Grade 8 History Unit Plan
Canada: A Changing Society 1890-1914
December-January (13 Lessons)
Dates
December
16, 17,18
January
6, 7
January
8, 9, 10
January
13, 14
January
15, 16, 17
Expectations (general/specific)
Family Tree & Autobiography
-Use resources and tools to gather, process, and communicate information of factors that shaped
Canada entering the 20th century
-Describe social and working conditions of Canadians at the beginning of the 20th century
-Research and Inquiry skills
-Compare/ contrast family roles from
1890-1914 to family roles today
-Inquiring into Farm life in Ontario
-Immigration and Settlement
-Use of Primary Sources
-Social Reform movements
-The James Bay Treaty
Social Change Through the Century
-Compare and analyze groups in present-day Canada to that of groups in Canada from 1890-1914
-interpret data
-communicate interpretations in small group presentations
-analyze changes that have occurred in one’s lifetime
-Inquiring into Farm life in Ontario
-Developments in Science and
Technology
Postcards from the Past
-Canada in the First World War
-Notable Canadians involved in WWI
-Examine War Propaganda
-compare living and working conditions, technological developments and social roles at the beginning of the 20th century to present day Canada
Vehicles of Change
-describe and evaluate the effects of technology on Canadians
-How industrial evolution has changed Canada
-Achievements and developments and contributions of Canada
# of
Lessons
3
2
3
2
3
Activities/ Resources/Methods
-Create a family tree
-Create an autobiography
-Posters
-Photographs
-Research (book class time in the library)
-canadianhistory.com
-Group discussion on “Changes in family roles”
http://www.canadahistory.com/sections/eras/laurier/La urier.html
http://www.canadahistory.com/sections/eras/the%20gre at%20war/The%20Great%20War.html
-examine Canadian government archives http://www.archives.gov.on.ca/en/education/grade_eig ht.aspx
-PowerPoint presentations
-Video demonstrating changes in society throughout the 20th century
-research groups in Canada (past and present)
-Group Presentations (Skits/ Videos, PowerPoint)
-KWL Charts
-Group Discussions
-Fieldtrip to the Canadian War Museum
-Create a class timeline
-http://historyonthenet.com/WW1/ww1main.htm
www.bbc.co.uk/schools/worldwarone/
-warmuseum.ca/cwm/exhibitions.guerre/home-e.aspx
-Journal entries
-Jigsaw
-Changes in agriculture, transportation, communication, and manufacturing
-Peer-teaching
-Group/ Class discussion
-Review keys terms and concepts for Unit Test
-Review for Culminating Activity

Unit Context: Students will increase their understanding of Canadian history at the turn of the 20th century (1890-1914) by examining how social, political, economic, and legal changes in Canada affected groups of people in a diverse and regionally distinct nation. Students will be able to make connections to present day, investigate and understand varying perspectives of different groups and describe significant events, developments, and people in Canada.
Unit Summary: The culminating activity in this unit will have students draw on knowledge over the past
13 lessons in which they will select an event of their choice which occurred between 1890-1914 and create a timeline from the point of development until present day. Students may present their findings in any of the following formats: oral presentation, written essay, filmed video presentation or a creatively drawn timeline map
Culminating Task Assessment: The student’s grade will be determined through assessment of a number of demonstrations:
-Assessment of Final Product
-Assessment of Decision Making
-Assessment of Independent Research Proposal
-Integration of class concepts and material
Links to Prior Knowledge:
The following list identifies concepts and skills students need to know and be able to demonstrate to accomplish tasks in this unit:
-knowledge of timelines and their purpose
-role playing
-participate in a class discussion
-ability to locate, organize, and present information obtained from various sources (internet, archives, textbooks)
-Team-teaching
-co-operative learning skills

Sir Wilfrid Laurier by a railway track Date: 1910
Creator: M.O. Hammond
Reference Code: F 1075-15-0-0-174
Archives of Ontario, I0016657

Chinese family, Date: 1911
Location: Sarnia, Ont.
Creator: John Boyd
Reference Code: C 7-3-2822
Archives of Ontario, I0003443

Canadian Propaganda

1914 Photo of the Essex Engine plant in Windsor, Ontario

Sun
1
8
15
Mon
2
9
16
Tue
3
10
17
Wed
4
11
18
Family Tree and Autobiography
Thu
5
Fri
6
12 13
19 20
Last day of
Class
26 27 22 23
New
Years
Eve
24 25
Winter Break (no class) Christmas
29 30 31
28
Sun Mon Tue Wed
1
Thu
2
Fri
3
New
Years
Day
7 8 5
12
6
13 14
9 10
Social Change Through the Century
15 16 17
Postcards from the Past Vehicles of Change End of Unit
19 20 21 22 23 24
Sat
4
11
18
25
26 27 28 29 30 31
Sat
7
14
21