Blog Issues

Blog Issues1. Please email to me a list of group members with email

addresses ([email protected]) or through: http://wyattjo.weebly.com contact page

2. In the learning commons today we will work on getting everyone up to speed

3. Divide out tasks to ensure everything gets finished on time

4. Once you have a .weebly.com domain name you may access online with password: johnoliver

Decolonizing DevelopmentGrade 10 Social Studies textbook reading

chapter 6: 216-224

Wade Davis- Sacred Headwaters

Note differences in philosophy between First Nations/Wade Davis and Government/Business interests

Does Wade Davis portray First Nations interests accurately?

What would a video by government or business interests look like?

1. Think to yourself about the video2. Speak with a partner about what you

think3. Share with the class what you spoke

about

Think/Pair/Share

Know/Wonder/Learn1. Teach group members about readings from

textbook2. Write something you know3. Something you wonder about 4. Something you learned

• Optimism from the gold rush in California saw people travel long distances at great peril

• Fantasy vs reality, get rich quick?• Governor Douglas worried about US territorial

expansion and taxable gold leaving through the US• Construction of roadway to promote settlement and

encourage economic development by the Royal Engineers

Themes from textbook

Themes from textbook• Multiple routes considered but cheapest route through

Fraser Canyon selected (What about towns not selected?)

• James Douglas retired and replaced by Frederick Seymour (BC mainland) and Arthur Kennedy (Vancouver Island)

• Cariboo Road from Native trails, influx of miners spread of smallpox, the Chilcotin Five

Themes continued• Inflation in Barkerville during gold rush population influx• Gender, working class, and Chinese Immigrants• Ghost towns created by gold rush• Barkerville a restored tourist attraction• Effects of resource development and road construction

on people and land

Websites• http://barkervilleblog.com/• http://cultivatingalternatives.com/• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0oVXnm35X4• http://www.timescolonist.com/opinion/op-ed/comment-b

eyond-quick-wins-decolonizing-british-columbia-1.87845

Blog Post Options• Conduct research on a person or community impacted

by the gold rush and/or road construction• Creatively depict interesting and significant information

that discusses impacts on people, place, and environment

Fakebook or Re.vu

• Individual participation- level of personal involvement

• Group collaboration- ability to work as a team• Critical thinking- ability to think of the how and

why• Analysis and synthesis of ideas- understanding

of concepts• Creativity- ability to display uniqueness and

innovation• Presentation- style, grammar, aesthetic• Outstanding, above expectations, meeting

expectations, not meeting expectations

Rubric for Blog Entry

Dalai Lama QuoteIf we human beings rely only on material development, we

can’t be sure of a positive outcome. Employing

technology motivated by anger and hatred is likely to be

destructive. It will only be beneficial if we seek the

welfare of all beings. Human beings are the only species

with the potential to destroy the world. Because of the

risks of unrestrained desire and greed we need to

cultivate contentment and simplicity.

Homework1. Post to blog2. Divide readings pgs. 225-2313. Write 3-4 Main Points to share