1812+Challenges

 Group Members: Sarah B

Subject: British North America - especially War of 1812

Grade: 7  Key Learning:

Frame Critical Challenge: Students will write a classified advertisement for the militia during the War of 1812, using the resources from the 1812online website. They will consult the Statutes of Canada document to ensure that their recruiting ad is authentic.

(you need to add a qualifier to the task in order to make it "problematic" -eg. what type of classified ad...effective, persuasive, powerful...) That way you can build criteria around this task) You have a possiblilty of critiquing the piece in the first part where you examine other job ads. Then the creation of the ad could be a design to specs. 

Rough Notes: (please write ideas for any of the Challenges below, that way, we'll be ready to hit the ground running at our next session!)

Type of Critical Challenge: Design to Specs (Critique the Piece, Judge the Better or Best, Rework the Piece, Decode the Puzzle, Design to Specs, Perform to Specs

Culminating ideas/type of challenge to show learning:

Criteria for Judgment:

Background Knowledge required:

Critical Thinking Vocabulary:

Thinking Strategies:

Habits of mind (one or two to focus on)