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Station 2

Using the Canadian Social Trends online magazine

Focus Questions

*** 12-15 minutes per station

     
  1. Locate the "Cumulative Index of Articles" in Canadian Social Trends. Find 10 or more articles that would be useful to a number of your colleagues:  Click here for the Cumulative index of articles.
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    You can also find this index in the latest Winter issue of Canadian Social Trends Magazine
     
  2. Peruse the article on Being there: The time duel-earner couples spend with their children -  Summer 2000.  Click here for instructions how to get there.

    3. [Be sure to only skim the article in order to have more time for the other stations.]

       
    1. How useful is the Canadian Social Trends Web Page as a teacher resource for the previous article?

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    2. How useful will this column be in your work with other teachers in using Statistics Canada resources?

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  3. Locate the "Educators’ Notebook" column in another edition. In what ways is this column useful?

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