Our class is participating in the Level Up City of Calgary Season 2 Minecraft Challenge!
The city has asked students to consider how we can create a vibrant space at Fort Calgary that reflects its Indigenous history and celebrates the cultural heritage of our city.
Students are working alone or in pairs to design the space in Minecraft. Each student will "pitch" their design to the class and then we'll vote on our favourite design to submit to the city.
This project aligns perfectly with our Social Studies program where we are learning past stories of Alberta and finding ways to reconcile the relationship between European settlers and Indigenous People. Our class has already visited Fort Calgary once this year and learned a bit about the importance of the area (Mohkinstsis) to various Indigenous groups (click here for a recap of our earlier work in this area). This project is similar to our Memorial Artwork Project, which many students completed in Minecraft, so we may use inspiration and/or designs from that project for this challenge (click here to view our Memorial Artwork and here!).
The project expectations have been posted in the Google Classroom. We will be working hard the first two weeks of April to create our designs in Minecraft. Although this work will be done at school, students are encouraged to brainstorm over Spring Break to come prepared with an idea of what they'd like to build.
Mark your calendars because we will also be doing a full-day Community Walk on Thursday, April 13 to Fort Calgary to complete the Indi-Trail Treaty 7 Trivia walking loop and discuss the Minecraft Challenge. Who better to design this space then Ramsay Students - one of the closest schools to this place!!! :)
