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Exploring Controversial Issues in Div I Andrew Doyle @adoyle98

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Exploring Controversial Issues in Div I

Andrew Doyle@adoyle98

By the end of grade 3...

Students in Alberta are required to demonstrate:

Media literacy

Problem Solving and Critical Thinking

Research Cause and Effect

Provide conflict resolutionAlberta Social Studies Curriculum pg. 2

What are the big things?

Learning how to Meta

POV’s

Recognize Power, authority and decision making

Recognize time, continuity and change

How do we get there?

Controversial Issues and Current Events

Topics that are publicly sensitive

No consensus

“Important part of a democratic and pluralistic society”

Reason open-mindedly, respectfully

Important 2 Remember

Controversial topics in school are those that:

Are anticipated by the teacher

Those that may arise incidentally

Should be used to promote inquiry and teach thinking skills.

What The Big Deal?

Students in primary grades have a keen sense of the world around them

They notice changes in attitudes and beliefs

They NEED to develop opinions about the world around them

They WANT to share those opinions and be taken seriously

What Does This Look Like?

K & Grade 1

I Belong - Value Personal Stories

Value Self and Groups

What Does This Look Like?

Grade 2 - Displacement of People

Acadian

Climate Change

Urban Sprawl and Struggling Local Growers

What Does This Look Like?

Grade 3 - Do Children Have Rights?

Free Trade & Child Labour

What Does it Mean to Belong?

Study of Homelessness and Displacement

What If The Unexpected Happens?

In Brazil...

Expect the Unexpected

Be open to explaining without giving details

Guiding Questions

What fears do you have when it comes to discussing controversial topics?

How do we overcome?

Guiding Questions

What topics can you centre an inquiry (project/unit) around in k-3?

Guiding Questions

What tools of the trade can we use to share the knowledge/discussion or ask questions?

Things to Remember

Be open, be flexible, be thoughtful

Stories are the best way to introduce ideas and topics to kids, even controversial ones

Respect the opinions of students

Preview, pre-warn, prepare