GLO 3.4: Demonstrate understanding of mental health and wellness.
11.3.4.2 Describe mental health challenges affecting children and adolescents
11.3.4.3 Describe factors that have an impact on child and adolescent mental health.
11.3.4.4 Identify strategies that reduce the stigma associated with mental health in society
11.3.4.5 Identify where and how to access mental health services.
Overall Expectations: Comprehend and Connect (reading, listening, viewing)
Explore and create
Students will be able to use the creative process to create and respond to the arts:
Exploring and creating
Overall Expectations:
A2. Business Technologies
demonstrate an understanding of business-related digital technologies and use them in a way that respects their own and others’ online safety and data security to complete a variety of business-related tasks and projects
Specific Expectations:
1. The reader learns that reading can fulfill a variety of important purposes for the reader.
Specific Expectations:
2. becomes aware of the importance of reading for school success, for success in one’s business and social life, and for satisfaction as a leisure activity.
4. increases the level of attention to and active involvement in reading in order to accomplish a purpose.
Skill Descriptor:
Construct and communicate an awareness of self, others, and the world.
Achievement Indicators:
Present a personal viewpoint to a group of listeners
Take ideas, knowledges, and ways of being into account when explaining positions
Present with intention, using content, language and delivery to convey meaning
A1. Political Inquiry
A1.3 assess the accuracy and credibility of sources relevant to their investigations
In the Atlantic Canada Social Studies Framework, media literacy outcomes are included under the broader categories of Citizenship, Power and Governance; Groups and Institutions; Culture and Cultural Diversity; Individual Development and Identity; Global Connections; Individuals, Societies and Economic Choices; Participating in Social Studies; and People, Science and Technology.
1. identify and describe current media
1.1 identify and describe current and new media; e.g., technology, materials
1.2 identify and describe key characteristics of each type of media (e.g., photography, print, audio or video production), given various samples
1.3 identify the message from various types of media
MediaSmarts Resources
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