Canada’s focus on Children and Youth

Canada’s focus on Children and Youth

Lesson Overview

This lesson will centre around the focus that Canada has placed on securing the future of children and youth in developing countries. Through a research activity and participation in a development fair, students will learn about a wide variety of organizations and programs that actively work to improve the quality of life for children and youth around the world.

Grade Level

Grade 10

Time Required

Two classes – one for research and preparation, the other for hosting a development fair

Curriculum Connection

Nunavut: Grade 10 Social Studies focusing on Module 5: Global Connections

Additional Resources, Materials and Equipment Required

· Project Information Sheet – Appendix A (attached)

· Suggested assessment rubric – Appendix B (attached)

· Peer Assessment forms – Appendix C (attached)

· Access to computers and the internet

Websites

CIDA

http://www.acdi-cida.gc.ca

Main Objective

Students will first explore why Canada has made children and youth a priority theme for funding development. They will then move to research the different organizations with whom Canada is working and create a presentation about a project that interests them for a development fair.

Learning Outcomes

By the end of the lesson, students will be able to:

· perform online research;

· explain why Canada has chosen to make children and youth one of the primary focuses for development funding;

· create an effective presentation about a current project that Canada is supporting.

The Lesson

The Lesson
	Teacher Activity	Student Activity
Introduction	Have students log on to the CIDA website and read the documents/watch the video pertaining to the ‘Securing the Future of Children and Youth’ initiative. Ask them to think about the following questions: 1) Why do you think that Canada has chosen this to be a main focus for development funding? 2) Which aspects of this theme do you think are most important? Why? Hold a short discussion about their reaction to the documents.	Read the online documents and reflect on the questions. Participate in the discussion and share initial thoughts on this theme.
Lesson Development	Introduce the idea of a development fair that will be held in your next class. Inform the students that in small groups they will be researching and representing a current project that Canada is funding. They will have to create an engaging presentation (in the format of their choice) discussing the goals and strategies used by a project that interests them. Instruct the students to search the interactive map on the CIDA website to select a country and project that focuses on securing the future for children and youth. Have students spend the rest of the class researching and preparing their presentation. Assist as needed.	In groups, research a children/youth centered project and create a presentation to participate in the development fair.
Conclusion	In the next class host a development fair for students to participate in. Set up stations around the class for each group to showcase their presentation. Keeping at least one member of the group at the station at a time, have students circulate around and inquire about each presentation. Ask students to complete peer assessments of the other presentations to encourage active participation.	Participate in the fair and peer assessments.

Lesson Extension

· Invite other classrooms to participate in the development fair.

· Get involved with one of the organizations that was researched.

· Write a research paper on the topics discussed.

Assessment of Student Learning

Students will be assessed both by the teacher and their peers using the attached charts (appendix B and C)

Brief Description of Project: ______________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Name of Executing Agency: ______________________________

Founding Year of Agency: _______________________________

Brief Description of Agency:_____________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Why did you select this project? __________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Appendix B – Teacher Evaluation Rubric

Group Members: ______________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________

	Level 1	Level 2	Level 3	Level 4
Accuracy and quality of information	Very little research evident, information was inaccurate.	Some research evident but information not always accurate.	Research evident, accurate information.	Outstanding research that is very accurate and in depth.
Clarity of presentation	Presentation is very disorganized and difficult to follow.	Presentation is difficult to follow and information is about 50% clear.	Presentation is easy to follow, most points very clear.	Presentation is very clear and easy to follow/understand.
Quality of presentation	Not creative, does not draw in audience.	Presentation appears creative but does not draw the audience in.	Presentation is creative and engaging for the audience.	Presentation is very creative and uses multiple avenues to get information across.
Group work	Group did not work well together, work was not shared evenly.	Group worked together well but did not share work evenly.	Work was distributed evenly and group was cohesive.	Group work was exceptional, improving the overall quality of work produced.

Comments:

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Appendix C – Peer Evaluation Chart (2 per page)

Group Members: ______________________________________

	1	2	3	4
Quality of Information
Creativity of presentation
Knowledge of group members

Comments: __________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Group Members: ______________________________________

	1	2	3	4
Quality of Information
Creativity of presentation
Knowledge of group members

Lesson Overview

Grade Level

Time Required

Curriculum Connection

Additional Resources, Materials and Equipment Required

Learning Outcomes

The Lesson

The Lesson

Introduction

Lesson Development

Further Reading