This lesson is about the historical processes leading up to the British North America Act of 1867 and Canadian Federation. Aboriginal Peoples’ contributions to Canadian history have been underrepresented, sometimes wholly ignored, in textbooks and K-12 schooling. This lesson aims to have students discover and reflect on these contributions, which will reorient Canadian history.This lesson will be for students in grades 7, 8 or 9.Pedagogical Approach:This lesson will incorporate the Question Formulation Technique, as well as the K-W-L process (what we already KNOW, what we WANT to know, what we have LEARNED).Learning Objectives:a. Practice using cause and effect reasoning to determine how events are related and why they occurred.b. Become familiar with key historical events and activities, and the different parties involved.c. Reflect on why Aboriginal contributions have been underrepresented in “official” accounts of Canadian history.
- Subject:
- History
- World History
- Material Type:
- Lesson Plan
- Author:
- Kelli Buckreus
- Date Added:
- 03/16/2017