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This is an exciting learning task whereby students get the opportunity to design their own shoe and then create a media plan to market it. It combines curriculum expectations from both Art & Media Literacy. A variety of options are given to the students in terms of Art and Media forums that they can create with. I addition, I have added assessment rubrics to go along with the engaging assignment sheet! Create! Create! Create! Created by Ryan Richards Copyright © 2013 Ryan Richards All rights r

I wanted to build an authentic learning experience for the beginning of the year and ended up developing this unit which engages students in an inquiry where they explore the various aspects of their personal identity. Based on the depth of the inquiry, this unit would richly benefit student learning at any part of your school year. This is part 2 that includes lessons 4 - 10 and the corresponding graphic organizers and resources. Students will continue their exploration of expectations in Lang

"Things that make you go hmm?" Song lyrics can be nonsensical, but they can also be powerful conduits to inspire social change...or at least social inquiry. Challenge the social awareness and critical consciousness of your students with this Music / Language Inquiry Unit. This Inquiry Unit contains 6 lessons and graphic organizers that create an opportunity for students to explore the many ways in which contemporary song lyrics impact our society by asking listeners to think about a variety of

I wanted to build an authentic learning experience for the beginning of the year and ended up developing this unit which engages students in an inquiry where they explore the various aspects of their personal identity. Based on the depth of the inquiry, this unit would richly benefit student learning at any part of your school year. This is part 1 that includes the first 3 lessons in the unit. Students will be engage in learning covering expectations in Language, Drama, and Art. Over the course

I am very proud of this learning unit! It encompasses learning expectations for a variety of grades and curriculum areas including: History, Language, Geography, Mathematics, and Art. In this unit, I've designed a variety of learning that lead the students through the research and analysis of existing countries, the creation of their own world (where they emerge as world leaders), and finally culminating in the World Trade Simulation. This file contains the assignment sheet and description of le

This is an inquiry unit that my students have progressed through to research threats to Biodiversity using the H.I.P.P.O model leading to the STEM engineering and development of a student designed application. Students will then be guided to prepare a Dragon's Den style pitch for their app. This unit included graphic organizers, models for students, and assessment rubrics for teachers Please feel free to share your feedback! Be Great! Created by Ryan Richards Copyright © 2016 Ryan Richards A

In this unit, students are guided to inquire on the idea of Growth Mindsets and how they impact their lives and goal setting experiences. This unit has 6 lessons with corresponding graphic organizers. There are a variety of opportunities for assessment provided throughout this mini-unit. My objective for all of our students is that there will be an observable change in the way that our young people see their ability to fulfill their own high expectations. As a bonus, I have also add a list of s

This learning task allows students to research a geographic region considering a number of geographical patterns, and then use that knowledge to create a survival kit in the scenario that they faced an emergency situation in that region. This is a creative and fun way for the students to show what they've learned about different regions around the world! Created by Ryan Richards Copyright © 2013 Ryan Richards All rights reserved by author. Permission to copy for single classroom use only. Elec

This mini unit is an engaging way for your class to explore different perspectives on critical thinking and group dynamics. Multi media is used in the introduction to guide the students towards an understanding of different ways of thinking about a "critical issue." The 6 Hats Theory is introduced to the students and they are led through a series of activities where they need to make critical decisions. Students are offered a variety of ways to show what they know (that tap into multiple intell

What makes a hero a hero? How do we as individuals define heroism in others and in ourselves. How do the essential characteristics of a Hero lead to Heroic action? All critical questions that students will have the opportunity to explore in some way through this inquiry unit. Students will have the opportunity to create their own characters before analyzing and sharing their inferences about heroism that exists within their lived experience! This learning unit is comprised of 8 different less

This learning exploration has been designed for students as an Inquiry focused on: 1. Personal Identity 2. S.M.A.R.T Goal Setting Students are guided through an exploration of what Personal Identity is and how it impacts how they see themselves, their Aspirations and how they set their Goals. Anchors and Student work documents are embedded in the file to guide students along this learning journey. Students are further provided with the opportunity to acquire powerful ideas about S.M.A.R.T Go

This inquiry unit guides students through an exploration of the concept of "Happiness." Students will investigate through a variety of activities, their own conceptions of happiness, how it influences relationships with others and finally how it is measured on a global scale of sustainable well being. Within this unit, 12 lessons (some with multiple parts) are provided for you, using a 3 part framework and uniquely designed graphic organizers. Multiple opportunities for technological integratio

This is a grade 7 survival guide procedural writing learning task that is a terrific way to end the year. Students get the opportunity to reflect on their learning experience over the course of the year and create a book (guide) to enlighten the next year's group on how to make it through the year. Sharing the survival guide of your current students with next year's students is an engaging way to break the ice with your new group in September! My kids have had as much fun with the arts and craft

This was designed as both a personal inquiry and visual arts learning tasks. Students are guided to reflect on how they self identify, and then to use elements of Line, Color, and Space to design and produce a masks that visually represents that identity. A graphic organizer and student work samples are provide in addition to assessment success criteria that can all support students in the development of their own Personal Identity Mask. Please feel free to share your feedback! Be Great! C

This is an inquiry unit that allows students to explore current events through a critical lens. Specifically, students are guided through 9 learning experiences where they explore themes of RESISTANCE and RESILIENCE in the face of power inequities. The unit engages students with particular model social justice issues but guides students to explore others while engaging in reflective thought about their own resiliency and ability to be agents of change. The lessons themselves are fluid and op

In these Learning Tasks, students will be guided to inquire and reflect on their identity as math learners.Engaging lessons, complete with graphic organizers are provided so that you may learn with your students about how they see themselves as math students and more generally as learners. The platform is also set for Goal Setting and reflection on both student and teacher agency in contributing to students success. These tasks can be both an engaging learning experience for your learners at the

These lesson activities guide student to think critically about the choices that they make with respect to musical artists to listen, and further to interrogate the messages that they are receiving. Students are challenged to see song lyrics as a construct purposed reflect the artist's identity and to possible to convey a reflection on so social issue. After critical reflection on underlying ideas that they've inferred from existing songs, students are guided to be composers of powerful messages

This Geography and Media Learning Task is an excellent "non test" evaluation that progresses along a balanced literacy path. Students are guided to create their own Learning Charts using the Geography content and a variety of media effects, which they will later use to teach others about their assigned topics. They are later able to create charts individually based on their interest so that they can show you what they've learned. Created by Ryan Richards Copyright © 2014 Ryan Richards All righ

This mini-unit was designed for students to critically analyse a current media issue through a Social Justice lens. Students are challenged to explore themes of Inclusion, Bias, and Power while analyzing a controversial ad that was produced by Kellogg. Critical questions are provided to guide real and relevant student reflection about about social justice themes including modern day power dynamics. Students are then challenged to use what they've learned to produce their own media. Created b

This product is a bundle of resources that guide students in their inferences of Critical Points of View. This bundle includes a feedback rubric for a response on Critical Points of View. This feedback document also contains a student reflection section. Additionally, this bundle includes a graphic organizer that uses key questions to observe language and use clues in order to make critical inferences about Point of View. Created by Ryan Richards Copyright © 2018 Ryan Richards All rights res