Assessment Focus Task Component Instruction Notes for Teachers Look Fors During Assessment as Use those three areas of The focus of the activity Learning interest (Labour Day and doesn’t require one (Working on it) 15 Movement, Employment ‘correct’ answer. However, minutes Students should be able to Standards and Organized there will be answers that read, summarize and draw Labour) to divide the class indicate a more nuanced or out the into three groups. Within complex understanding. key information to record each group, pairs of on the worksheet. Answers students will be responsible will depend for reading one of the on the structure of the section websites and summarizing they read. For example, notes the information, making about Labour Day might be critical selections to answer: organized in cause and effect • What people or format while organizations, events or the Organized Labour notes developments are might contain a list of significant for us to important processes like know about this aspect collective bargaining and the After Assessment for Groups gather to briefly Once the lesson is complete, of ‘Labour’? How does it gains which have come Learning discuss their discoveries you may ask the students to impact us today? out of that. and identify the key points affix their initial post-it Teachers can highlight or to communicate to note onto their handout, Consolidating) 15 shape the discussion to minutes the class. Students may using this as an opportunity reflect ideas found in the choose to write these key to compare what students framing questions and big points on an anchor chart knew at the beginning of ideas. for visual support. the lesson with what they have learned by the end. (Self- Each group then presents reflection) their findings to the class. Students will complete the worksheet as their peers present. The completed worksheet will act as a Individual Assessment of Post the following support when students look Practice task for students to Learning for connections in the consider: Look for the depth and (A question for concluding part of the • What connections do quality of connections extension that lesson. you see between students make, as well as students can do Labour Day, their ability to add specific independently to assess Organized Labour and details. the Labour Standards understanding of we have now? List as the concept(s).) many as you can, referring to specific 5 minutes details where possible OR make a cause and effect graphic which illustrates this understanding.
Task Component Instruction Assessment Focus Look Fors Notes for Teachers During (Working on it) 15 minutes Use those three areas of interest (Labour Day and Movement, Employment Standards and Organized Labour) to divide the class into three groups. Within each group, pairs of students will be responsible for reading one of the websites and summarizing the information, making critical selections to answer: • What people or organizations, events or developments are significant for us to know about this aspect of ‘Labour’? How does it impact us today? Assessment as Learning Students should be able to read, summarize and draw out the key information to record on the worksheet. Answers will depend on the structure of the section they read. For example, notes about Labour Day might be organized in cause and effect format while the Organized Labour notes might contain a list of important processes like collective bargaining and the gains which have come out of that. The focus of the activity doesn’t require one ‘correct’ answer. However, there will be answers that indicate a more nuanced or complex understanding. After Consolidating) 15 minutes Groups gather to briefly discuss their discoveries and identify the key points to communicate to the class. Students may choose to write these key points on an anchor chart for visual support. Each group then presents their findings to the class. Students will complete the worksheet as their peers present. The completed worksheet will act as a support when students look for connections in the concluding part of the lesson. Assessment for Learning Teachers can highlight or shape the discussion to reflect ideas found in the framing questions and big ideas. Once the lesson is complete, you may ask the students to affix their initial post-it note onto their handout, using this as an opportunity to compare what students knew at the beginning of the lesson with what they have learned by the end. (Self- reflection) Individual Practice (A question for extension that students can do independently to assess understanding of the concept(s).) 5 minutes Post the following task for students to consider: • What connections do you see between Labour Day, Organized Labour and the Labour Standards we have now? List as many as you can, referring to specific details where possible OR make a cause and effect graphic which illustrates this understanding. Assessment of Learning Look for the depth and quality of connections students make, as well as their ability to add specific details.