Racism Video Contest

Students in Grade 8 Social Studies will be planning and producing videos for The Government of Canada's annual Racism:  Stop It!  video contest.  More information on the contest can be found at the website.  Planning is starting the first week in December, with production of the video to start soon after.  This is a class project which will be part of the course evaluation.  Hopefully the videos will also meet the requirements to be entered in this contest by Friday January 16, 2009.

Culture

The first unit in the Grade 8 Social Studies curriculum is Culture.  Since the start of the school year we have been discussing various aspects of culture such as economics, politics, kinship, education, arts & recreation.  During class discussions students have been taking notes from powerpoint slides, and these will be the basis for a test at the end of the unit.

Each student has chosen a culture from somewhere in the world, and  students have had time to research the characteristics of that culture and develop a powerpoint presentation about their culture.  In mid-November students will be teaching the rest of the class about their culture by showing their powerpoints during class time.