Grade 7 (FI)

TFL- October 23^rd, 2013

In attendance: Melissa, Brad, Mario, Danny, Kevin, Stephen, Rob

Objective: Completion of Critical Inquiry Framework

- Review of what we discussed last session.

- Looked at TC2 lesson “Consider Significance” to help with criteria for Impact (discussed in
   previous session)
- Discussed having the three criteria (magnitude, scope of impact, duration) into all four areas
  (social, political, economic, geographic)
- Discussed the definition of sustainability- tried to determine if we should add in equity into the
   definition.

- Presented specific natural resources issues around the world.

- Stephen shared Fishing in Japan, Forest fire in Montreal
- Brad shared oil sands development in Alberta
- Rob shared forestry issues in Brazil, UN sustainability document
- Danny discussed giving the Aboriginal Perspective and how to create a reasonable
   sustainability plan.
- Kevin shared Embridge Oil pipeline affected rivers (aboriginal perspective),
- Melissa shared Yanomami (sample from curriculum). Presented from TC2 source docs

- Decided to use Enbridge Idea (local) to model Background knowledge

- Decided to use larger Issue (Japan: Nuclear affect on fishing) to get students to apply their
  learning
- Worked on connecting four factors to criteria using Japan as an example.
- Focus question to pull out criteria - Why does this event matter? Who cares?
- Discussed time line- Around 3^rd week of November
- Also, discussed type of teaching (team, independent, Co-teaching)
- Tools for Thought introduced – Thinking Strategies.

Inquiry

- Mini- Lessons

- Teaching Critical Thinking
- Action Plan

- Discussed the importance of mini lesson throughout the inquiry part. Avoid just letting them go.

Next Steps:

Grade seven team will start unit mid-November and work on background knowledge.

At that point they will decide if we need to meet and readjust or if they will just
continue through application phase. We will need to meet to go through the Inquiry
and action plan phase.

Here is the Delicious Bookmarking site that we talked about starting.

https://delicious.com/dunlop3339/Gr7inquiry