| Grade Level Subject Area | Title and Description | Teacher Role(s) | Student View Point(s) |
| Grade 7 Junior High | "The Meeting of Cultures" The European invasion of Mexico The differences between cultures and why we should have respect for each others' Culture | Native of Tenochtitlan, Mexico | Students represent explorers going to Tenochtitlan off the Pacific east coast. They are employed by the Spanish Government and have to report their findings to them. |
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Grade 7-8 Junior High Geometry Mathematics | "Basic Geometry" The teacher brings to class an old book containing photocopies of some of the recovered plates of the Rhind Papyrus (The Rhind Paprus is the major source of early Egyptian mathematical knowledge ). It was written in hieroglyphics on one long tablet (papyrus) and sections of it have never been found. What has been recovered is in the British Museum. | Thales, messenger sent by the Pharoah Pharoah Sesostris | Students adopt the role of the High Priests, who are called upon to give advice to the Pharoah on important matters of state The High Priests have to inform the Pharoah the best way of making use of the land cultivated by his citizens who seem to be having problems paying their taxes. There is plenty of land available to grow the crops and there is a need for the produce in Egypt. Their answer is written in the Rhind Papyrus and gives a great understanding to the Mathematical knowledge of the Egyptians |
| Junior High Senior High Physical Education | Jackie Robinson`s Legacy Lives On Students have the opportunity to question Jackie Robinson through the teacher in the role of Jackie Robinson. They will get the oppportunity to discuss in depth Robinson`s legacy, and what it has meant to modern african-american athletes | Mr. John Smith, public relations officer for the restaurant, Roger Penny, oil company representative Bob Thompson, CEO Of Sport Enterprise Jackie Robinson, first african-american to play in the National Baseball League | Students are promotional personnel for the "Dug-Out Restaurant" in the 1940`s |
| JuniorHigh Senior High Physical Education History | "The Olympic Games" Motivating students in Physical Education classes to participate with an engagement and desire,while stimulating growth in all areas of individual development | King Darius, promoter of Greek Culture Baron Pierre de Coubertin, founder of the modern day Olympics Sargent Datis General of the Athenian Soldiers | Athenian Soldiers Persian Soldiers Sargent Themistocles Sargent Aristedes Athletes |
| Grade 9 Junior High Physical Education Health | "Inactivity vs Activity"
A Fishing Analysis This project is a method of helping students to become aware of their physical level of activity and to improve their knowledge on personal health matters. A comparison of our present day life styles and those of our fishing forefathers | Ed Nolan, 88 year old retired Newfoundland fisherman in year 2000 Ed Nolan, Newfoundland Fishing Captain in 1930`s | Present day students in a Physical Education class which is visited by teacher in role as Ed Nolan Fisherpeople on Captain Ed Nolan`s schooner Individual members of the crew -ie: Billy |
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Junior High Health Mathematics English Communications Library Research |
"The Cost Of A Child" Through the process of inquiry and cost analysis students will understand what is involved in taking care of a child. The research gives students an appreciation for the responsibilities required when becoming a parent for a life time | Parent Retail Buyers Public Health Nurse Designers Daycare Workers | Students become a hypothetical research team for a baby products company in charge of selecting a product to promote directed at parents of children ages 1 to 5 |
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Senior High English Literature | Romeo and Juliet Dramatizing The Bard The teacher takes the role of William Shakespeare and addresses the class | William Shakespeare | Present Day Students in a classroom setting |
| Senior High Level 1 English Literature | The Introduction to King Lear King Lear by William Shakespeare | Cordelia, King Lear`s Daughter Prime Time News Reporter | Grade 10 Students in a classroom in France Detectives who search for the Causes of King Lear`s madness |
| High School Literature History Social Studies | The Interrogation of Richard The Third England`s 15th century monarchy looking at the deaths of Edward V, Prince of Wales and his younger brother | Staff Sergeant of Scotland Yard | Police force Investigators in the murder of two young princeses |
| Senior High Level 3 Calculus | The Ghosts of Lincolnshire,England Sir Issac Newton as a young boy growing up in England | Farmer who has seen a ghost | Farmers in Lincolnshire, England, 1657 Representatives of the crown Representatives of theChurch |
| Junior High Senior High Social Studies | "Mystery Man Dies in Plane Crash" Investigation into the life and death of Dr. Frederick Banting, one of the discoverers of insulin | Editor Dr. Charles Best | Journalists investigating a plane crash |
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Senior High Thematic Literature 3201 Physical Education Newfoundland and Labrador Culture | The Lure of The Labrador Wild Leonidas Hubbard |
Dillon Wallace (Expeditioner who accompanied Hubbard)
Thomas Mackenzie Outpost Agent | Members of a expedition team travelling the route taken by Hubbard, Wallace and their guide Elson |
| High School Religious Studies Social Studies(Geography and History) | The Moravian Missionary in Labrador The establishment of the Moravians in Labrador in the mid-eighteenth century | Guide for the Moravians on their way through Labrador | Moravian Missionaries Inuit residents of Esquimaux Bay Labrador |
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Junior High High School History of Newfoundland Canadian Law Newfoundland Culture | "Death on the Ice" Author Cassie Brown`s look at the 1914 seal hunt with Captain Abraham Kean and the loss of 78 members of the sealing crew on the SS Newfoundland |
Telegraph employee Representative of Harvey`s owners of the SS Newfoundland Westbury Kean sealing captain of the Newfoundland Thomas Mouland a sealer on the Newfoundland George Tuff second hand on the Newfoundland Captain Abraham Kean William Coaker Leader in fishermen`s rights | People of Newfoundland waiting for information on the SS Newfoundland (year1914) Relatives, friends, interested in knowing the circumstances surrounding the great loss of life on the SS Newfoundland Participants in an inquiry into the Newfoundland sealing disaster of 1914 |
| High School Social Studies | "Richard Suspension Precipitates Riot" Maurice "The Rocket" Richard How French and English Politics in Quebec are fuelled by the media |
Maurice "The Rocket" Richard Clarence Campbell President NHL Claude Raymond Usher at The Forum Niles Witty Montreal Gazette Reporter | Present Day Students in Social Studies class |
| High School French Immersion World History | The French Revolution Life in France in 1789 Action taken by the citizens of France to right a wrong | Leader of the discussion on current policies of government compared to eighteenth century France | Present Day Students in French Immersion or World History class |
| High School Literature | Edgar Allen Poe Poe`s writing is rejected by Americans but Europeans declare him "America`s greatest writer" | Edgar Allen Poe Judge | Students in high school Literature Various roles of court proceedings Lawyer Bailiff Mrs Poe Joseph Riley Rosalie Poe Joseph Rumbolt Charles Baudelaire |
| High School Thematic Literature 1200 | "To Kill A Mocking Bird"
by Harper Lee Background on Harper Lee and the period in history that he lived | Mr. Wesleyville
Owner and Chief Publisher of a New York Paper named Lippincott Roy Jacobs, Train master Mr. Leroy Robinson African-american Miss Harper Lee | Editors and researchers working for Lippincott a publishing company Students in the Twenty-first century |
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Junior High Senior High Social Studies | "The Diary of Anne Franks" Introduction to "The Diary of Anne Franks " by leading students to view the world as it was for oppressed people | Non Jewish Teacher Jewish Parent New teacher 1938 | Jewish parents living in Germany in 1933, who are preparing for a trip to Poland by their children Part two: Five years later 1938, same parents with a new teacher |
| High School Social Studies | "The causes of the French Revolution" The causes of the French Revolution uncovered through the eyes of a young soldier on his return from fighting on the side of the Americans in the American Revolution | Sergeant Lacroix,troop commander Sailor on ship with soldiers returning to France | Soldiers fighting on the side of the Americans in the American Revolution |
| High School Junior High Elementary History | "The Great Depression" A look at the causes and effect of the Great Depression focusing on the poverty of the people and the amount of relief available |
Introduce letters Introduce a lady who lived during the Great Depression | View the Great Depression by comparing the situation in 1920`s and the living conditions they enjoy today with the money,food, education,and chances of work for them and their family |
| High School Junior High Elementary History Literature Culture Mathematics Drama Art Music | "The Vikings" This programme covers some of the history of the journey of the Vikings from Norway to North America, with a specific reference to L`Anse aux Meadows | Nelly Janes curator assistant at the St. John`s museum | Students working in a fictitious living museum, where they will have to carry out in-dept research about the Vikings. Then they must decide what is relevant and how the information they have could be best displayed |
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Level 3 Senior High Calculus | The Ghosts of Lincolnshire,England Sir Issac Newton as a young boy growing up in England | Farmer who has seen a ghost |
Farmers in Lincolnshire, England, 1657 Representatives of the crown Representatives of theChurch |
| High School Mathematics | The Learned Female" This drama program gives students the opportunity to "experience" the conflicts which Sofya Kovalevskaya, who was born in 1850 in Russia, encountered through her fascinating life as a female mathematician. | Sofya Kovalevskaya The female mathematician at age 41 Llia, the general`s factotum(handyman) Sofya Kovalevskaya at the age of 15 Sofya Kovalevskaya at the age of 31 | Students have a meeting with Sofya Kovalevskaya (teacher in the role of Sofya Kovalevskaya) Students will be servants of the Krukovsky household(Sofya Kovalevskaya family) |
| Junior High Senior High Physics Mathematics Science | "The trial of Galileo Galilei before the Roman Inquisition of 1633" | Francesco Niccolini, Tuscan, Ambassador to Rome, who did everything within his limited power to help Galileo | Group of scholars from the University of Pisa invited to the home of Francesco Niccolini to hear his plea for help on behalfof Galileo |
| Level 1 and 2 High School History | "The Medieval History of Europe" Students view the Hibernia platform and use this comparison in looking at the construction of Castles in Medieval Times | Leader of the Builders Guild Lord Kevin, representative of the King | Students become the trades people of the guild entrusted with designing a Castle in their home town |
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Grade 10 High School French French and Canadian History | "Herstory" The stories and accomplishments of French women who arrived in New France (what is today Quebec). Use of papers and diaries to create a situation in which students have to study and read the French Text to gather information on the early life of these immigrant women in Canada | Source of written material for students to read, understand and improvise | Characters from the diary of Marie Volontiere Marie Volontiere Nuns Madame Bourdon King Louis XIV French Canadian men |
| High School History World History Canadian History | "The Industrial Revolution" The many problems created by the Industrialization, such as over crowding,poor sanitation, long work hours, low wages and hazardous working conditions. The affect on children and family | Patron for the factory workers | Students take on the role of factory workers during the early 1800`s in Britain |
| High School Biology 3201 | "The DNA Story" Identifying the contribution made by each of the following to the better understanding of the structure and function of the DNA molecule Rosalind Franklin and Maurice Wilkins Francis Crick and James Watson: | Rosalind Franklin | Investigative journalists, following up on the lead story of Who is Rosalind Franklin, where is she and what happened to her? |
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Senior High Biology 3201 Environmental Studies |
"The Interdependence of Life in the Ecosystem" Exploration into the reasons for the decline of the Newfoundland fishing industry A look at who controls the industry and how fisherpeople and their families have been effected by the down turn Emphasis on the particular view held by people at different levels of the industry | Michael Hickey, Unemployed Fisherman John Effort, Provincial Minister of Fisheries Dr. Terrance Wells, Scientist with D.F.O. Fish plant owner | Ecology/Environmental Research
Students from the University Fisherpeople Biologists |
| Senior High Physics 3204 | "The Laws of Newton" Sir Isaac Newton`s childhood and how his early life circumstances effected the choices he made in later life. A look at the less well known facts about Newton, his beliefs and interests. | Sir Isaac Newton John Maynard Keynes (Newton Scholar | Students of Sir Isaac Newton Students in a present day Physics class participating with teacher in role |
| Senior High Biology 3201 | "Genetics Through Mendel" Who was Johann Gregor Mendel and what was signigicant about his life? Mendel`s experiments and discoveries with some special family support and against the wishes of his superiors Students gain personal knowledge and insight into Mendel`s hard work and dedication and thus appeciation for the discoveries and contributions to the field of Genetics | Johann Gregor Mendel working as a pea collector Bishop responsible for the work of the monks in the monastery where Mendel lived and did his experments | Students work as pea pickers for Johann Gregor Mendel Students in a present day Science class participating with teacher in role |