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Friday, October 28, 2016

A & G - Integrated Studies 8 > Sharing our views on Canadian Identity

Students analyzed if Canadian Idenity has changed from past to present and discussed if their own Identity has been influenced by the past. We all took part in a Paseo circle to share our thoughts.

In preparation for work on the exit assignment, the following work must be completed for next class:
- timeline and write up  must be submitted to Moodle (refer to Timeline of Canada and Identity work for instructions on the write up then submit to the Timeline entry below)

Exit slip questions (Block A)
- Any part of this past that has influenced who I am? What aspects of my family culture that I can add?
What did you like or find helpful with the Paseo circle? What was challenging? 

19 comments:

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  2. 1.yes this has influenced who i am because my grandparents came from Germany and it has influenced me to tell more people
    2.For the Paseo circle i liked that i got to express my self more to people Aidan-S

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  3. Exit slip:

    1. Any part of this past that has influenced who I am? What are aspects of my family culture that I can add?
    - There are no parts of this past that has influenced who I am. Aspects of my family culture that I can add are that they are Filipino.

    2. What did you like or find helpful with the Paseo circle? What was challenging?
    - One thing I liked about the Paseo circle is that I got to talk to multiple people and voice my thoughts. But one thing that was challenging is trying to figure out what to say when I was finished talking, and it neither I or my partner said anything for the remaining time.

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  4. Exit slip:

    1. Any part of this past that has influenced who I am? What are aspects of my family culture that I can add?

    I think that in the past, when the Canadians were very careful towards our environment, I would say that that characteristic influenced me to be to be more caring towards the environment today.

    2. What did you like or find helpful with the Paseo circle? What was challenging?

    I didn't really like the Paseo circle because it was a bit awkward talking to someone when they can't talk back to you. Also, some of the questions that were given weren't clear enough for me to understand. The challenging part was talking to someone I didn't really know or hung out with.

    - Renee Garcia

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  5. Exit Slip:
    -Any part of this past that has influenced who I?
    What are aspects of my family culture I can add?

    I think that in the past, when the Canadians took care of the environment and never was greedy with resources, it influenced me to never be greedy, to only take what I need and to take care of the environment back

    -What did you like or find helpful with the Paseo circle? What was challenging?

    I didn't really like doing the Paseo circle because I didn't know what to say and it was kind of awkward. What I found challenging was planning what to say.

    -Ethylyne Lorete

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  6. Denzel Bongco
    Exit Slip Answers:

    1. No part of this past has influenced who I am. Some aspects of my family culture that I can add is being more respectful and polite.

    2. What I liked about the Paseo circle is that I got to talk to a person I didn't know as well and we had a good conversation. What was challenging was trying to keep talking because I couldn't think of words to say

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  7. 1)It has influenced me because my grandparents immigrated from India and came to Canada for a better life. I find that them coming here is interesting so i like telling people about my culture

    2) I found the circle helpful because i found more information on people i didn't know that well. I also liked how we could express ourselves without being interrupted. The one thing that was challenging for me was to understand what the questions meant.

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  8. 1: nothing from the past has influenced me for who I am today.
    An aspect that I can add from my family and culture is that I am nice

    2: The thing I liked about the paseo circle is that I got to communicate with others.


    -Hiro

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  9. Edje Mondragon
    Exit Slip

    -Yes it shows that living in Canada makes me feel a lot better and prouder to be Living Here but I am not going to add anything to my family culture.
    - I learned about other people and their personalities and i liked that one person was talking and the other person had to listen with no interruptions.

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  10. Kelly Robles
    Block A

    Exit Slip

    - Yes, since the French thought that they were better than the Natives and had more power than them, this reminds me to stay humble. Some aspects of my family culture that I can add are hard working and polite.

    - I liked sharing my ideas with other people. Something that I found challenging about the Paseo circle was talking for 1 minute straight.

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  12. Exit slip:
    Block A

    1. Yes the past has influenced who I am. The past has taught me to accept everyone, for who they are. The French came to Canada, and acted like they had all the power, like they were better than they were. This has taught me that I should stay humble, and not put others down, to make myself look better. I am also a German, world war 2 has also taught me many things. One of the most important is to not try and start a fight with someone (thats like the war) because a war doesn't make anything better. It makes things worse. I have always tried not to fight with my classmates, especially my sister.

    2. I kind of liked the circle. I like that I could share my ideas with others and see what they are thinking as well. But, the one thing I didn't like was the way the questions were said they were really confusing to me and I was not sure what they were talking about.

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  13. 1. No, I haven't any influence or experience of the past that I am today. Some aspects of my family culture is to be more polite and lots of respect to other people.

    2. I like the paseo circle because I can share my ideas to the people that I know and learned more about other people. One of the challenging thing about the paseo circle is that one of the questions were very confusing to me and I wasn't sure what the other people was talking about.

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  14. 1. I don't actually have anything that influenced me from the past. I could add that My family and I are Filipinos.

    2. I Kind of liked the idea of the circle. I like that I learned some information about my other fellow classmates. Also we get to talk in our own time without having to actually have a conversation. The thing that was hard for me is that think about what I'm going to say and talk.

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  15. 1. Nothing from the past has really influenced me today. Some things that I can add is that we are Filipino and are hard working.

    2. I liked how because we had to keep talking non-stop which was at times difficult, it kept the ideas flowing.

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  16. 1.Nothing from the past has influenced me till today. Things that i can add are that I am a Filipino and I like basketball

    2.I kinda liked the circle idea because we got to talk non-stop for a minute which was challenging, and I like challenging stuff
















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  17. Alyssa Harlan
    Block A
    Exit slip


    1. Yes. I think a part of the past has changed who I am by the Natives taking care of the environment. This reminds to always help the environment and to not litter.

    2. I liked sharing and learning about other people while we were doing the Paseo circle. But the thing that was hard to do was to keep talking for 1 minute.

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  18. The french's behavior has influenced me. They were very greedy and nasty to the natives and I learned to not be like them. However, family-wise, they have not influenced me because my family is Polish and me and my brother are the first generation to grow up outside of Poland.

    The circle was okay, however, it was hard to keep talking for a straight minute. The fact that the other person was not supposed to speak felt unnatural and awkward.

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  19. Tiffany Chan

    1. No, none of the parts of this past have actually influenced who I am. Some aspects of my family culture are to be polite and helpful with others.

    2. The circle was fun because we got to talk to different people and learn more new things about each other. Something that I found challenging was that we had to keep talking for 1 minute.

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