Ms. Groeller Grade 9 Humanities

This week in humanities, we continued exploring the idea of "home," and by extension immigration, by examining the following guiding questions: Why would someone leave their home? Where do they go when they leave? (What is the journey like?) What is it like for them when they arrive? We used a variety of resources to help us with this, all aimed at grounding our examination of immigration policies in Canada in an understanding of the human side of the story. We started by digging into what the word "home" means to us, then, I asked students to consider our first guiding question more closely: We the moved onto inquiring into our guiding questions using a variety of resources such as a short story , an interactive documentary , and a read aloud of a novel . When intentional use of technology allows for deeper inquiry, it is “actually kind of interesting” & “different...good.” High praise from grade 9s. 😉 @connectcharter pic.twitter.com/eqHsX2aQ

As we move through our exploration of the grade 9 Social outcomes connected to economic systems, I planned two experiential opportunities to help students make connections between the content and their lives. The outcomes related to consumerism, values, and identity lend themselves well to this. With this in mind, what better place is there to think about and analyze consumerism than a mall? Our trip to Cross Iron and New Horizon Malls was successful and an enjoyable day of examining our consumer choices.  (As always, a huge thanks to the parents who joined us as without them, we couldn't have gone!) How does your identity influence your consumer choices, and vice versa? Find examples of a variety of advertising techniques. What demographic is this store targeting? How do you know? Social 9 outcomes, and more, while shopping with @connectcharter 9s today. pic.twitter.com/nBVSA6p8Ld — Jaime Groeller (@missg_teaches) February 4, 2019 The second experiential activity we p