500 Miles
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kpOWbU_dISs
Edmonton
Saturday, September 27, 2014
Time: | Sep 27 11:00 AM – 1:30 PM |
Location: | Art Gallery of Alberta 2 Sir Winston Churchill Square Edmonton, Alberta Edmonton T5J 2C1 |
Contact Info: | View Website |
Our Lego competition is back with another great challenge for all ages! Sign up your team to build AGA’s building from the past, present or future.
To enter, you have to be a Canadian resident between the ages of 14 and 17.
http://www.democracy-democratie.ca/content.asp?section=nyc&dir=nyc2014&document=index&lang=e
http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2013/11/20/nigel-wright-rcmp-criminal-mike-duffy_n_4309620.html
For those of you who have never been long, long, ago and far, far away….this special assignment is a starting place for you.
Star Wars: A New Hope
Watch the movie, then ask your parents what they thought of it. Were they kids when it came out?
Did anything surprise you? What were some of the themes which can relate to today?
Why do you think Star Wars remains so popular today? Do you think it will remain popular for later generations?
What can your experience with Star Wars tell you about popular culture? What can this movie tell you about popular culture and the time which is was made?
What can the trilogy tell us about the classic tropes of the Hero story, as well as the battle between good and evil?
Parents, please email pruck@newhorizons.ab.ca for permission to edit the Google doc from the email address the school has on file.
Questions for consideration:
1) What does a citizen need to know to engage in a democratic society?
2) In your opinion, what does it mean to be Canadian?
3) What histories do you think may be overlooked in contemporary education?
4) How would technology ideally enhance communications?
5)What kinds of local contexts are important for students to experience?
6) Wildcard – parents choice