-	Students will develop, express and defend an informed position on an issue
Specific Outcome S.7.2	-	Students will reflect on changes of points of view or opinion based on information gathered and research conducted
Specific Outcome S.7.3	-	Students will draw pertinent conclusions based on evidence derived from research
Specific Outcome S.7.4	-	Students will demonstrate proficiency in the use of research tools and strategies to investigate issues
Specific Outcome S.7.6	-	Students will integrate and synthesize argumentation and evidence to provide an informed opinion on a research question or an issue of inquiry
Specific Outcome S.7.8	-	Students will select and analyze relevant information when conducting research
Specific Outcome S.7.10	-	Students will use calendars, time management or project management software to assist in organizing the research process
Specific Outcome S.7.11	-	Students will generate new understandings of issues by using some form of technology to facilitate the process
Specific Outcome S.7.13	-	Students will respect ownership and integrity of information
Specific Outcome S.8.1	-	Students will communicate effectively to express a point of view in a variety of situations
Specific Outcome S.8.2	-	Students will use skills of formal and informal discussion and/or debate to persuasively express informed viewpoints on an issue
Specific Outcome S.8.3	-	Students will ask respectful and relevant questions of others to clarify viewpoints
Specific Outcome S.8.4	-	Students will listen respectfully to others
Specific Outcome S.8.8	-	Students will compose, revise and edit text
Specific Outcome S.9.2	-	Students will evaluate the validity of various points of view presented in the media
Specific Outcome S.9.3	-	Students will appraise information from multiple sources, evaluating each source in terms of the author's perspective or bias and use of evidence
Specific Outcome S.9.4	-	Students will analyze the impact of various forms of media, identifying complexities and discrepancies in the information and making distinctions between sound generalizations and misleading oversimplification

Curriculum Outcomes Addressed: 10-2

Specific Outcome 2.7	-	Students will explore the foundations of historical globalization (rise of capitalism, industrialization, imperialism, Eurocentrism) (TCC, ER, PADM)
Specific Outcome 2.9	-	Students will examine multiple perspectives on the political, economic and social impacts of imperialism in Canada (I, LPP, PADM)
Specific Outcome 2.10	-	Students will examine the consequences of imperialism in Canada for Aboriginal Peoples (Indian Act, consequences of residential schools, social impact on Indigenous peoples) (CC, TCC, I, GC)
Specific Outcome 2.11	-	Students will analyze various attempts to address the consequences of imperialism in Canada (Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples, contemporary examples) (TCC, GC, PADM)
Specific Outcome S.1.1	-	Students will analyze ideas and information from multiple sources
Specific Outcome S.1.3	-	Students will determine the validity of information based on context, bias, sources, objectivity, evidence or reliability
Specific Outcome S.1.6	-	Students will determine the strengths and weaknesses of arguments
Specific Outcome S.1.7	-	Students will identify seemingly unrelated ideas to explain a concept or event
Specific Outcome S.2.3	-	Students will compare and contrast historical narratives
Specific Outcome S.2.5	-	Students will understand the difference between historical facts and historical interpretations
Specific Outcome S.2.6	-	Students will compare alternative historical narratives
Specific Outcome S.2.7	-	Students will develop reasoned arguments supported by historical and contemporary evidence
Specific Outcome S.4.1	-	Students will demonstrate skills needed to reach consensus, solve problems and formulate positions
Specific Outcome S.4.4	-	Students will describe a plan of action to use technology to solve a problem
Specific Outcome S.5.2	-	Students will make meaningful contributions to discussion and group work
Specific Outcome S.5.4	-	Students will consider the needs and perspectives of others
Specific Outcome S.5.6	-	Students will demonstrate cooperativeness in groups to solve problems
Specific Outcome S.6.1	-	Students will demonstrate leadership by engaging in actions that will enhance the well-being of self and others in the community
Specific Outcome S.7.1	-	Students will develop and express an informed position on an issue
Specific Outcome S.7.2	-	Students will develop conclusions based upon evidence gathered through research of a wide variety of sources
Specific Outcome S.7.3	-	Students will use research tools and methods to investigate issues
Specific Outcome S.7.4	-	Students will consult a wide variety of sources, including oral histories, that reflect varied viewpoints on particular issues
Specific Outcome.7.6	-	Students will select relevant information when conducting research
Specific Outcome S.7.7	-	Students will cite sources correctly to respect the ownership and integrity of information
Specific Outcome S.7.8	-	Students will use calendars, time management or project management software to assist in organizing the research process
Specific Outcome S.7.10	-	Students will generate understandings of issues by using some form of technology to facilitate the process
Specific Outcome S.8.1	-	Students will communicate effectively in a variety of situations
Specific Outcome S.8.2	-	Students will engage in respectful discussion
Specific Outcome S.8.3	-	Students will use a variety of oral, written and visual sources to present informed positions on issues
Specific Outcome S.8.4	-	Students will ask respectful and relevant questions of others to clarify viewpoints on an issue
Specific Outcome S.8.5	-	Students will make respectful and reasoned comments on the topic of discussion
Specific Outcome S.8.6	-	Students will use technology to compose, revise and edit text
Specific Outcome S.9.2	-	Students will analyze the validity of various points of view in media messages
Specific Outcome S.9.3	-	Students will analyze information from multiple sources, evaluating each source in terms of the author's perspective or bias and use of evidence
Specific Outcome S.9.4	-	Students will analyze the impact of various forms of media

C	Citizenship
ER	Economics and Resources
CC	Culture and Community

I	Identity
LPP	The Land: Places and People
GC	Global Connections

TCC	Time, Continuity and Change
PADM	Power, Authority, and Decision Making