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Grades
7-8
Subjects
Language (reasoning and critical thinking, listening, and oral
communication),
Social Studies, History, Information Technology/Technology Studies
Themes
Change, Ways of life
Resources
Eaton's
Fall and Winter 1918-19 catalogue
Description
Imagine you're a settler, bound for a homestead on the
prairies.
What items do you think you would need to survive?
- Students work individually or in small groups to look through the
appropriate
catalogue (link above) and make their selection.
- Ask the students to list the items or make sketches of each.
- Once completed, students make an oral presentation of their choices
and rationale
to the class.
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