Some of our Canada 150 Networks involve schools as follows:
Reflecting on the Past through examining changes that have taken place in our organizations or communities (or organizations that served the function of a group before it started). Reflections are in 50 year snapshots (perhaps 10 year for the last 50 years) starting in 1867. We are primarily doing this using local history books and summarizing stories found in the book. We have done an in school field trip and individual class projects.
Evaluating the Present by reflecting on where our organizations and communities are now and discuss what issues they currently face and planning to address these issues for the future. We are doing school web reviews to see what schools are doing, who the staff is and what they are doing to archive for the future etc.. We also have a project for evaluating 150 versions of Oh Canada.
Envisioning the Future by encouraging ongoing involvement in preserving history and planning for the future.
This is a work in progress and much of what we are doing is in draft form to be published in July and August of 2017. If you want to know more or participate email factsuma@gmail.com.
Canada 150 Music Projects
These projects may be ongoing depending on participation.
- Oh Canada 150
- 150 years of Christmas Music
- 150 Christmas Songs
K-12 Canada 2017 Projects
Each student could do a sustainable project (see Reset Canada 2017) as follows:
- A work of art (pictures of the work of art could be kept in digital format in the school library).
- A heritage story (history of local education including aboriginal education and the history of their school).
- In grades 9-12 projects could be linked to English and/or Social Studies classes and could be more individualistic looking forward to 2067.
- All projects could be stored in digital format in the school library for future generations to be reviewed in 2067.
- Students and their parents could also be encouraged to keep their projects to be shown to their grandchildren.
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