Set-up and Introduction (15 minutes)
Teacher Activity
Prior to the activity, the teacher
should first:
1) Prepare a Mission Possible envelope for each group
using the masters provided. Included will be:
- Mission Possible title page
- Your Mission is as Follows (instruction sheet)
- Thought Organizer
- Internet Instructions
2) Arrange several books from the library relating to
each mission on the desks for each group. (You may wish
to ask a Teacher-Librarian for assistance in compiling
these resources for you).
3) Divide the class into five groups:
- Atlantic Region
- Central Region
- The Prairies
- Western Canada
- Northern Canada
4) Organize the classroom so that there are five groups
of desks.
5) Introduce this lesson (10 minutes).
- Ask each regional group to sit together in groups.
- Play the Mission Impossible music
(optional).
- Hand out the envelopes to the groups and explain
to the students that this activity is Mission
Possible.
Their mission, should they choose to
accept it, is to prepare the ultimate
Canadian regional posters for the Ministry
of Tourism.
6) Explain to students that they will be researching information
on their region from the Atlas of Canada Internet
site (atlas.gc.ca) –
bookmark this site in advance and have it available
in the classroom or computer lab if computers
are available. If computers are NOT available
for the students, print the information off in
advance for the students and include with information
provided at their desks.
Student Activity
- Students will get into their groups.
- Students
will open their Mission Possible Envelopes.
- Students
will listen to Instructions about their tasks:
1) research, 2) poster preparation, and 3) presentation.
Lesson Development Part II – Research (60 minutes)
Teacher Activity
Explain to the students that they should organize their
findings from their research on the Thought Organizers,
and that following the research, they will be preparing
posters and making presentations on their findings.
Student Activity
In order to create these posters, students
will first need to find information about their various
regions using the Atlas of Canada Internet site at atlas.gc.ca;
the books, photographs and facts about the provinces and
territories printed from the Internet available at their
desks; and a print version of a Canadian Atlas.
Lesson Development Part III – Poster Preparation (60 minutes)
Teacher Activity
Preparing Posters (60 minutes):
Tell students that each poster should incorporate the information that was
summarized on their Thought Organizers.
Student Activity
Each group will work on their own regional
posters.
Posters must:
- be colourful
- be eye catching (lots of colour, neat, large letters)
- be informative
- show where their region is located in Canada
- use the information
that was summarized on the Thought Organizer
Conclusion (45 minutes)
Teacher Activity
Presentation should be approximately 20
minutes or approximately 5 minutes per group.
Groups must each go up and present their poster to the
class. The facilitator may wish to review the following with
their students regarding presentations:
- use best voices (speak clearly, slowly and loudly)
- look at the class when speaking
- introduce the poster with a jingle or song
- choose important aspects of the poster to explain
to the group
Remind students that the purpose of the poster is to educate
people about what that region looks like, what it has to
offer, what the climate is, what the people do there, etcetera.
Facilitators may assess presentations using the Group Presentation
Rubric provided.
Conclusion: Teacher will explain that
the purpose of these presentations and the whole exercise
was so each group would become an expert on their region,
and then educate the rest of the class about that region,
thus the whole class learning about all of the regions
across Canada.
Student Activity
Students may do peer assessments following
the poster presentation using PEP:
P – something positive they liked
about the presentation
E – something that they would change
about the poster or presentation
P – again, something positive they
liked about the presentation (in order to get positive
feedback at the start and finish)
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