La classe de Mme Homeniuk: January 2022

GR. 6/7 IDENTITY INQUIRY: WHAT IS MY STORY?

Each week we will explore and brainstorm together ideas for possible sub questions for each "big/focus" question. You will be required to come up with 3 sub questions for each topic every week and take notes for each of your answers to these subquestions. You also need to choose an "artifact" that is a visual/symbol to help support your question each week. An artifact can be a photo or image, an object, a drawing, something that you've created, etc...

How do I research?

The subquestions that you develop and use are the foundation of your research and the notes that you take each week is your "data collection". Research can be looking for information in books or on the internet, however since YOU are the main focus of this inquiry much of your research will be personal reflection, however another valuable form of research can is interviews with "experts". An expert is someone that knows a lot about the topic you are researching. For your Inquiry you are required to conduct an interview with someone either by communicating orally or written with someone who can help you answer some of the questions you are asking.

For example:

You may interview a grandparent to learn more about your family's ancestry or heritage.
You may interview someone who is an expert in the field of one of your passions or interests.

How do I share?

At the end of the 5 week inquiry you will finalizing putting your project together by deciding how you will share your findings and tell us about your story using each week's questions as your guide. You are required to prepare an oral presentation but you can choose what this looks like. There are some suggestions for this in the Inquiry Handout (planning package) that you received.

Week 5 - What is my wish for the world?/ What are my hopes for the future?

Article: https://emmaroache.com/my-wish-for-the-world/

Keywords: Peace, Sustainability, connection, compassion, love, hope

Global Issues: Poverty, homelessness, equality, pollution, environmental, health, rights and freedoms, climate change, environment,

Song by Ryan Hurd

What am I most concerned about for the future?
What are my future goals?
What do I value?
If I had to start a nonprofit organization, what cause would it support?
What is my ecological footprint?
How can my actions now affect my future?
What valuable contributions do I hope to make in the world?
How do I demonstrate resilience?
How am I inspired?

Week 4 - How do I connect to the land/the place where I live?

Local to global: My house, neighbourhood, school, community, region, province, country, continent, Earth
Kwantlen First Nation
Katzie First Nation
Historical perspectives and Indigenous Perspectives

Subquestions:

How does where I live influence who I am?
How do I spend my time outdoors?
What are my favourite places to visit?
What species (flora and fauna) are native to this area?
How do indigenous people live off the land?
How is land divided into regions?
How do I take care of the land?
How do I appreciate the land?

Areas of land to consider:

Parks: Kanaka, Golden Ears,
Lakes: Pitt, Alouette, Hayward, Rolley, Whonnock,
Rivers: Alouette River Managment Society, Fraser River
Forests: types of trees?
Laity View - mountain views, farmland, park, playground

Week 3 - What makes me unique?

VIdeo: Cole Blakeway Ted Talk

Art Activity: Two-faced self portrait

What does my name mean?
What are my attributes?
Do I have any special skills or talents?
How is my physical appearance reflect my identity?
What is my "favourite part of me"?
How would I describe my personality? How might others describe my personality?
How does do my personality influence my passions and interests?
How does my choice in fashion reflect my identity?
What are my likes and dislikes?
Why would I want to be unique?

Week 2 - What are my passions and interests?

Journal Write/Heart Map

Kids explain passion

What are you passionate about?

Subquestions to explore:

What did I enjoy doing when I was younger? Is it the same as now or had it changed?
What do I enjoy doing now?
What do I choose to do in my free time?
What are my favourite things to do?
What am I interested in learning more about?
What am I good at?
What do I want to get better at? How do I get better at it?
What inspires and motivates me?
What do I put my time and effort into doing?
What am I enthusiastic about?
What so I feel strongly about?
Do I have a "specialty"?
How have I developed my passion over the years?
Where/When did my interest in this passion begin?
How do I prioritize and make space for my passion/interest?
Why is my passion/interest important to me?

Week 1 - What is my culture?

Here is a video to help you think about what culture is: Culture defined

There is also a book that I assigned on EPIC "I can write about my culture" that you can read to help you decide on your 3 sub questions that you will research and answer this week.

After you have an understanding about what culture is, you can start thinking about "what is MY culture?" Here are some possible sub questions for this week that might help you further answer this big question. Remember that you need to have 3:

Do I have any family traditions? For example food/dishes that we prepare and eat, activities we do, games we play, etc.

What holiday(s) do I celebrate that is important to my family and our traditions?

What is my heritage? Where were my parents born? Where were my grandparents born? What is my family tree?

What languages are spoken in my family?

What symbols represent my culture?

What does is mean to be Canadian?

What myths/legends are important to my culture?

How does my family's heritage influence me today? What customs/traditions does my family have that are influenced from our heritage?

La classe de Mme Homeniuk

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Monday, 31 January 2022

Word Search Maker

Sunday, 30 January 2022

Les Olympiques

Monday, 24 January 2022

Le mois de l'histoire des Noirs

Sunday, 9 January 2022

Inquiry Project

Saturday, 8 January 2022

Le climat et la biodiversité

Sunday, 2 January 2022

Ancient Civilizations