"Nelson literacy 8a"--T.p. verso. IF THIS RESOURCE IS NOT AVAILABLE, TEACHERS MAY SUBSTITUTE: LES PLAN: WHAT IN THE WORLD 1 (Gr.6-8) and WHAT IN THE WORLD 2 (Gr, 8-10)) for articles on more current issues with lessons attached. Available at https://sites.google.com/a/tdsb.on.ca/les-plan/ and https://sites.google.com/a/tdsb.on.ca/les-plan/home/what-in-the-world-2. To gain access to the site please log into TDSB Google account (TDSB network logon).

Unit 1: Global Citizens. A global citizen is... -- Love the planet -- Two islands -- It takes a village -- Kids encouraged to build peace -- What is child labour -- Child slavery protester murdered -- Lucille Teasdale -- Who owns the land? -- Selling change -- Global kitchens -- Doctors without borders -- Art, politics and questioning authority -- Unit 2. Tech then and now: Paving from plastic: young Gina Gallant brings new life to garbage -- Rubber shortage leads to silly putty -- Light bulb and my fluorescent flow -- Inspired to invent: Rachel Zimmerman invents the Blissymbol printer -- Future visions: yesterday versus today -- Road dust and writing -- Nano doctors on call -- Can machines learn? -- My superheroes -- Future scrapes -- Grassoline -- The Zarg tyranny -- Across three millenia.