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Lesson Links Social
Studies/History Geography Curriculum Resources
is a site from Ontario. It has lessons for History and Geography,
Grades 7 and 8. The Grade 7 lesson plan that might be useful is
Conflict and Change, and it also has links on the Upper and Lower
Canada Rebellions. The Grade 8 lesson plans are Confederation,
The Development of Western Canada, Canada: A Changing Society.
The lessons may not be age appropriate but they can modified for
Grade 10, and the selection of resource links are very good (i.e.
CPR,Confederation documents, etc.) Social
Studies Links
is a site from a BC teacher that contains links for Social Studies
research, maps, bibliographies and essay writing. There are also
lesson plans for Social Studies 10 and other subjects.
Resources 1854
Reciprocity Treaty is an online
document from the Open Learning Agency. BC
Ministry of Aboriginal Affairs: Historical References
is a brief history of BC starting in 1763 and continuing until
1997. Canada's
Aboriginal Digital Collections
is a collection
of web sites on First Nations images and information that were
created by youth, and sponsored by Industry Canada. There are
sites contained in the following subjects: Art and Artists, Business
Profiles, Community Profiles, Culture, Economic Development, Education,
Entrepreneurship, History, Language, Natural Resources, Research
Materials, Tourism, Traditional Knowledge, and Veterans. There
are a variety of sties here that may prove useful to teachers
and students. Canadian
Museum of Civilization: First People and Archaeology Halls
contains the following online exhibits in the First Peoples
Hall: Stones Unturned; Threads of the Land: Clothing Traditions
from Three Indigenous Cultures; Wave Eaters: Native Watercraft
in Canada; The Inuvialuit of the Western Arctic; Storytelling:
The Art of Knowledge; Legends of Our Times: Native Ranching and
Rodeo Life on the Plains and Plateau, Where Sea and Land Meet:
Historical Northwest Coast Native settings in the art of Gordon
Miller and Bill Holm; From Time Immemorial: Tsimshian Prehistory;
The Haida: Children of Eagle and Raven; Iqqaipaa: Celebrating
Inuit Art, 1948-1970; Emergence from the Shadow: First Peoples'
Photographic Perspectives; Moccasins. There are are also several
related sites in the Archaeology section. Confederation
is a digital project
from the National Library of Canada on the path to Confederation,
and the influence of the American Revolution on that path. The
site contains articles on the following topics: The Territorial
Evolution of Canada, Timeline: Britain, Canada and the Civil War,
1861-65 , The Path to Confederation, Towards Confederation: Lower
Canada (1791-1842), Fear of Annexation by the United States, Raids
and Skirmishes, The Blacks, Antislavery and the Underground Railway,
Confederate Operations in Canada, Some Little-Known Stories, Confederation
1867, Postwar Tensions. The site also contains historical documents
and a Canadian Confederation Bibliography. Early
Canadiana Online (ECO) is a "collaborative research project
to provide Web access to a digital library of primary sources
in Canadian history from the first European contact to the late
19th century. The collection is particularly strong in the subject
areas of literature, women's history, travel and exploration,
native studies and the history of French Canada. The collection
is made up of images of the pages in the selected books and pamphlets.
The site contains a search engine. First
Nations in BC
is an
online gallery from the BC Archives Time Machine. It presents
images of "historical First Nations life including clothing,
housing, food gathering and preparation." The gallery is
divided into the following sections: Cultural Areas, People of
the Northwest Coast, People of the Interior, European Contact,
Confederation to Present, West Cast Moving Image Gallery, Interior
Moving Image Gallery, Teacher's Corner, and Books and Sources.
Grade
12 (Canadian) History Internet Resources for High School Teachers
in Saskatchewan comes from the University of Saskatchewan,
and provides a good selection of Canadian History links. Categories
of links that might be of interest to grade 10 teachers are: New
France, Rebellions of 1837-1838, Lord Durham and the Union Act,
European Life in British North America, The Road to Democracy,
Confederation, Red River, Metis Resistance and Rebellion, From
Sea to Sea, Riel in Saskatchewan, The Treaties and the Indian
Act, National Policy, Transcontinental Railways, Immigration on
the Prairies, and Suffragettes and the Struggle for Equality.
Hamilton
Public Library: The
History of Louis Riel (And the Rebellion of 1885) is a
nice site that contains primary documents related to Riel such
as his trial speech, photographs, and newspaper accounts. The
site is easy to navigate and easy to understand. Northwest
Resistance Degitization Project A database of materials
held by the University of Saskatchewan Libraries and the University
archives contains a database, and a page on the 1885 resistance
with short biographies and a chronology of events. TimeLinks:
The historical web site about Manitoba in the decade from 1910
to 1920 has
several sections that may be of interest to teachers. The site
was designed by a school district in cooperation with a university
in Manitoba. The Photo Library contains 2000+ images that
were created between 1900 and 1925. The Reference sections
contains a Subject Index of topics, including a good amount of
biographical information on people who contributed to the development
of Manitoba in a variety of ways. Teaching
& Learning About Canada
is a site for teachers and students that provides information
and links on Canadian Geography, History, Politics, Society, Culture,
Wildlife, Time Zones, Graphs, Maps, etc. There is a map of Canada
that allows you to click on a province to get links . about that
province. This is a good page to start looking for Canadian links
especially history links which I know are still difficult to find
on the Internet.
Please report any dead links.
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