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What in the World 2020 Level 1 (Grades 5 and up) Th eWE Controversy Black Lives Matter Pandemic Update Th e Search for a COVID Vaccine 2020/2021: Issue 1 A monthly current events resource for Canadian classrooms Routing Slip: (please circulate) What in the World What in the World? Level 1, 2020/2021: Issue 1 Mission Statement PUBLISHER LesPlan Educational Services Ltd. aims to help teachers develop Eric Wieczorek students’ engagement in, understanding of, and ability to EDITOR-IN-CHIEF critically assess current issues and events by providing quality, Janet Radschun Wieczorek up-to-date, aff ordable, ready-to-use resources appropriate for ILLUSTRATOR use across the curriculum. Mike Deas CONTRIBUTORS Vivien Bowers Krista Clarke Denise Hadley Rosa Harris Jacinthe Lauzier Alexia Malo Catriona Misfeldt David Smart What in the World? © is published eight times during the school year by: LesPlan Educational Services Ltd. #1 - 4144 Wilkinson Road Victoria BC V8Z 5A7 www.lesplan.com [email protected] Phone: (toll free) 888 240-2212 Fax: (toll free) 888 240-2246 Twitter: @LesPlan Subscribe to What in the World? © at a cost of $24.75 per month, per school. Copyright and Licence I have had many parents comment to me Th ese materials are protected by copyright. about how great they think What in the Subscribers may copy each issue for use by World? is, and they look forward to each all students and teachers within one school. 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Please contact us at any time. www.lesplan.com/en/subscribers 2020/2021: Issue 1 What in the world? • Level 1 Page 2 to the Teacher Suggested Approach What in the World? now off ers even more exibilityfl to teachers and students while meeting key curriculum outcomes and utilizing best practice. In response to the need for students to develop 21st Century skills, the topics, themes, or big ideas of selected articles or the issues arising from them as well as the accompanying activities address many of the following competencies: • Communication • Collaboration • Critical and Refl ective Th inking • Creative Th inking • Personal and Social Responsibility (Citizenship and Character Education) • Historical Th inking Concepts Each article is accompanied by Before and Aft er reading activities, appropriate to the topic or competencies embedded in the article: set the context and purpose for Before Reading Activities reading help students consolidate, extend, Aft er Reading Activities and transform their thinking Aft er reading activities off er options from each of the skills below. Th e components accompanying each article may be used as a whole or individually, depending on the teacher’s goals and the needs and interests of the class. Literacy Inquiry Media Literacy • comprehension questions • online exploration • analyzing visuals • focused reading or • critical thinking questions (e.g., news photos, editorial notemaking strategy and • self-directed inquiry project cartoons, infographics, maps) accompanying organizer • evaluating sources To allow for further diff erentiation, What in the World? is available in two levels to meet students’ varied reading abilities. A Word fi le for each issue is also provided online, so teachers can quickly and easily modify articles and/or assignments as required. Note: To facilitate assessment, a comprehension quiz is included for each article. Teachers may also fi nd the Assessment Rubric (p. 55) to be useful for providing students with formative, strength-based feedback, and/or assessing students’ responses holistically. Did you know? Our PDFs work seamlessly with assistive reading technology, and the Word version of this document can be uploaded to Google Classroom and many other online platforms. 2020/2021: Issue 1 What in the world? • Level 1 Page 3 National The WE CoNtroversy – The Liberal Government Faces Questions over WE Charity Scandal BEFORE READING 1. Divide the class into two groups. Write the following on the board: • Federal Government's Financial Assistance during COVID • WE Charity 2. Assign one topic to each group and have students brainstorm what they know about their topic (e.g., Federal Government's Financial Assistance during COVID – CERB (Canada Emergency Response Benefi t), CESB (Canada Emergency Student Benefi t), supporting seniors, student loan borrowers, more time to pay taxes, supporting Indigenous communities, CEWS (Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy), loans for businesses, etc.; WE Charity – WE Day, created by Craig and Marc Kielburger, Canadian organization, etc.). 3. Next, project the title of the article students are about to read: Th e WE Controversy – The Liberal Government Faces Questions Over WE Charity Scandal Ask students what this title says to them (e.g., the federal government has a relationship with the WE charity, there is something improper about the relationship ("scandal"), the government is being questioned about the relationship, etc.). 4. Have students view the two videos below to gather a sense of the perspective of both Prime Minister Trudeau and the Kielburger brothers with respect to this scandal. As they watch, students should ask themselves: Why might the relationship between the federal Liberals and WE be considered scandalous? • PM Trudeau answers reporters' questions re: choice of WE to run the CSSG, June 25, 2020 (2:51): https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/1757754435722/ • Kielburger brothers explain the choice of the WE charity for the CSSG project, July 28, 2020 (2:19): https://globalnews.ca/news/7227035/kielburger-brothers-explainer/ 5. Finally, invite students to set a purpose for reading the article, referring to the Setting A Purpose Before Reading resource page (p. 56) as needed. 2020/2021: Issue 1 What in the world? • Level 1 Page 4 National The WE CoNtroversy – The Liberal Government Faces Questions over WE Charity Scandal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau volunteered for 500 hours. Plus, compete for the project. Th at is announced an ambitious they’d gain valuable experience. highly unusual when so much $912-million project on June 25. taxpayer money is involved. Students responded eagerly – It was called the Canada Student some 35,000 in the fi rst week paid or volunteer? Services Grant (CSSG) program. alone. But then critics began Worse, some critics said that WE Th e project sounded like a to question the ethics behind Charity was taking advantage of win-win for everyone. Its the program. So on July 3, the students. How? It was blurring goal? To help thousands of project was put on hold. the line between paid work and post-secondary students and The WE factor volunteerism. Under WE’s plan, recent graduates who couldn’t students would have received What sidelined the CSSG? Th e fi nd summer jobs because of just $10 an hour in grant problem revolved around the COVID-19. money for their work. Yet the government’s decision to choose minimum wage across Canada Th e idea was first introduced WE Charity to administer the is $11 an hour or higher. Th at in April. It was simple: project. For $43.5 million, this meant grant recipients would Candidates would be matched educational and international be paid less than the standards with volunteer opportunities. aid group would run the set by provincial governments. Th eir work would be aimed whole program. It would link For that reason, Volunteer at reducing the impact of the applicants to volunteer jobs and Canada, an umbrella group for pandemic. Th ey would make distribute the grants. masks, tutor youngsters, or volunteers, refused to work with create exercise programs Th e issue was how and why WE WE Charity on the project. for seniors, for example. In Charity was selected to operate Family connections exchange, they would receive the CSSG. Other charities say Soon, critics uncovered several a grant – up to $5000 if they they were equipped to handle the job. Yet the government possible confl icts of interest never asked any of them to Definitions conflict of interest: a situation where a person is in a ethics: ideas and beliefs about what is right and wrong position to benefi t personally from actions or decisions made minimum wage: the lowest rate that an employer can legally in their offi cial capacity pay an employee for working 2020/2021: Issue 1 What in the world? • Level 1 Page 5 National The WE CoNtroversy – The Liberal Government Faces Questions over WE Charity Scandal between Mr. Trudeau’s Liberals Not so, say Mr. Trudeau and and WE Charity. other Liberals. Th ey claim they Who is WE? had nothing to do with choosing Th ey learned that the WE What’s now called the WE WE Charity. Th ey said impartial organization was founded by Charity had paid members public servants researched Canadian brothers Marc and of Mr. Trudeau's family to charities, then selected WE Craig Kielburger in 1995. WE’s participate in the group’s events. Charity because it was right goal? To work with developing For example, Margaret Trudeau, for the job. Th ey then brought countries to free children the Prime Minister’s mother, was this decision to Mr. Trudeau’s from exploitation.
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