Please continue (or start) to work on the Historical Paragraph project that I assigned last week. Just scroll down to see the the project's outline under 'Learning From Home FILA Week Six'. 

Also, please try and submit your final draft through Microsoft Teams. There are instructions below on how to do this. On Teams just hit the assignment tab and you will see Fiche historique - Sciences humaines. You can submit as many documents as you want at different times, so submit the draft of your paragraph sometime this week and then the final copy next week. Just remember, you have to upload your document then hit submit. You should see a funny animation showing you submited somehting.

If you are not able to access Teams, you can still e-mail your work to me. 

Lastly, I have attached the PDF Les Metiers that provides some activities you can do at home. There are 3 pages in the PDF, one for early elementary, late elementary and middle school.   

Bonne semaine,

P. LeBlanc

The next two weeks we will be working on a small historical research project. The goal is to research an historical event or a person and produce a brief article that provides a short paragraph and a few facts about your topic and that is visually appealing. I would like students to research a topic that is of interest to them, so find something you would like to learn more about or something that is important to you and go for it. 

Personally, I saw in the news a few weeks ago that a new Heritage Minute was produced celebrating the 75th anniversary of the Liberation of the Netherlands, an event in which Canada played a large role. This is the link if you are interested in watching it: https://youtu.be/JIRskZCOHNA. This inspired my decision to research other battles Canada fought throughout the Second World War and eventually I decided to do my historical article on J-jour: la plage Juno.

I have created an exemplar for students to see the finished project. 

Basic Outline:

Just One Paragraph (5-7 sentences)

3-5 facts (point form)

Publish 1 page (not 5 different powerpoint slides ) however you like, just make it visually interesting (Use computer, Draw by hand and take a picture, etc...) 

Week 1 : I am asking students to research and write the draft copy of the paragraph for this article. There is a guide (Historical Paragraph - Guide) attached for students to follow on how to research and write/revise/correct a paragraph.  

As outlined in the guide, I would like students to submit the finished draft of just their paragraph so that we can make corrections and provide feedback. You can send a word document, just copy and paste to the e-mail directly or take a photo with your phone of your handwritten work. Whatever works for you.

I will provide further details on how we might collect the published copies at a later date.    

This weeks learning activities are here. As a guideline, students should be reading about 20 minutes a day and spending 20-30 minutes on speaking/listening and writing activities. What we provide each week are some ideas of what you can do, but please remember you do not have to complete everything in the activity guides. 

Thank you Mrs. Stewart for making this week's learning guide (again).

Please visit Mrs. Stewart's and Mr. Martin's sites for other learning ideas and content. Mrs. Stewart posts a weekly video journal for all FILA students. As well, she and I both have different versions of a How-to video. It's a fun activity that I encourage you to check out and try for yourself. 

If students or parents have any questions or concerns about the learning activities please contact me at Paul.Leblanc@nbed.nb.ca. 

I wish you all the best,

P. LeBlanc