One of our assignments was to find a Social Studies lesson plan to review. The lesson plan had to be innovative, which was difficult to find. I searched through EduGains and Google to find a lesson plan that was relevant to the unit plan that I am working on, and also one that I considered as innovative. I finally found one that I liked, which had to do with refugees.
This lesson is innovative because it gets students to think critically and learn information on their own and while collaborating with their peers, rather than the information being taught directly by the teacher through worksheets and PowerPoint. It allows students to use the provided resources and find resources of their own to learn about citizenship and refugees in their community and in other parts of the world. It allows students to make connects to current events and understand what is happening in Canada with the Syrian refugees.This is a critical literacy lesson and can easily be adapted to many contexts involving immigration, refugees, displacement of people. It is a fantastic lesson, not only because it brings in 21st Century tools and networking, but it is engaging and has real world implications and it is current.
This lesson can be adapted from my Unit Plan because we are focusing on the question “what does it mean to be Canadian?” and since we are currently hosting refugees, we can adapt this lesson to incorporate how Canada is helping refugees. I would change some parts to become more relevant to our unit and talk more about immigrants as well as refugees, and perhaps focus more on how welcoming Canada is to everyone. This lesson also connects to one of our Big Ideas “The experiences of diverse communities in a challenging environment have contributed to a Canadian identity that is complex and ever changing.” Canada is diverse and the communities are welcoming new members in the form of refugees.
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