Early Learners

Objective: Discussion and Activity about Exploration Activities: Internet treasure hunt and Java based quiz Materials: Connectivity to the Reinhard and National Geographic sites. Methodology: by employing search engines and navigating the respective sites student should be able to find all information pertinent to the successful complition of the quiz. The quiz allows for multiple answer attempts and records the amount of successful and unsuccessful attempts upon completion.

Junior Learners                 Senior Learners

Objective: The creation of an independent piece of  expository writing reflecting on the significance of studying the past. Materials: http://reinhard.sympatico.ca/educ/past.htm Activities: 1. In reading groups students will prepare a formal response to the aforementioned piece in terms of: main message audience organization and structure tone and voice 2. After comparing the group responses, students will prepare a personal piece of writing (300-500 wds.) modeled on the Reinhard piece and some of their own reflections upon what the study of the past means to them.  Objective: The creation of an independent piece of  fictional writing reflecting on the metaphor of the journey in terms of any physical or historical exploration. This exploration of genre writing could draw upon the initial discussion of Reinhard's career and move towards the travel literature of Bruce Chatwin (e.g. Short pieces for What am I Doing Here?) to literary criticism of Joseph Campbell. Once students have read, responded and discussed the proceeding material, they could use of of the images from the site gallery to begin their piece of writing. Student should be able to introduce the journey concept (or conflict), develop the characters and conclude with an appropriate resolution within 2,000 words.