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Overall Expectation: A1. Compare ways of life among some specific groups in Canada around the beginning of
the nineteenth century, and describe some of the changes between that era and the present day
Specific Expectation: A1.1 describe some of the similarities and differences in various aspects of everyday life
of selected groups living in Canada between 1780 and 1850
Prior Knowledge/Skills: Research skills, knowledge about Canada’s past, group work skills
Appropriate Technology: Paper, Pens, Chromebooks/ laptops, Graphic Organizer “Then vs. Now”
Lesson 1 - Minds On
Introduce the new unit by asking students what they know or think
what Canada was like in 1780 -1850’s.
Get students to work on mind maps with their table groups.
Reassure students that you are not looking for the correct answer, just
their ideas!
*Assessment AS
Overall Expectation: A 2. Use the social studies inquiry process to investigate some of the major challenges that
different groups and communities faced in Canada from around 1780 to 1850, and key measures taken to
address these challenges
Specific Expectation: A 2.2 Gather and organize information on major challenges facing different groups and
communities, and on measures taken to address these challenges, using a variety of sources
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Lesson 3 - Map Construction/Settler
Communities
Overall Expectations: Inquiry - use the social studies inquiry process to investigate some of the major
challenges that different groups and communities faced in Canada from 1780 to 1850, and key measures
taken to address the challenges.
Specific Expectations: A 2.3 Analyze and construct print and digital maps, including thematic maps, as part
of their investigations into challenges facing different groups and communities in Canada during this period,
and measures taken to address these challenges
Big Ideas: Societal and environmental challenges were a major part of life in early-nineteenth-century
Canada
Prior Knowledge/Skills: The basic concepts of Canadian Settlement and a glimpse at lifestyles in 1780 to
1850 Canada
Lesson 3 - Minds On - Read Aloud
Follow That Map: A First Book of Mapping
Skills
● Introduce the concept of mapping and
locations to the students
Specific Expectations: A 2.4 - Interpret and analyze information relevant to their investigations, using a
variety of tools to their investigations, using a variety of tools
Prior Knowledge/Skills: The concept of forming a general timeline, a general understanding of Canadian
Settlement and the lifestyles experienced in the past
Big Ideas: Societal and environmental challenges were a major part of life in early-nineteenth-century
Canada
Action: Have the students get into groups of 3-4. Each group is assigned a section of the timeline to
examine. The groups will work on computers to construct a brief powerpoint about their section of
the timeline.
Consolidation: The groups will have a chance to pull up their powerpoints and present their findings
to the class. *This can be used as a form of Assessment AS Learning, as the students are able to
reflect on one another's research and presentation.
Lesson 5 - Early Canadian Perspectives
Disciplinary Thinking: Significance; Continuity and
Change
Framing Question: What significant events in different communities have contributed to the development
of the identity of that community and of Canada?
Write on the board: What methods can we use to find out about the challenges faced by people in the past?
What methods can we use to find out how they may have felt about those challenges and how they coped
with them?
Lesson 5 Action: Artifacts and Perspective
Action: Students will get back in their Tribe group of 4, and will be given various artifacts and content
regarding various trades in Early Canada (e.g. blacksmith, baker, fur trapper) and discuss the following
questions: What does this artifact tell you about the person/people who used it? What challenges might people
who worked in this trade or occupation face? Can you imagine what it might be like to live in this time period?
Prior Knowledge: Life in Early Canada, Canadian Timeline, Early
Communities and Maps of Early Canada, Jobs in Early Canada,
Challenges of Early Settlers, Perspective Writing, Writing for a Specific
Audience