Grade 7/8 Canadian History Bundle – 1713-1914
In this Grade 7/8 Canadian History bundle, teachers are provided with 85 in-depth, engaging, and cross-curricular lessons to help their students explore and understand New France, British North America, Conflict and Challenges, Confederation, Western Settlement, Development, and Canada: A Changing Society eras of Canadian history. This unit covers the years 1713 to 1914. Many subjects are integrated into this unit Language Arts (Reading, Writing, Oral, Media), History, and Art.
Curriculum Alignment: This unit is aligned with the Ontario Social Studies Curriculum 2018 Grade 7 and 8, Strands A and B.
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This Grade 7/8 Canadian History Bundle Includes:
- 85 Engaging Lessons
- MP3 Audio Files
- Google Slides of Student Pages
- Daily Lesson Plans
- Student Choice
- Differentiated Tasks
- Inquiry Learning
- Graphic Organizers
- Summative Assessment
- Assessment Rubrics
- Unit Tests
- Answer Keys
- Combined Grades Teaching Plan
- Individual PDFs of student pages to post to Google Classroom™
Grade 7/8 Canadian History – Grade 7 Lessons
Strand A Lesson Outline
- Important Events Sorting Activity
- Historica Minutes Topic: Explorers & First Nations
- Canadian Settlement Objects Activity
3B. Haudenosaunee, Inuit and Métis - Map of New France 1700 Creation and Analysis
- The Creation of New France
5B. Medical Care in the 1700s - New France Vocabulary QR Code Matchup
- Historical Figures Monologues
- New France Inquiry Stations
- Mid Unit Test Review and Test
- The Treaty of Utrecht
10B. Treaties and Pontiac’s Resistance - The Acadians
- The Seven Years’ War
- The Treaty of Paris, The Proclamation & The Quebec Act
- The American Revolution
- The Loyalists
15B. The Impact of the Loyalists’ Migration on the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation - Canada: A People’s History Episode
- Constitution Act 1791
- British North America Summative Task
- Unit Review and Test
Strand B Lessons
Introduction: Top 10 List of Events from 1713-1800
- Establishing Upper Canada
1B. Métis & Settler Relations - Historica Minutes: War of 1812
- War of 1812 Overview Reading
- War of 1812 Inquiry Stations
- War of 1812 Newspaper Article
- Results of the War of 1812
6B. Mackinac & Drummond Islands & The Treaty of Ghent - A Question of Identity: The War of 1812
- War of 1812 Review & Quiz
- Life in Lower Canada
- The Rebellions in Lower Canada
- Life in Upper Canada
- The Rebellions in Upper Canada
- Rebellions Quiz
- Canada A People’s History Videos (Optional)
14B. Legal Issues - Politics in British North America
15B. British – Indigenous Treaties - Conflict and Challenges Summative Task
- Unit Review and Test
Grade 7/8 Canadian History – Grade 8 Lessons
Strand A Lessons
- Why Do We Study History?
- How Did We Get Here?
- How Has The Map of Canada Changed?
- Life in British North America Prior to 1867
- Fathers of Confederation Monologues
- Politics in the Province of Canada
- John A. Macdonald Personal and Professional Life
- Confederation Advertisement Assignment
- The Pros and Cons of Confederation
- The Charlottetown, Quebec and London Conferences
10B. Missing Voices at the Confederation Conferences
10C. British North America Act - Confederation Unit Test
- Primary Source Analysis Videos and Photos
- Legal Documents
- Settlement of Western Canada Inquiry Stations
- Manitoba Act 1870
- The Indian Act 1876
- Louis Riel Obituary Assignment
- Canadian Pacific Railroad Lyric Analysis
- Canadian Pacific Railroad Assignment
- Primary Source Analysis, Video, and Creative Writing – The Gold Rush
- The Chinese Immigration Act 1885
- The Arctic and Indigenous Case Law
- Numbered Treaties
- Residential Schools
- Video Review
- Western Canada Unit Test
Strand B Lessons
- Settling Canada Top 10 Events Class Discussion
- Primary Source Analysis – Examining Photos
- Historica Minute Videos (Sports, Inventor, Key Females)
- Interactive Timeline of Canadian Historical Events
- The Changing Map of Canada – Examining Maps
- Important Canadians QR Codes (Key People From This Era)
- Historical Figures Readings – Frederick Ogilvie Loft, Thomas Longboat, Duncan Campbell Scott
- Changing Society Inquiry Stations – 12 Topics (Technology, Transportation, Internal Politics, External Politics (Part 1 & 2), Immigration, Recreation Activities & Sports, Indigenous Peoples, Social Movements, Education Reforms & Child Labour, Emergence of Cities & Factories, Changing Role of Women)
- Primary Source Analysis Assessment – Transportation Changes
- Legal Issues and Changes (Voting Rights, The Metis, Indigenous Issues, School Policy Changes)
- Class Newspaper
- Changing Society Unit Test
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NOTES: Internet is required to access videos in this unit. Research is not included for inquiry stations. Students must gather the research themselves from a textbook, non-fiction books or online sources.
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