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