Rationale

__ Outline of rationale: __ I have chosen to go through the indicators for this outcome in the order that they are listed because this seemed to me to make the most sense to define the term and then learn about the involvement of both sides and what the initial intent of them was. The last topic will be a sort of reflection piece in which the students will look back on what they have learned and decide what they have discovered about whether the treaty obligations have been met by both parties. The planned activities follow this order with an emphasis placed on the last indicator, “Undertake an inquiry to examine the extent to which treatey promises have been met by parties to the treaties, and why the fulfillment of treaty obligations is important for all Canadians”. I chose to place emphasis on this because this is the indicator that I believe really reflects the outcome the most and will be the most meaningful to students as this is a current issue. The activities that I have chosen involve a lot of group work including problem solving and discussion. They also involve teaching others what they have learned in order to have the others learn, but also to increase their own learning. Many things in my activities are repeated or overlapped in order to really make sure that students understand and have a chance to grasp the topic in a variety of ways and more that just once. I have chosen a variety of different types of information sources including books, internet sources, props, guest speakers, field trips and videos/movies which will reach a wider range of learners. I have included local sources as well which I think will hopefully make this more relevant to the learners. This lesson is student centred in a way that the students are doing most of the research (sources provided by teacher) and the decision making themselves and with teacher guidance are allowed to come to conclusions on their own.