Grade 8 Overall Expectations:
Assess the impact of some key social, economic, and political factors, including social, economic, and/or political inequalities, on various groups and communities, including First Nations, Métis, and Inuit communities, and on the creation and expansion of the Dominion of Canada, between 1850 and 1890
- Canada (Book)
- Red Coats on the Prairies (Book)
- How Different it Was (Book)
- A Country of Our Own (Book)
- Miss Confederation (Book)
- The Blacks in Canada (Book)
- The Story of Mary Ann Shadd (Book)
- Changing the Pattern (Book)
- George-Etienne Cartier (Book)
- Joseph Howe (Book)
- Dominion of Canada (Website)
- Indigenous Peoples Timeline from 1850 (Website)
- History of the RCMP (Website)
- Treaties with Indigenous Peoples 1871 to 1897 (Website)
- The Words That Shaped Canada (YouTube)
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 1850 and 1890
- Rails Across Canada (Book)
- Loyal Till Death (Book)
- Prairie Fire (Book)
- Louis Riel (Book)
- Blood Upon Our Land (Book)
- A Girl Called Echo (Book)
- The Chinese Head Tax (Book)
- An Ocean Apart (Book)
- The North West Rebellion (Database article)
- Ribbon of Steel (Database article)
- Red River Resistance (Website)
Describe various significant people, events, and developments in Canada between 1850 and 1890, including the Indian Act, treaties between Indigenous nations and the Crown, and the residential school system, and explain their impact
- Canada’s First Nations (Book)
- 21 Things You May Not KNow About the Indian Act (Book)
- Residential Schools (Book)
- Residential Schools: with words and images of survivors (Book)
- Scars (Book)
- A Trail of Broken Dreams (Book)
- Robinson Treaties and Douglas Treaties (Website)
- Indian Act (Website)
- The Numbered Treaties 1871 to 1921 (Website)
- Historic Treaties and Treaty First Nations Infographic (Website)
- Catharine Sutton (Nahneebahwequa) (Website)
- Mistahimaskwa (Big Bear) (Website)
- Woman’s Christian Temperance Union in Canada (Website)
- Repeal of the Corn Act (Website)