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Running Off Track: The Ben Johnson Story
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Introductory Activity All Grades |
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Scandals in Olympic History | ||||
| To identify, and analyze media coverage of, key events in history | |||||
| Subject: History, Media Studies, Social Studies | |||||
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Assignment Grades 6-8 |
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Ben Johnson: A Biography | ||||
| Students write a biography of Ben Johnson’s life. | |||||
| Subject: English Language Arts, Social Studies | |||||
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Project Grades 6-8 |
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Canadian Personalities: Contributing to Canadian Society | ||||
| To conduct Web-based research, to summarize details, to sequence events on a timeline | |||||
| Subject: English Language Arts, History, Media Studies, Social Studies | |||||
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Project Grades 9-10 |
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Canadian Athletes: The Nature of Sports Heroism | ||||
| To conduct Web-based research using audio and visual sources, to support and defend a position in writing | |||||
| Subject: English Language Arts, History, Media Studies, Physical Education, Social Studies | |||||
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Assignment Grades 9-10 |
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After Ben Johnson: The Dubin Inquiry | ||||
| To understand the role of an official inquiry into an issue of national interest; to identify and create questions to gather information | |||||
| Subject: History, Political Science | |||||
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Assignment Grades 11-12 |
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A Position Paper on the World Anti-Doping Agency | ||||
| To write a position paper about an international issue | |||||
| Subject: English Language Arts, Social Studies | |||||
 Grades 11-12 |
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Ben Johnson – Innocent or Guilty? | ||||
| To analyze a historical event and give reasons supporting a position about the event | |||||
| Subject: History | |||||
