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8th grade canadian history activities
Orange Shirt Day - Truth and Reconciliation Week BUNDLE
Let this Orange Shirt Day and Truth and Reconciliation Bundle do the heavy lifting for you when teaching about residential schools in Canada. This Bundle includes two great products: Orange Shirt Day Truth and Reconciliation Week - Articles and Activities and Orange Shirt Day Truth and Reconciliation Week Board Display and Activities__________________________________________________What teachers are saying about this bundle:__________________________________________________"Great unit to cover
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5th - 8th
TERRY FOX 2 Reading Passages, 6 activities: Grades 7-8 PRINT and EASEL
This resource includes informational texts and lots of activities to help your students find out more about and celebrate the life of Terry Fox.This resource has been updated to include digital and print access using the new interactive digital layer tool. I have created my own version, available to buyers, but buyers can create their own version too, reflecting the needs of their studentsIncluded in this resource:2-one page reading texts of over 500 words detailing Terry’s life and his legacy.
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7th - 8th
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Terry Fox Activity | Classroom Collaboration Poster
Terry Fox Collaboration Portrait Poster – 2 options included plus bonus materials. These activities are intended to complement/supplement any lesson on Terry Fox and are great for your Canadian studies, history lessons, and celebrations. The final posters make for visually engaging displays. Hang them anywhere!The front officeAn auditoriumA hallway Your classroom bulletin board You may also like these Canadian resources: Remembrance Day Collaboration posterViola Desmond Collaboration PosterPort
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K - 8th
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Orange Shirt Day and Residential Schools - Truth and Reconciliation Activities
Orange Shirt Day and Residential Schools in Canada Close Reading Activities and Resources - This resource contains 4 reading passages related to Orange Shirt Day and Truth and Reconciliation, as well as Orange Shirt Day close reading activities, comprehension questions, and Orange Shirt Day activities. These meaningful resources will help you teach this important piece of history as we continue to move towards the path of truth and reconciliation. ✅Be sure to click on the preview above to see
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5th - 8th
Grade 7 & 8 History Bundle (includes Strand A & B) Google Classroom Ready
Grade 7 History: Strand A Overview:This unit is aligned with the expectations of the Ontario Social Studies Curriculum (Strand A: New France and British North America ~ 1713-1800). This unit was designed for teachers who shifted from in-class learning environments to a Virtual Classroom. All lessons are Google Classroom Ready.The 7 lessons in this unit were designed to be interactive. There are five elements to many of the lessons in this unit - Looking Back, Historical Significance, Cause a
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7th - 8th, Staff
Viola Desmond Collaborative Poster | Great Canadian Black History Month Activity
Viola Desmond Collaboration Portrait Poster – 2 options included plus bonus materials. These activities are intended to complement/supplement any lessons on Viola Desmond and are great for your Black History Month studies. These posters are the perfect way to start a unit or cap one off. They are an engaging and entertaining way for students to work together to create a large poster of Viola Desmond. They make a great classroom focal point and a lasting example of collaboration for your student
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1st - 8th
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Grade 8 History Creating Canada 1850-1890 Strand A
Use this comprehensive Grade 8 History Strand A Unit to teach students about the creation of Canada from 1850 to 1890. This resource is designed to help students understand how Canada's Confederation occurred as well as what occurred during the settlement of Western Canada. These 28 in-depth lessons will engage and captivate your students, allowing them to explore and understand this critical period of Canadian history. Language Arts, History, and Art are integrated into this unit, making it a w
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6th - 8th
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Canadian Civics Complete Course - Units, Lessons, Activities, Test, Projects
So you're teaching Civics this semester! This course has everything you will need to successfully teach students about how our Canadian government works. Federalism, House of Commons, ideologies, political parties, elections, bill to law and more! Everything is literally here to take the workload off of you as the teacher. The course has been developed by an experienced educator and proven to work in the classroom! DOWNLOAD THE FREE SAMPLE TO SEE HOW THE COURSE WORKS AND TO VIEW FREE SAMPLES!TEA
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7th - 11th
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Remembrance Day Poppy Activity for Canadian Indigenous Veterans
This Indigenous (First Peoples, First Nations) interactive poppy activity has been created for teach about Indigenous soldier contributions for Canada's Remembrance Day. This upper elementary (intermediate) and middle school resource blends social studies and language arts reading and writing activities with Aboriginal perspectives through a research project, and foldable interactive notebook art project.What you get:1 Colouring Title Page1 Read Aloud close reading page6 Indigenous veteran mini-
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2nd - 8th
Also included in: Indigenous ALL YEAR Social Studies History & Culture Mega Bundle
Canada the Story of Us Viewing Activity Packs for Episodes 1-10 (Whole Series)
A companion multiple choice activity to go with CBC's new series "Canada the Story of US". This package contains viewing activities for:Episode 1: World's CollideEpisode 2: Hidden TreasureEpisode 3: War of IndependenceEpisode 4: ConnectionsEpisode 5: ExpansionEpisode 6 - Service and SacrificeEpisode 7 - Boom and BustEpisode 8- United at WarEpisode 9- A New IdentityEpisode 10 - The Canadian Experiment.These are great activities to do with students while viewing or as a quiz or review after viewin
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4th - 12th
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Grade 8, Unit 1: Creating Canada - 1850 to 1890 (Ontario History)
In the Grade 8: Creating Canada – 1850 to 1890 unit students use their knowledge of earlier Canadian history to examine how social, political, economic, and legal changes in Canada between 1850 and 1890 affected different groups. Students will explore what the creation and expansion was of the Dominion of Canada. Students will explore conflicts and key events that affected Canada between 1850 and 1890 and explain the historical significance of these events. Students will also be exploring the ke
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8th
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Orange Shirt Day Truth and Reconciliation Week - Articles and Activities
This Orange Shirt Day package is great for Truth and Reconciliation Week, Orange Shirt Day, or to add in throughout the year. This resources gently teaches about residential schools in Canada and why we take a day to honour residential school survivors with Orange Shirt Day and a National Day of Truth and Reconciliation on September 30th of each year. Buy this product in the Orange Shirt Day - Truth and Reconciliation Week BUNDLE and get two great products with big savings!This package has 3 art
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5th - 8th
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Also included in: Orange Shirt Day - Truth and Reconciliation Week BUNDLE
Orange Shirt Day Activity: Residential Schools Inquiry Stations
*Updated September 26, 2023*Perfect for Orange Shirt Day!! This meaningful, engaging activity uses primary and secondary Canadian resources to get your students involved in inquiry. Through this activity, the topic of Residential Schools is explored by your students in small groups. Using technology, students search for information and make connections between issues Indigenous groups experienced in the 1800-1900's, and the lasting impact on Indigenous communities today. Included:-11 slides for
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7th - 10th
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Indigenous ALL YEAR Social Studies History & Culture Mega Bundle
This Indigenous (First Nations, Native American) all year social studies mega bundle is full of a meaningful printables, lessons, activities, information and games to teach Indigenous history and Indigenous cultural values.Moreover, this unit takes out the guesswork and research to create authentic Indigenous culture and history lessons.Save 30% with this mega bundle (priced for the Canadian dollar), and you will receive all you need to teach socials studies units on Indigenous first peoples to
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3rd - 8th
Past Canadian Discriminatory Immigration Laws BUNDLE
Learn about the Komagata Maru Incident and Chinese Head Tax and Immigration Act as well as the Japanese Internment with this product. Features a historic photo on the front of each flip book. Also included is my Immigration Wordsearch With A Difference product that I like to use during my immigration unit. Please see the individual products and their previews to ensure that this product will meet your needs. Save 20% with this bundle!See the individual products in my store for a closer look.
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5th - 8th
Grade 8, Unit 2: Canada, 1890 - 1914: A Changing Society (Ontario History)
The Grade 8 Canada 1890 – 1914: A Changing Society is aligned with the Ontario History curriculum. With this unit, students explore the struggles of individuals and groups in Canada between the period of 1890 – 1914 and how these struggles helped to lay the groundwork for some of the rights we have today. Students also explore the impact that the increase in immigration had on the diversity of Canadian society. The final aspect of this unit is that students explore the impact that social changes
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8th
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Map of Canada Assignment - Detailed Map
This is a minimal-prep assignment that you can simply photocopy and distribute to students now! The assignment is broken down into 10 steps and is perfect for an applied or academic classroom. The assignment includes a built-in checklist for students to use while completing their maps.
There are two versions of this assignment included in this download – one with and one without the post-it note annotation. There are also two rubrics to reflect both versions of this assignment. You can use the
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4th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Canada: The Story of Us - All episode questions!
These are handouts to go along with the documentary Canada: The Story of Us. There are 5 comprehension questions that will give students a guide to help take away key points from the episodes. There are individual episodes on my store page if you only need 1! Answer key now available!Copyright and Terms of Use: Copying any part of this product and placing it on the internet in any form (even personal/class website) is forbidden and is a violation of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA).In
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4th - 10th
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Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms: PowerPoint & Activity: Canada's Charter
Included is an extensive PowerPoint on the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedom, along with activities/discussion that encourage students to critically think about Canada's charter.PowerPoint:* Bringing the concept of guaranteed rights and freedoms to a level that all students can understand - Class discussion about having a pizza party where only some students are allowed to vote for what pizzas are ordered (e.g. only girls, or only students with brown eyes). If the teacher decides to discrim
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6th - 12th
Discrimination in Canada Series Bundle
This is a series of lessons that focus on the past discriminatory practices in Canada's history. Each product contains a series of videos that you can access for free. Along with the videos there are activities designed to activate/build student background knowledge as well as, encourage rich discussions in the classroom about hard topics. Students will have an opportunity to demonstrate learning through activities designed to allow student to demonstrate their learning. The groups of people fea
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5th - 8th
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Orange Shirt Day - Social Media Art Project-Distance Learning-Google Slide
UPDATE: Google Slides Link only opens in Chrome browser.Are you looking for a fun way to teach about Orange Shirt Day, but don't have time to research about it and come up with a creative project?No problem, this no prep product includes a fully editable Google Slide that introduces students to Orange Shirt Day and guides them through this fun and engaging art project. Purpose: Students will be creating a social media post inspired by Phyllis Webstad's true story that initiated orange shirt day.
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5th - 12th
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Trench Warfare in World War One - "Life in the Trenches" - Diagram, Simulation +
World War One was a horrible war. This comprehensive package communicates to students the hellish conditions of the trenches. It effectively focuses on the human experience of those who served in the war. There are seven differentiated activities in this package. Includes ANSWER KEY!Activity One: Weapons of the WarStudents research how various weapons were used during the war.Activity Two: The Trench SystemStudents view an aerial diagram of the trench system and answer a series of questions.Ac
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5th - 11th
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Grade 8 History Bundle (Strand A and Strand B)
In this bundle, I have added the Grade 8 Strand A: Creating Canada: 1850-1890 and Strand B: Canada's Changing Society: 1890-1914. These lessons were made as a resource for my students "learning from home". Each lesson is was created with Ontario Social Studies- History curriculum in mind.Strand A Unit OverviewThis unit is aligned with the expectations of the Ontario Social Studies Curriculum (Strand A: Creating Canada, 1850-1890). This unit was designed during COVID-19, when teachers shifted fr
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8th, Staff
Remembrance Day Art
Remembrance Day Zentangle ArtZentangle art is a meditative style of drawing using repeating designs and patterns to fill a space. You can discover this art form with your students while exploring symbols of Remembrance Day.No prep and minimal instruction are required, making it a great activity to use in a variety of classroom situations. You can have students work on it during a mindfulness period, as busy work, during an art period, or even leave it for a supply teacher.Once complete, these dr
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3rd - 8th
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Also included in: Grade 3 Full Year Bundle
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