Ontario Outcome Chart: Canadian and World Issues: A Geographic Analysis, Grade 12, University Preparation, (CGW4U)
This chart contains media-related learning outcomes from Ontario, Curriculum for, Canadian and World Issues: A Geographic Analysis, Grade 12, University Preparation, with links to supporting resources on the Media Awareness Network site. | Building Knowledge and Understanding | Overall Expectations - compare the cultural, economic, and political aspirations of selected groups and the effects of their actions on local, national, and global geographic issues.
Specific Expectations - identify different methods of grouping countries (e.g., by level of development, political or economic affiliation, cultural characteristics) and evaluate the implications of categorizing countries in these ways
| Lessons Beyond Media Messages: Media Portrayal of Global Development | | Methods of Geographic Inquiry and Communication | | Overall Expectations - use the methods and tools of geographic inquiry to locate, gather, evaluate, and organize information about Canada’s natural and human systems
- analyse and interpret data gathered in inquiries into the geography of Canada, using a variety of methods and geotechnologies
Specific Expectations Research - gather geographic information from primary sources (e.g., field research, surveys, interviews) and secondary sources (e.g., reference books, mainstream and alternative media, CD-ROMs, the Internet) to research a geographic issue
- evaluate the credibility of sources (e.g., authority, impartiality, expertise) and the reliability and usefulness of information (e.g., accuracy and relevance, absence of bias or prejudice, arguments substantiated by evidence)
| Lessons
A Tale of Two Cities
Deconstructing Web Pages
Finding and Authenticating Online Information on Global Development Issues
ICYou See: A Lesson in Critical Thinking
Hurricane Katrina and the "Two-Photo Controversy"
MNet Special Initiatives
Fact or Folly: Authenticating Online Information
Related MNet Resources
Backgrounders
Internet Glossary: Authenticating Online Information
How to Search the Internet Effectively
The Five W's of Cyberspace
Quick Tips for Authenticating Online Information
Evaluating Internet Research Sources
Evaluating Internet-Based Information: A Goals-Based Approach
Tip Sheets
How to Discourage Plagiarism
Professional Development
Reality Check: Evaluating Online Information
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