Unit Plan – Pre Confederation Canada: Social 7
Outcomes:
Student Activities:
Canadian Aboriginal Societies
Research presentation
Fiction links (cross-curricular):
Pocahontas Disney clips
Research and essay/project: An
explorer (British or French)
Compare and Contrast chart
between French and British in
North America
Hudson Bay Research Project:
Then and Now
Creating propaganda
Creative writing
Graphic organizers
Learning Strategies:
Research, inquiry, critical
challenges, think-pair-share,
rapid fire debates, etc.
7.1.1 Students will appreciate the influence of diverse Aboriginal, French and
Lesson Topics:
British peoples on events leading to Confederation. Aboriginal Societies
7.1.2 Students will appreciate the challenges of co-existence among peoples. The French and British in North America
7.1.3 Students will compare and contrast diverse social and economic structures
Trade
within the societies of Aboriginal, French and British peoples in pre-Confederation
Canada. War and Peace
7.1.4 Students will assess, critically, the economic competition related to the
control of the North American fur trade. Creating a New Country
7.1.5: Students will assess, critically, the political competition between the French
and the British in attempting to control North America.
7.1.6: Students will assess, critically, how political, economic and military events
contributed to the foundations of Canada.
Duration:
Unit Focus: September - February
Canada Before
Confederation
Addressing Learner Diversity:
Learners with diverse needs will be
able to access cloze notes (digitally
and paper copy). Adjustments in
Assessment: test style will also be adapted for
those students who require that.
Lessons will be designed with
Journals (F) multiple learner preferences in
Opinion writing (F) mind as well as many options given
Essay paragraphs (F) for projects and assignments.
Research Projects (F and S)
Quizzes/exams (F and S)
 Unit Plan – Post Confederation Canada: Social 7
Student Activities:
Chester Brown- Louis Riel as a
Graphic Novel
John A. – CBC documentary and
creative project
Essay/paragraph (persuasive)
writing
Journaling
Cartooning
Graphic Organizers
Learning Strategies:
Research, inquiry, critical
challenges, think-pair-share,
rapid fire debates, etc.
Outcomes:
7.2.1 recognize the positive and negative aspects of immigration and migration
Lesson Topics:
7.2.2 recognize the positive and negative consequences of political decisions Confederation and the Maritimes
7.2.3 appreciate the challenges that individuals and communities face when
Metis and Louis Riel
confronted with rapid change
7.2.4 assess, critically, the role, contributions and influence of the Red River Métis World War I and II
on the development of western Canada
7.2.5 evaluate the impact of Confederation and of subsequent immigration on Industrialization
Canada from 1867 Farm to city
7.2.6 assess, critically, the impacts of social and political changes on individual and
collective identities in Canada since 1918 to the First World War Technology
7.2.7 assess, critically, the impact of urbanization and of technology on individual
and collective identities in Canada
Duration:
Unit Focus: March - June
Canada After
Confederation
Addressing Learner Diversity:
Learners with diverse needs will be
able to access cloze notes (digitally
and paper copy). Adjustments in
Assessment: test style will also be adapted for
those students who require that.
Lessons will be designed with
Journals (F) multiple learner preferences in
Opinion writing (F) mind as well as many options given
Essay paragraphs (F) for projects and assignments.
Research Projects (F and S)
Quizzes/exams (F and S)