ELA+Unit+Planning+Gr+6+Peace+and+Conflict

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The following is the same information from the Literacy website:

= Curricular Connections: = Resources:
 * Grade 6 ELA Curriculum (PDF)
 * Grade 6 ELA Core Additional Resources (PDF)
 * Grade 6 ELA Core Resources (PDF)
 * Ministry of Education, Bill Prentice video on new 6-9 ELA curriculum.
 * Westward Migration (pdf file)

Grade 6 Unit: Taking Flight

 * Lend Me Your Ears (Listening)

= Grade 6 Unit: Peace and Conflict = If you click on "Peace and Conflict", the PDF file on the **//DRAFT MODEL UNIT//** will open.

Prompts - RAFTS for Model Unit
Writing Prompt - Student version Speaking Prompt - Student version Representing Prompt - Student version Compiled Prompts - Teacher version The following is a listing of print resources that fit within the multi-genre unit of **Peace and Conflict** to use with your students. The links will take you to book reviews and author sites.
 * The Peace People (delcaration)
 * The Peace People (home page)
 * Canadian Museum for Human Rights
 * **One Peace: True Stories of Young Activists** (Janet Wilson)
 * **Half Spoon of Rice: A Survival Story of the Cambodian Genocide** (Icy Smith)
 * **Crazy Man** (Pamela Porter)
 * **Mina's Spring of Colours** (Rachna Gilmore) Teacher Guide]
 * **When the Horses Ride By : Children in the Times of War** (Eloise Greenfield)
 * **Memorial** (Gary Crew & Shaun Tan)
 * **Nelson Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom** (Chris Van Wyk)
 * **My Childhood Under Fire: A Sarajevo Diary** (Nadja Halilbegovich)
 * **Yeny and the Children for Peace** (Michelle Mulder)
 * **Three Wishes: Palestinian and Israeli Children Speak** (Deborah Ellis)
 * **Peacekeepers** (Dianne Linden)
 * **Fight for Justice** (Lori Saigeon) Note: Willow Award Nominee
 * **The Nine Lives of Travis Keating** (Jill MacLean) Note: Willow Award Nominee

Other web links and resources for **Peace and Conflict**:
 * The Peace Tree Day
 * The Peace Tree - information on Peace Tress and the film, Peace Tree.
 * The Peace Tree (film trailer from National Film Board)
 * Newseum ( a site that dispalys news headlines from newspapers around the world)
 * The Art of Teaching Reading: The Peace Book