To experience the three types of material stress related to rocks — tensional, compressional and shear — students break bars of soap using only their hands. They apply force created by the muscles in their own hands to put pressure on the soap, a model for the larger scale, real-world phenomena that forms, shapes and moves the rocks of our planet. They also learn the real-life implications of understanding stress in rocks, both for predicting natural hazards and building safe structures.

Having recently researched the end of WWII in both the European and Asian theatres students were divided into groups of three to create a timeline of events for WWII. The project involved students taking 100 specific events from their notes, textbooks, and research and justifying why each event was important to the development and progress of WWII. Events ranged from the politics to artistic movements, economic structures to technological innovations, from major battles and important moments to prominent figureheads and thinkers. 

Today we’re breaking down the five different social class in the United States: the upper class, the upper middle class, the average middle class, the working class, and the lower class. We’ll also go over what poverty looks like in the United States.

What makes you… you? How did you get to be that way? Today we’re talking about social development, starting with the role of nature and nurture in influencing a person’s development. We’ll discuss socialization, the importance of care & human interaction, as well as theories of development from a range of theorists.

This is a cross curricular project revolving around the documentary The Social Dilemma. Students will write an essay and create an Action Plan to tackle the issues surrounding Social Media and it's pervasiveness in our lives. The outcomes covered are focused in Social 7, Health 7 and ELA 7. 

"The Most Important Skills We Teach in the Early Years Aren’t Academic
They’re skills like kindness, sharing, and self-regulation. Here are some of our favorite social-emotional activities for the early years."

Students will create an artifat along with write a life reflection. They can choose how they would like to present to the class. 

How do the groups that you're part of affect you? How do you, in turn, affect those groups? Today we are talking about how people in society come together with a look at social groups. We’ll look at what social groups are, the different kinds of groups that exist, group dynamics, leadership, conformity, networks and more!

How do sociologists study and understand social interaction? Today we’ll explain the language sociologists use to discuss how we interact with the social world. What are statuses and roles? How are they different? How do you acquire them? We’ll talk about why these things matter by exploring the socially constructed nature of reality. We’ll also discuss the theory of dramaturgical analysis and how we can understand social interaction as in terms of theatrical performance.

This is a series of videos from Sun West's Mr. Smith to help make Science Engaging & Fun!

Use the choice board and corresponding page or section with more detailed instructions and examples to have your students complete social justice art activities or experiences.

Gain 21st century skills with our new social media topics including Facebook and Twitter.

This site has 12 social media-inspired Google Slides templates to create mock versions of social media sites.

Today we’re exploring social mobility in some more depth. We’ll look at intergenerational and intragenerational mobility and the difference between absolute and relative mobility. We’ll go over the long run upward social mobility trends in the United States, as well as recent declines in absolute social mobility. We’ll also explore how opportunities for social mobility differ by class, race, and gender.

How do different societies establish a social hierarchy? Today we’re starting our unit on social stratification, starting with four basic principles of a sociological understanding of stratification. We’ll explain open and closed systems of stratification and explore examples of different kinds of stratification systems, including caste systems and class systems.

Social class in America is... hard to talk about. As Sociology, the difficulty lies in pinning down what we mean by "Social Class." In this episode of Crash Course Sociology, Nicole chats to us about how Sociologists figure this out so we can all have a clearer idea of what we're talking about.

The three Grade 2 classes at OES were divided into small groups, to produce a video of the services offered by the Jim Kook Recreation Complex in Outlook, Sk. Each group was given an area of the recplex that provides a recreational service to the community. These included curling rink, bowling alley, archery, etc. Students began with an activity to describe their specific area. Teachers had provided a screen shot within each area for eatery student. Students were then given the opportunity to practice taking video with the iPad. The next step was to visit the recplex and have each child video their specific screen shot. This was planned around an afternoon of Bowling and Skating for the Grade Two students. Each group was pulled from their activity to shoot their video. At a later date, students were given the opportunity to edit and voice over their video footage. This worked well when all the students were doing an art activity with one teacher, and the other two teachers were able to pull the students in small groups to do the editing.

Folkfest is an annual event linked to curricular outcomes for Grade 6. Goals are to improve and refine Folkfest components with the use of “Student Showcase” and various professional development opportunities. Students will be guided into various uses of technology to display and showcase their projects.

Explore the past and learn about the present with resources on government, history, economics, and more with this vast library of videos, lessons, interactive lessons, galleries, audio clips, images, documents, webpages and collections.

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This mini unit provides students an opportunity for developing an understanding of Power and Authority in the context of using stories It includes a cross-curricular opportunity for ELA and Health. In the unit there is the development of some essential questions, brainstorming ideas, ideas for using short stories (The Recess Queen, The Cat in the Hat) to explore characters using their power, as well as scenarios where they consider the use of authority. Graphic organizers helps students to consider the similarities and differences between power and authority.

- created by Danielle Jamieson