Unit 1: The Power of Storytelling
Learning Outcomes
By the end of this unit, you will be able to:
- Identify the characteristics of hopeful and resilient individuals.
- Discover the opportunities and challenges of other new Canadians through their immigration stories.
- Explore different stages of culture shock.
- Practice vocabulary related to the topic of Migration.
- Identify main ideas, supporting details, opinions and implied meanings in reading passages, conversations among four international students and talks given by subject matter experts.
- Negotiate your identity through your own stories.
Topics
- Activity 1: Resilience and Hope in Storytelling
- Activity 2: Resilience
- Activity 3: Case Studies
- Activity 4: Newcomer Stories
- Video Lesson 1
- Assignment: Newcomer Stories