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Lesson 5#                 Factual and Fictional Role Models (Part II)                                      

SUBJECT:  Language Arts and Social Studies

TOPIC:  Biographies on factual and fictional role models (part II)

TIME FRAME:  2-3 classes

COMMON ESSENTIAL LEARNING'S:  Communication, Independent Learning, Personal and Social Values.

MATERIALS:  question sheet 

1. OBJECTIVES:                         Saskatchewan Language Arts Objectives
                                                     Saskatchewan Social Studies Objectives

Cognitive: Students will...

- determine which individual is fact or fiction based on the criteria they develop. 

- access the internet to seek information pertaining to non-fictional and fictional characters.

Spiritual

- develop a respect for the achievements of the appropriate role models and their contributions towards the Canadian society.

2. RESOURCES:

http://www.nlc-bnc.ca/heroes/ewatl.htm (We Are the Land)
This website contains information about how heroes explored the land in Canada.

http://www.nlc-bnc.ca/heroes/evop.htm (Voices of the People)
This website contains information about heroes during conflicting experiences.

3. PURPOSE/TEACHER BACKGROUND INFORMATION:

The purpose of this lesson is to introduce factual and fictional role models to students.
NOTE: This lesson is an extension from Part I-Role Models: factual and fictional).

4. ACTIVITIES/IDEAS:

Each student should research the following website addresses and choose one of the heroes listed under each heading and complete the question sheets.  The following are:

Voices of the People - Students' must choose one role model and complete the research report.
                                  http://www.nlc-bnc.ca/heroes/evop.htm
                                  Voices of the People question sheet

We Are the Land - Students' must choose one role model from the list and complete the research report.
                              http://www.nlc-bnc.ca/heroes/ewatl.htm
                              We Are the Land question sheet

5. EVALUATION:

(Factual and Fictional Role Models:  Digital Collections, 1998)