This resource can be found online through Citizenship and Immigration Canada. The classroom-friendly student activities are designed to increase understanding of the role immigration has played in Canadian history and society.
This unit is inquiry based and works best with outcomes IN8.2, DR8.1, DR8.3, PA8.1, RW8.2, RW8.3.
This document outlines all Grade 8 Social Studies outcomes/indicators. The specific outcomes/indicators with Treaty Connections are highlighted and support materials/treaty content are outlined.
These student handouts contain good background information on the history of citizenship in Canada, as well as decision making.
This is a suggested sample framework for organizing your units and the year for Grade 8 Social Studies.
This comprehensive resource offers the big ideas, planning tips, print resources, and websites for all outcomes and indicators in the Grade 8 Social Studies Curriculum.
This document contains some ideas for teaching mixed market economies. Issues for Canadians is the base text used.
Although this is an older resource, it has good information on different economies for RW8.1.
This unit plan includes vocabulary, essential questions, and what students need to know, understand and be able to do. It includes lots of suggestions of websites for the students to do research to accomplish the outcome.
This unit plan includes vocabulary, essential questions, and what students need to know, understand and be able to do.
This unit plan includes vocabulary, essential questions, and what students need to know, understand and be able to do.
This is a sample unit for IN9.1, IN9.2, IN9.3, IN9.4 which includes lesson plan ideas, handouts and assignments. A great outline to start the year.
Developed by Kim Froese.
PA9.2 Analyze the impact of empire-building and territorial expansion on indigenous populations and other groups in the societies studied.
This file contains 5 lessons and an assessment:
Lesson one: Imperialism
Lesson two: Imperialism and Indigenous Peoples in ancient societies
Lesson three: Worldviews
Lesson four: Canadian Aboriginal Worldviews (optional)
Lesson five: World Perspective
PA. 9.3 Investigate the roles and responsibilities of members of the societies studied and those of citizens in contemporary Canada.
This file contains 5 lessons and an assessment:
Lesson one: Criteria for citizenship – Canada
Lesson two: Oppression of Rights
Lesson three: What rights and responsibilities do Canadian citizens have?
Lesson Four: Rights and Responsibilities of citizens in an ancient society
Lesson Five: Roles within Societies
RW 9.3 Determine the influence of technologies of past societies studied on contemporary society.
Student performance task for RW9.3:
Choose a contemporary technology or achievement. Examples may include MP3, space shuttle, medicines, surgery, farming equipment, washing machine. Trace the origins of the modern technology device back to its beginnings. Use a timeline to present your findings.
This mini inquiry unity connects to various outcomes explore throughout the curriculum.
Students will view and react to the video/readings "GENERATION ONE: LIVING IN TWO WORLDS".
This PBL leads students to study and analyze people and events connected with "English Civil War and Glorious Revolution". The PBL includes disclosures for the students to consider and assessments (formative and summative). A PowerPoint of pictures of the historically important people is attached.
In the 21CC project the students will put together a trunk full of artifacts or ‘keepsakes’ from the perspective anyone who would have lived through the 1920s and 30s. The truck has to demonstrate the change the occurred over that 20 year span. The artifacts must be tangible (not only a picture of an artifact but a picture could be an artifact); could be original or replica (made by them). It follows the 6 phases of creativity with a student project guide and an artifact presentation rubric.
These rubrics were developed to aid in the study of the World Wars
Gas Warfare
Historical Newspaper
Description of the trenches