Fur Trade Debates
In today's day and age, misinformation is everywhere! We need to think critically about where the truth most likely lies.
Students engaged in learning about the westward spread of the fur trade with the game two truths and a lie. Though it was mostly one truth and a lie, or which one is more true than the other.
How do we debate respectfully? How do we come to a consensus as a group? We explored these skills too.
Why is it important to learn how to debate (agreeing/disagreeing, consensus)?
It is important to learn about agreeing, disagreeing and a consensus because when you're in a job you need to do it and not get mad at your other coworkers.
if you learn the you early in your life you would need later in your life.Even when you learn it as a child you could have used at school. - LD
I think it is important to learn about debate because, if further in your life, the government of your country makes bad rules, you have to come up with great ideas to debate with the governments people and convince them to either stop or change that rule. - AK
Debating is an important life skill because you need to express your own opinion sometimes, and it is good to practice that in school when you are young so you can get better and better at when you are older. Some jobs like being a lawyer need this skill to be good at there job. - MM
Why might it be important to learn about the history of the fur trade in Canada (fur, travel, companies and indigenous people)?
I have enjoyed learning about the people who came before us and how they survived. Also I learned about how Europeans took over and what has happend to the indigenous peoples. - VN
What have you enjoyed about this learning so far?
I have enjoyed discussing the different possibilities. because it is interesting to hear what people think - AS
