Grade 8 Overall Expectations:
Assess key similarities and differences between Canada in 1890 to 1914 and in the present day, with reference to the experiences of, major challenges facing, and actions taken by various individuals, groups, and/or communities, including First Nations, Métis, and Inuit individuals and/or communities
- Canada (Book)
- Dance of the Banished (Book)
- Encyclopedia of North American Immigration (Book)
- A Hundred Years of Immigration to Canada 1900 to 1999 (Website)
- Settling the West Immigration to the Prairies from 1867 to 1914 (Website)
- Immigration Act 1910 (Website)
- Industrialization in Canada (Website)
- Timeline, Residential Schools (Website)
- Life In Canada In the 1890s (Website)
- History of Women Suffrage in Canada (Website)
Use the historical inquiry process to investigate perspectives of different groups and communities, including First Nations, Métis, and/or Inuit communities, on some significant events, developments, and/or issues that affected Canada and/or people in Canada between 1890 and 1914
- Canada’s First Nations and Cultural Genocide (Book)
- Native Chiefs and Famous Metis (Book)
- The Metis in Canada (Book)
- Before the Gold Rush (Book)
- Everyone can vote (eventually) (Database article)
- The Manitoba Schools Question (Website)
- Continuous Journey Regulation 1908 (Website)
- Key Moments in Indigenous History Timeline (Website)
- Canada and the South African War (Website)
Describe various significant people, issues, events, and developments in Canada between 1890 and 1914, including the residential school system, and explain their impact
- Nellie McClung (Book)
- Tom Longboat (Book)
- Peter Henderson Bryce (Website)
- Maude Abbott (Website)
- National Council of Women of Canada (Website)
- Naval Service Act of 1910 (Website)
- Onondeyoh (Frederick Ogilvie Loft) (Website)
- Trades and Labour Congress of Canada (Website)