Welcome Parents!

Dear Parents and/or Guardians:

 

This letter is to inform you that your child will be starting a grade 8 Geography unit on sustainability. To make learning more meaningful and to ensure your child is an informed global citizen, the intermediate teachers have organized a variety of Geography units that are related to the current events happening in our world.

                Students will be engaging in various activities such as debates, writing letters, opinion pieces as well as other tasks on their views and research done on sustainability. I will be encouraging the students to keep up to date with any relevant and current information pertaining to this unit. As a parent and/or guardian, I would like you to encourage your child to engage in current events at home to help foster an informed and global citizen.

Students will be analysing some of the ways in which the physical environment has influenced settlement patterns in different countries and/or regions around the world, describe possible features of a sustainable community in the future, formulate questions to guide investigations into issues related to the interrelationship between human settlement and sustainability from a geographic perspective. Students will also be responsible for gathering and organizing data and information from a variety of sources and using various technologies to investigate issues related to the interrelationship between human settlement and sustainability from a geographic perspective, and evaluating evidence and draw conclusions about issues related to the interrelationship between human settlement and sustainability.     

Please feel free to stay informed through accessing my blog, which will be updated daily: http://missfossey.blogspot.ca/. Additionally, I’d ask for you to take a few minutes to explore the following websites with your child regarding sustainability and Canada:

http://www.canadiangeographic.ca/atlas/LessonPlan_Pdf/ON6-8_Sustainability.pdf

http://www.agr.gc.ca/eng/about-us/planning-and-reporting/sustainable-development/?id=1175526032952

Should you have any questions, comments or concerns please feel free to contact me.
Thank you for your cooperation and constant involvement in your child’s education.

Sincerely,

 

Miss. Lisa Fossey