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Rich Tasks -- First Review Critical Thinking

 

What is a "Rich Task"? 
Most definitely a "Rich Task" requires you to do critical thinking. Ok... but why?  

THE VALUE OF HISTORY IS NEITHER THAT WHICH IS PRESERVED NOR THAT WHICH IS WRITTEN. 
RATHER, THE VALUE OF HISTORY IS THAT WHICH SERVES TO IMPROVE OUR LOT IN THE FUTURE.

 

Learning Units

 

Rich Tasks and Other Exercises
Public vs. Private Education Pioneers in the Benefits of De-Streamed Classrooms
The Ontario Curriculum in 1890 Learning by repetition has its merits; Be an Education Consultant
Oral History -- Education: 1920s and 1930s Design an Oral History Interview Project
Agriculture and Safety Being careful, Knowing what you're doing, safety in the food chain; Agriculture as a system of integrated technologies
Agriculture as a Business Creating a new Institution
Fairness and Equity Equitable Distribution of Family Assets; Equity in Historiography 
Classification and Properties of a Class of Objects Math / Data Analysis -- Lowland Occupations in 1790
Short Play for Public Schools Burns Supper in Scarborough, Jan. 25 1834: Values of the Immigrants
Integrated Learning Lesson Plan Social Studies, Technology, Math and English using Scarborough's first Council Chambers as a Learning Resource
The Agricultural and Industrial Revolutions The Concept of Change
Technology-- Structures  
Immigrant Values: Building a Country Character Education
Learning Unit: Agriculture   
Recreation Learning Unit  
Education Learning Unit  
Learning Unit: Housing, Homelessness, Heat and Hardship  
Public Service Learning Unit   
Character Education Learning Unit  
Health Care Learning Unit  
Learning Unit: Immigrants and Land  
Transportation Learning Unit  
Social Studies -- Prehistoric Toronto Using the McCowan Aboriginal Artifact Collection As a Learning Resource
Selwyn Public School Grade 5 -- May 20 2005 -- Instructor: D.B. McCowan
Change in History: The Agricultural and Industrial Revolutions This Lesson is one of Several that Use the Scottish Immigrant Experience as a Learning Resource
(Copyright D. B. McCowan, P.Eng.)
Woburn Collegiate Grade 12, Scarborough -- Feb. 14 2005 -- Instructor: D.B. McCowan

 

Recommended McCowan Initiative Publications

 

Other Recommended Reading

  • The Lowland Clearances: Scotland's Silent Revolution, 1760-1830, Peter Aitchison and Andrew Cassell, Tuckwell Press

Note: The above seven publications (and others) are available from The James McCowan Memorial Social History Initiative, c/o 19 Monarchwood Cres., Don Mills, Ontario, Canada, M3A 1H3, 416-447-4895 (bmccowan@netrover..com). Please print a copy of our order form on this page: www.mccowan.org/publicat.htm.

 

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 The Scarboro Heights Record V15 #1

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The James McCowan Memorial Social History Initiative is dedicated to making occasional contributions to a body of work celebrating the endeavours and achievements of Scots and Scots' descendants in Canada.