History 30 Canadian Studies

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Unit 1: Foundations: People and the Land

1.1 Geography Review

• Geography Challenge – Secret Library Style (Instagram Post)
• 1.1 Handout: essay reading, discussion questions, YouTube Geography Overview, Regions summaries
• 1.1 Inquiry Activity: Love it or List it – Would you Keep or Sell Canada’s Arctic Northern Sovereign Territory?

1.2 First Nations: Pre-contact Period

• Pre-Contact Period: Primary and Secondary Documents reading/discussion

1.3 Collision of Peoples and Paradigms

• Film Viewing: Canada – The Story of Us (Episode 1 – 43 mins)
• 1.3 Activity: Notes/Discussion of New France and British conflict
• Assignment: 1.3.1 Life in New France Leading to Canadian Culture

1.4 Internal/External Pressures – Britain and Policies for Canada

• 1.4.0 Research Activity – Understanding the Seven Years War
• 1.4.1 Handout – The Conquest of New France (Seven Years War)
• 1.4.2 Review Questions – Seven Years War
• Viewing The Patriot Act – alliances, conflicts, ideologies, war methods, militia
• 1.4.3 Review Concept Map Activity – group work (comprehension check)
• 1.4.4 Handout – American Revolution Aftermath
• 1.4.5  Canada: The Story of Us Episode 3 (The War of 1812)

1.5 Road to Responsible Government

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Unit 2: Confederation – the Making of a Nation

2.1 The “Road to Confederation”

• 2.1.0 The “Road to Confederation” Text Reading & Questions

2.2 Constructing a New Nation

2.3 Search for Economic Well-being

2.4 Settlement of the West