In this unit students will have an opportunity to investigate some of the many issues faced by Aboriginal people in Canada as well as learn where the various native groups live. It will include a discussion of the history of the relationship between Aboriginal people and Canada (whether under British rule or modern day government) in order to understand the root of many of the issues. Specific focus will be given to access to health care, access to education, substance abuse, teen pregnancy and suicide, poverty and low living standards and limited economic opportunity.

Developed for Grade 9 students in Ontario.

This edition of Kayak opens in new window, shares some amazing stories and examples of the ways Black Canadians built and shaped this country. You get great stories , as well as articles featuring people who have helped preserve and promote Black history, Black women’s organizations with long histories, and Canadians with Afro-Indigenous heritage.

CANADA’S FWW BATTLES
Published by the Vimy Foundation, this link provides an overview and information on battles of the First World War involving Canadians.
Contains information on the following battles:
May 1915 – Festubert and Givenchy
June 1916 – Battle of Mount Sorrel
1 July 1916 – Beaumont Hamel
15-22 September 1916 – Courcelette
26 September 1916 – Thiepval Ridge
1 October – 11 November 1916 – Regina Trench
9-12 April 1917 – Battle of Vimy Ridge
14 April 1917 – Monchy-Le-Preux
28-29 April 1917 – Arleux-en-Gohelle
3-8 May 1917 – Battle of Fresnoy
15-18 August 1917 – Battle of Hill 70
16-18 August 1917 – Battle of Langemarck
21-25 August 1917 – Attack on Lens
9 October 1917 – Battle of Poelcappelle
26 October – 10 November 1917 – Battle of Passchendaele
20 November – 6 December 1917 – Battle of Cambrai
6 December 1917 – The Halifax Explosion – A Centennial Event
21 March – 5 April 1918 – Operation Michael
22 March – 5 April 1918 – Villers-Bretonneux
28 March – 1 April 1918 – The Quebec City Conscription Riots – A Centennial Event
30 March – 1 April 1918 – Battle of Moreuil Wood & Rifle Wood
8 – 12 August 1918 – Battle of Amiens
26-30 August 1918 – Second Battle of Arras
27-28 August 1918 – The Battle for the village of Chérisy
2 September 1918 – Battle for the Drocourt-Quéant Line
27 September – 11 October 1918 – Battle of Canal du Nord
9 October 1918 – Capture of Cambrai
1-2 November 1918 – Battle of Valenciennes
11 November 1918 – Capture of Mons and the Armistice

Lesson plans to support learning about Canadian History.
Highlights:
- Treaties
- Treatment of minorities
- Expo '67
- World War I & II
- Gold Rush
- New France
- Historical Consequences
- Red River Settlement

Applicable for Grades 3–6 and Grades 7–12.

The lesson plans in Treaties and the Treaty Relationship: Educator’s Guide are framed on the Historical Thinking Concepts and offer teachers interactive instructional approaches that foster engaged student inquiry. They are fortified with maps, weblinks, and supporting Blackline Masters.

Lesson plan themes explore Treaties across Canada from time immemorial to the present, making a concerted link between the past and the future.

As well, each learning activity offers adaptions and/or activities based on the lesson theme for exploring Treaties in grades three to six.

It is with the greatest appreciation that we thank the many contributors and supporters of the Treaties and Treaty Relationship: Educator’s Guide.

Go to the website to download the pdf package.

Through the art of theatre, students will learn about some of the most significant events in Canadian history. The lesson will also teach them invaluable public speaking skills as they will have to present their piece to the class. This is a great activity because students will have an opportunity to learn about Canadian history in a fun and interactive way.

Socially-based Curriculum Unit
The main focus of the unit, developed for CHC2P, Grade 10 Applied History, is to look at the curriculum from a First Nation’s perspective. The unit was developed to provide students with the knowledge and understanding of how First Nations contributed to the development of Canadian society. The unit also looks at both how events in history both impacted on First Nations communities, and how history was shaped by First Nations contributions.

The unit begins by looking at the effects of Residential Schools on individuals and communities in the past and today. Next students will look at First Nations contributions to the war effort in World War One and World War Two, by looking at some extraordinary individuals such as Tom Longboat, Francis Pegamagabow, and Henry Norwest. Students will also explore how First Nations people had to fight for equal rights in Canada through creating their own political organizations. There will also be a focus on the current realities in First Nations communities, which will be highlighted by looking at the issues of land claims and self-government. Lastly the unit will end with a culminating task that highlights a wide range of First Nations leaders and their contributions in the past and present to Canadian society.

In this lesson, students will expand their knowledge and dive deeper into lesser-known Indigenous histories in Canada, particularly those of Second World War Cree Code Talkers. Students will then be asked to summarize and compare both histories.

What are Cree Code Talkers? What was their purpose?
During the Second World War, encryption and coded messages were deemed essential to winning the war. Utilizing Cree, the government relied on Indigenous men to use their language to aid the war effort; these men were known as Cree Code Talkers.

Written by award-winning Indigenous author Monique Gray Smith, this magazine, which is based on the Seven Sacred Teachings, is aimed for students in grades 5–12 and is available in both English and French.

Each chapter teaches children about residential schools, Treaties, and the historic and current relationships between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples.

Accompanied by supplementary educational resources, the magazine is both a guide and a journal for young people as they explore their feelings, build confidence, and foster greater respect and empathy throughout their reconciliation journeys.

Grade Levels: 7/8
Subject Area: Social Studies, History, First Nations, Métis, and Inuit studies, Geography, Language Arts, Visual Arts

Lesson Overview
Students learn how Aboriginal peoples were impacted by settlement and colonization. Students choose a variety of Indigenous nations and learn aspects of their traditional way of life before settlement/colonization by Europeans.

From Apology to Reconciliation: Residential School Survivors was developed in response to the Government of Canada’s formal apology to Aboriginal people who attended residential schools. The project was created to help Manitoba students in Grades 9 and 11 understand the history of the residential school experience, its influence on contemporary Canada, and our responsibilities as Canadian citizens.

In Pursuit of Adventure: The Fur Trade in Canada and the North West Company is a scholarly research site, which illustrates and documents, in part, the heroic age of the fur trade in Canada by examining the exploits of the North West Company and other Montreal-based fur trading companies at the end of the eighteenth and the beginning of the nineteenth century. The story of the North West Company is closely tied to the evolving economic, geographic and political history of Canada and Quebec, especially after France seceded Quebec to Great Britain in 1763. At the core of this site are the full texts of thirty-eight manuscripts that are known collectively as the Masson Papers and cover the period ca 1790-1820. The patrimonial importance of these diaries is of the first order and provide important insights into the history of the North West Company and the fur trade in general.

The Great War Video Series
Key Canadian battles during the First World War led to the march to victory in 1918.

Created by Canada’s History — October 1, 2018
When the First World War began in 1914, Canada had no choice — as part of the British Empire, the country was automatically at war.

More than 650,000 Canadians served over the course of the four-year conflict, an impressive number for a population of around eight million. And, through its successes on the battlefield, Canada proved itself many times. But the fighting took its toll; by the end of the war, more than 66,000 Canadians had been killed, and another 172,000 had been wounded.

November 11, 2018, marks the hundredth anniversary of the end of the First World War. Here are just a few key Canadian battles along the road to armistice in 1918.

In Social Studies 8, students worked over a 6-week period to create Heritage Fair projects on a topic of their choice connected to Canadian history. Throughout the process, I taught a series of mini-lessons that covered the Big Six Historical Thinking Concepts, as well as research methods and techniques. The flexibility of the project allowed students to cover a wide variety of topics within the Social Studies 8 curriculum.

"We’re the Canada people; we offer programs that you can use to explore, learn and reflect on our history, and what it means to be Canadian."

A dialectical essay presents a controversial problem and develops two opposing arguments or sides of the issue, citing evidence for both. At the end of a dialectical essay, a thesis or conclusion must be reached and adequately explained. This essay topic is: Should Canadian Military Battles in WWI be Credited With Helping to Create a "Canadian Identity"?

Meet Tom Longboat, an Onondaga long distance runner who becomes a world-class athlete. French subtitling included. Faites connaissance avec Tom Longboat, un ...

Indigenous people from every region of Canada served in the armed forces during the Second World War, fighting in every major battle and campaign of the conflict. To serve their country, Indigenous people had to overcome unique cultural challenges. Their courage, sacrifices, and accomplishments are a continuing source of pride to their families, communities, and all Canadians.

This site outlines the many outstanding accomplishments of Indigenous people in WWII.

On this website you will find a comprehensive collection of documents, oral histories, newspapers, paintings, and photos that relate to the events of the 1864 war and the aftermath. You are invited to become an historian, to study the evidence and come to your own conclusions about the causes, outcomes and how the war has been understood through time. You will find other mysteries here too, not the least of which is, who was Klatsassin? The name means: "nobody knows him".

Legacies 150 is a series of interactive photo and illustration essays reflecting on legacy and inheritance a century and a half into Canadian Confederation. These first-person stories explore where we come from, who we are, and what kind of nation we are becoming.