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Body Image Poster Assignment Healthy Living

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Body Image Poster Assignment Healthy Living Your Task: Using the notes we took last class create a poster promoting good body image...create a brief draft and outline before starting your good copy. Your poster should : Send a clear message that promotes a healthy body image and self-esteem Include colour Take full advantage of the poster area Include a logo and slogan Include your good and rough draft Swedish H and M store features realistically-shaped mannequins Size 12

Atlantic Canadian Culture and Occupation Culture: Social Studies 9 Quiz Review

Please answer the following in complete sentences: 1) What does ECMA stand for? What other forms of entertainment could promote culture? (95) 2) What is a definition for oral tradition and folk art? Why are oral traditions important to Atlantic Canadian culture? (96-97) 3) Name an important part of Atlantic Canadian Literature? Why is it important to Atlantic Canadian culture? (100) 4)Why is "Anne of Green Gables" an important part of PEI economy?  Is this positive? (101) 5) What are the six features of traditional stories? (97) 6) What are the five steps of research? Give two reasons to follow these steps? 7) What is the the correct definition of lifestyle (110) 8) Why do people work? Name four reasons, and what you think is the most important? (109) 9) Why is it important that both men and women have equal opportunity to participate in the work force? And do men and women have equal pay in the work force? (110) 10) What impact have...

Interest based Learning: Research Paragraph

Interest based Learning Research Paragraph: Your Task :  Part A) Using your research notes, paragraph outline, and paragraph draft please type up a double spaced good copy of your interest based research paragraph including the following: Double spacing Times new Roman 12 Font Have your name and class at the top of the page Include your bibliography at the end of the page (Include, Author, article title, website, and date published) Part B) Once you have finished this copy and paste the rubric below and evaluate yourself.  You should have a total mark of out of 25. An Addition underline your three supporting facts and circle your three supporting statistics... Part C) Have a peer evaluate your paragraph using the rubric below. Part D) Submit your paragraph outline, paragraph draft, your final paragraph, your self evaluation, and your peer evaluation. Evaluation :  Completed paragraph outline, Draft, final draft, ...

Interest based Research Social Studies Note Taking

This is an assignment on inquiry based Social Studies note taking. - Below is an example of how to take your notes today, while conducting research on your topic of choice.  If you do not have a topic picked, then you should complete this assignment here. - All notes you take need to be printed onto a piece of paper using paper or pen.  You are not to print off the notes, but have the outline hand written. This will be an important part of the assignment.  - Remember your final goal is to find information and create a paragraph. - Be sure to include sources of information for your own notes you will need to create a bibliography.  A) Topic Sentence: Does Facebook have an influence on local and global culture? B) Five different Google search queries that should help me find information about this topic: Facebook culture values,  Facebook Culture shock, F acebook cultural impact etc.....  and don't forget to use the website...

Social Studies 7 Quiz Review Questions: People of British North America

The Quiz will be ten  multiple  choice questions based on the questions below : Here is a printable list of the basic questions and answers: Quiz Review 1) During the 1800's how did most people of BNA transport themselves or goods? page 91 2) What are five ways life in BNA homes was different from our homes in the 21st Century? page 90 3) Why did diseases spread so much easier during the 1800's? page 92 4) Who ran most schools during the early 1800's? How would this influence what students were learning? page 93 5) When was slavery no longer legal? Was this before or after the United States? page 88 6) What was the population change of Aboriginal people between contact and 1871? Why did this happen? pg 87 7) What happened to the Acadian people in 1755? How did this impact the current day Nova Scotia population? Page 85 8) Why did 800,000 English, Scottish, and Irish move to BNA between 1815 and 1850? Did they find an easier life here in BNA? page 83 9) ...

The Peoples of British North America - Social Studies 7 Confederation Project

You can print of this activity with an outline here: People of BNA Activity The purpose of this Social Studies assignment is to evaluate the conditions of everyday life for diverse peoples living in British North America in the mid-1800s, including Aboriginal peoples, African-Canadians and Acadians. Part A) Create a W5 summary of each of the following groups. Who are they? What are some of the challenges they faced? Where did they live?  When did they arrive? Why do you think they are an important part of history?  The British (pg 82) The French (pg 84) The Acadians (pg 85) Aboriginal Peoples (pg 86) Black Colonists (pg 88) Part B) Your task : Create a poster which includes both your summary and a visual representation of one of the above groups. Also include 'how' this group of settlers supported themselves. How : This can be done on a Single PowerPoint slide, MicrosoftWord document, or Mindjet.com (only if you've already signed up for an account at hom...

Introduction Culture SS9 Review Questions

Introduction Culture SS9 Review Questions View all the questions and answers here: SS9 Quiz Review Introduction to Culture Part A) 1) What does the word culture mean? 2) What are the five parts of culture? 3) What is the difference between material and non-material culture? 4)  What is the difference between traditional culture, and popular culture? 5) What are four factors which must be met before something becomes part of popular culture? 6) Name five agents of socialization (things which influence your culture). 7) How do celebrities influence culture? Part B 8) What is an anthropologist? And what is anthropology? 9) What is cultural diversity? Is it important? 10) What is the difference between physical needs and emotional needs? 11) What are values? Does your culture influence your values? 12) Give five examples of products which are part of popular culture. 13) Give an example of entertainment which is part of popular culture.  Does it influence you...

Interest Based Research - Social Studies - Proposal

Starting with a question: Inquiry Based Learning allows you the student to dictate what you want to research.  This is your chance to create a question which you are interested in researching for Social Studies class.  Last class we worked on creating a more focused question than the one below: What causes local and global culture to change? We came up with examples like: Do video games have an influence on local and global culture? Does YouTube have an influence of local and global culture? Do smartphones have an influence on local and global culture? Part A) Your Task: First you must decide on a question like the ones above.  Make sure that the question is not too general.  For example: you could pick hockey instead of just sports. Part B) Find and list at least five sources (websites) which provide information on the topic.  If you cannot find five sources with information, then you should consider switching your topi...

Introduction to Culture Lesson: What is Culture?

The following is an introduction to culture lesson I put together to help answer the question What is culture? Please comment if you find any mistakes, or if you have any suggestions! After viewing the following video I asked my students the questions below: What is Culture? The following are statements from the video: answer the questions in complete sentences Culture is something that unites people ? How does it? Give an example here in Canada? The more we know about the cultures of others the more open-minded, tolerant and global we become. How does social media and the Internet help us learn more about other cultures? I understand culture as a treasure that is a part of our collective memory, of our perception of ourselves . Look at the definition of culture on page 67. How are these definitions similar? It is the acquired pair of glasses through which we see life . Explain this statement…does our culture influence how we ...