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Welcome to the Social Studies 11 Society and Identity Portfolio Main Page.

Here you will find all of the information and links that you will need to complete your portfolio for this unit!

__Why are you doing this portfolio?__

This portfolio provides you with an opportunity to make decisions about what work is included in your grade for this unit. It also gives you a chance to reflect on the work that you did. You will show me what you have learned in a way that focuses on your growth as a learner. By doing so, you will demonstrate to me that you have gained the knowledge that you will need to continue to the next unit and ace the exam at the end of the course!

__How does it work?__

Your portfolio will be made up of a mix of assignments that you have already completed over the course of the unit as well as reflections about these assignments. The assignment will be done entirely electronically and compiled at either [|4 shared] or [|Google Docs]. Each of these websites are free and require only a Google user name which you should already have set up for a prior assignment. You will organize your work and documents throughout different folders as you see fit. The better organized your portfolio is, the easier it will be to mark, and the more useful it will be for you. We will discuss the use of these further in class and you will be shown an example portfolio in order to better understand the assignment.

I expect that you will have a few questions by this point and I will attempt to cover these here:

Q: //If we have already done the assignments, why do a portfolio?// A: The portfolio allows me to gauge your growth as a learner. Individual assignments receive individual grades that have little relation to each other. That is to say that if you got ten out of fifteen questions correct on a worksheet at the beginning with very short and simple answers, then got ten out of fifteen correct at the end of the unit with thoughtful and comprehensive answers, you would receive the same credit for both assignments. With the portfolio, I will be able to give you credit for the growth, not just the correct answers.

Also, an important part of the portfolio is your reflection on your learning. You will look at assignments after they have been handed in and comment on what you liked, what could be changed, and an overall opinion about how happy you were with your work. This allows me to see that even though mistakes were made, you understand the mistakes and have learned from them. Also, you practice the important life skill of reflection upon your work.

//Q: What if our assignment was done by hand?// A: Some assignments will be done by hand during class time. If you have access to a scanner, use this to put the documents on the computer. If you do not have access, I will scan the copy and e-mail it to you. For assignments that are too big for a scanner, take a picture! You will an example of in the sample portfolio

Q: //What is going to be included in the portfolio?// A: Follow this link to find out!