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Cool Canada : Amazing People, Inventions, Places, Events and Phenomena

Unit Organizer

Lesson	Time	Description of Lesson	
1 	90 minutes	Students will establish a definition of the term identity.  It  introduces the concept of multiple identities, and the vocabulary attached to it.
Handout 1.1 In Search of an Identity
Handout 1.2 Making Generalizations
Handout 1.3 Narrowing Your Choices
Handout 1.4 How Well do you Know the Terms?
Handout 1.5 Evaluation Rubric	
2	90 minutes	Students will learn more about the many things that go into creating the Canadian identity as they complete the interactive Road Trip Simulation. Students will gain some insight of the Canadian identity by reading the content on the Cool Canada website www.collectionscanada.ca/cool
Handout 2.1 Road Trip Simulation - Task A
Handout 2.2 Road Trip Simulation - Task B
Handout 2.3 Road Trip Simulation - Task C
Handout 2.4 Evaluation Rubric	
3	90 minutes	Students will discover a list of symbols that have meaning to all Canadians - that help create a common identity. 
Handout 3.1 The Canadian Flag - Evaluating Its Effectiveness
Handout 3.2 Choosing One from Many
Handout 3.3 Evaluation Rubric 	
4	90 minutes	Students will become participants in a judicial inquiry to evaluate the effectiveness of government corporations and departments in promoting a common Canadian identity.
Handout 4.1 Government Corporations and Departments
Handout 4.2 Group Corporation or Department Presentation Organizer
Handout 4.3 Inquiry Commissioners/Officials
Handout 4.4 Commissioners’ Presentation Organizer
Handout 4.5 Evaluation Rubric - Inquiry Commissioners
Handout 4.6 Evaluation Rubric - Government Corporations and Departments	

Supplementary Activities:	

1.	Influences! Influences! Influences!			2.  Put It in Writing
3.   The Canadian Identity					4.  I am Canadian