FRENCH Grade 7/8 Canadian History Bundle 1713 – 1914. Teachers are provided with 75 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.
This bundled unit covers the years 1713 to 1914 in Canadian history. Language Arts (Reading, Writing, Oral, Media), History, Art, and Drama subjects are integrated into this unit.
Included in this resource are answer keys and individual PDFs of student pages to support online learning such as Google Classroom. This unit is aligned with the Ontario Social Studies Curriculum 2018 Grade 7 and 8, Strand A and B.
Related Resources
★ Grade 7 Geography Units Ontario Curriculum French Edition
★ Grade 8 Geography Units Ontario Curriculum French Edition
★ Grade 7/8 Ontario Curriculum Geography Bundle French Edition
Notes
- A reliable internet connection is required for these units.
- Research is not included for inquiry stations. Students must gather the research themselves from the textbook, non-fiction books, or online sources.
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Grade 7 Strand A Lessons
1. Important Events Sorting Activity (For)
2. Historica Minutes Topic: Explorers & First Nations (As)
3. Canadian Settlement Objects Activity (As)
3B. Haudenosaunee, Inuit and Métis (As)
4. Map of New France 1700 Creation and Analysis (As/Of)
5. The Creation of New France (As)
5B. Medical Care in the 1700s (As)
6. New France Vocabulary QR Code Matchup (For)
7. Historical Figures Monologues (As/Of)
8. New France Inquiry Stations (As/Of)
9. Mid Unit Test Review and Test (Of)
10. The Treaty of Utrecht (As)
10B. Treaties and Pontiac’s Resistance (As)
11. The Acadians (For/As)
12. The Seven Years’ War (As)
13. The Treaty of Paris, The Proclamation & The Quebec Act
14. The American Revolution (As)
15. The Loyalists (As/Of)
15B. The Impact of the Loyalists Migration on the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation (As)
16. Canada: A People’s History Episode (As)
17. Constitution Act 1791 (As)
18. British North America Summative Task (Of)
19. Unit Review and Test (Of)
Grade 7 Strand B Lessons
Introduction: Top 10 List of Events from 1713-1800
1. Establishing Upper Canada (As)
1B. Métis & Settler Relations (As)
2. Historica Minutes: War of 1812 (As)
3. War of 1812 Overview Reading (As)
4. War of 1812 Inquiry Stations (As/Of)
5. War of 1812 Newspaper Article (Of)
6. Results of the War of 1812 (As)
6B. Mackinac & Drummond Islands & The Treaty of Ghent (As)
7. A Question of Identity: The War of 1812 (As)
8. War of 1812 Review & Quiz (Of)
9. Life in Lower Canada (As)
10. The Rebellions in Lower Canada (As)
11. Life in Upper Canada (As)
12. The Rebellions in Upper Canada (As)
13. Rebellions Quiz (Of)
14. Canada A People’s History (Optional) (As)
14B. Legal Issues (As)
15. Politics in British North America (As)
15B. British – Indigenous Treaties (As)
16. Conflict and Challenges Summative Task (Of)
17. Unit Review and Test (Of)
Grade 8 Strand A Lessons
1. Why Do We Study History?
2. How Did We Get Here?
3. How Has The Map of Canada Changed?
4. Life in British North America Prior to 1867
5. Fathers of Confederation Monologues
6. Politics in the Province of Canada
7. John A. Macdonald Personal and Professional Life
8. Confederation Advertisement Assignment
9. The Pros and Cons of Confederation
10. The Charlottetown, Quebec and London Conferences
10B. Missing Voices at the Confederation Conferences
10C. British North America Act
11. Confederation Unit Test
12. Primary Source Analysis Videos and Photos
13. Legal Documents
14. Settlement of Western Canada Inquiry Stations
15. Manitoba Act 1870
16. The Indian Act 1876
17. Louis Riel Assignment
18. Canadian Pacific Railroad Lyric Analysis
19. Canadian Pacific Railroad Assignment
20. Primary Source Analysis, Video, and Creative Writing – The Gold Rush
21. The Chinese Immigration Act 1885
22. The Arctic and Indigenous Case Law
23. Numbered Treaties
24. Residential Schools
25. Video Review
26. Western Canada Unit Test
Grade 8 Strand B Lessons
1. Settling Canada Top 10 Events
2. Primary Source Analysis
3. Historica Minute Videos
4. Canada A People’s History Video
5. Interactive Timeline
6. Changing Map of Canada
7. Important Canadians QR Codes
8. Important Canadians Readings
9. Changing Society Inquiry Stations
10. Primary Source Analysis Assessment
11. Legal Issues and Changes
12. Class Newspaper
13. Changing Society Unit Test
Resource Includes:
- Detailed unit plan, answer keys, and assessment rubrics
- Detailed teacher and student directions
- Interactive note-taking graphic organizers
- Assessment for, of and as learning breakdown
- Lessons divided up with title pages for easy access
- Student assignment choice and variety
- Detailed teacher and student directions
- Q-Chart to help students formulate good questions
- Inquiry stations research folder cover pages
- Inquiry station cards with detailed instructions
- Inquiry station graphic organizers to help students with their research
- Oral presentation assessment rubric
- Historical content assessment rubric
- Differentiated assessment formats
