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  Ahead of the storm: Preparing Toronto for Climate Change

  Produced for the City of Toronto, this resource outlines the development of a climate change adaptation strategy for the city.  It investigates major impacts of climate change to the city, such as rising temperatures, shorter and...

  Type:Lesson Plan
  Topic:Air, Atmosphere and Climate, Governance, Taking Action
  Subject:Geography, Civics & Citizenship, Social Studies, Environmental Studies, Environmental Science
  Level:Secondary
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  Ayiti Lesson 1: Play the Game

  Ayiti: The Cost of Life is a role-playing video game in which the player assumes the roles of family members living in rural Haiti. At the start of the game, the player chooses a primary goal for his/her family: achieve education,...

  Type:Lesson Plan
  Topic:Globalization, Social Justice, Solutions
  Subject:Civics & Citizenship, Health & Wellbeing, Interdisciplinary Studies, Global Studies
  Level:Intermediate / Middle, Secondary
  Grade: 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
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  Ayiti Lesson 2: Class Discussion about the Cost of Life

  Ayiti: The Cost of Life is a role-playing video game in which the player assumes the roles of family members living in rural Haiti. At the start of the game, the player chooses a primary goal for his/her family: achieve education,...

  Type:Lesson Plan
  Topic:Food and Agriculture, Globalization, Sustainable Development
  Subject:Civics & Citizenship, Health & Wellbeing, Interdisciplinary Studies
  Level:Secondary
  Grade: 9 10 11 12
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  Ayiti Lesson 3: Reflections

  Ayiti: The Cost of Life is a role-playing video game in which the player assumes the roles of family members living in rural Haiti. At the start of the game, the player chooses a primary goal for his/her family: achieve education,...

  Type:Lesson Plan
  Topic:Solutions, Taking Action
  Subject:Civics & Citizenship, Health & Wellbeing, Interdisciplinary Studies
  Level:Secondary
  Grade: 9 10 11 12
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  Ayiti: Children of Haiti Summit

  This workshop can be conducted either before playing the Ayiti: The Cost of Life game, as a way to introduce students to the game’s issues, or after playing the game, as a way to help them better understand the links between...

  Type:Lesson Plan
  Topic:Social Justice, Solutions, Taking Action
  Subject:Geography, Civics & Citizenship, Interdisciplinary Studies
  Level:Secondary
  Grade: 9 10 11 12
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  Ayiti: Take Action Haiti

  Ayiti: The Cost of Life is a role-playing video game in which the player assumes the roles of family members living in rural Haiti. At the start of the game, the player chooses a primary goal for his/her family: achieve education,...

  Type:Lesson Plan
  Topic:Solutions, Taking Action
  Subject:Civics & Citizenship, Health & Wellbeing, Interdisciplinary Studies
  Level:Secondary
  Grade: 8 9 10 11 12
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  Bjorn Lomborg sets global priorities

  In this video, the audicence is asked, 'given $50 billion to spend, which would you solve first, AIDS or global warming?' Danish political scientist Bjorn Lomborg comes up with surprising answers and disscusses the many issues...

  Type:Video
  Topic:Health, Social Justice, Sustainable Development
  Subject:Science, Geography, Civics & Citizenship, Health & Wellbeing, Environmental Studies
  Level:Intermediate / Middle, Secondary
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  Building Resilience to Climate Risks

  C3 is a climate change and sustainability agency in Alberta. “Building Resilience to Climate Risks” is a document of 44 slides from a September 2013 webinar with many graphs and infographics – almost all of which...

  Type:Research
  Topic:Air, Atmosphere and Climate, Ecosystems, Natural Disasters
  Subject:Science, Geography, Civics & Citizenship, Environmental Studies, Aboriginal Studies
  Level:Intermediate / Middle, Secondary
  Grade: 6 12
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  Canadian vs. American Culture

  Students are to compare and constrast Canadian and American culture in order to better understand what it means to be from each country.

  Type:Lesson Plan
  Topic:Globalization
  Subject:English / Language Arts, Geography, Civics & Citizenship, Social Studies
  Level:Secondary
  Grade: 7 8 9 10 11 12
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  Canadian Youth Whitepaper on Climate Change

  The Centre for Global Education, TakingITGlobal  and Green Learning teamed up with school boards across Canada to host the National Virtual Town Hall on A Canadian Climate Change Strategy. This brought together...

  Type:Research
  Topic:Air, Atmosphere and Climate, Energy Generation, Governance
  Subject:Geography, Civics & Citizenship, Environmental Studies
  Level:Secondary
  Grade: 9 10 11 12
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