DR+8.3

=**Dynamic Relationships **= ====**Outcome DR 8.3 -** **Assess how historical events in Canada have affected the present Canadian identity.** ==== ====The Big Idea: How have historical events shaped the Canada of today?====

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a. Describe Canada’s role in world conflicts since the beginning of the 20th century (e.g., World War I, World War II, the Korean War, the Suez Crisis, the Gulf War, the UN mission in Bosnia, the Afghanistan mission). ======

__**Ideas for the Classroom: **__ What did Canada have to do with … give each group a quick research on different conflicts. Think of this an introduction to conflict

__ **Resources:** __ Legion Magazine

Archives Canada

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b. Assess the impact of a variety of important historical events in shaping the Canadian identity (e.g., the effect of the Royal Proclamation 1763 on Francophone and Aboriginal peoples; the fur trade economy; Quebec Act 1774; the Acadian deportation; the Loyalist migration; the War of 1812; Canada’s role in World War I; the creation of the health care system; peace-keeping activities; the role of the RCMP in the development of the Canadian West; Canadian Confederation 1867; the building of the national railroad; the Métis resistance 1870 and 1885; John A. Macdonald’s National Policy 1879; October Crisis 1970; the development of the Canadarm; the development of the music and film industry in French and in English in Canada).

__**Ideas for the Classroom:**__ Pick a couple of these historical events to illustrate the concept of history influences the Canada of today.

__**Resources:**__ Shirley Barclay's **//Letters Home//** resource

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e. Compare the perspectives taken in cases of injustice in Canadian history (e.g., the vote for women, vote for Aboriginal peoples, Chinese head tax, internment of Japanese and Ukrainian Canadians, restrictions on immigration of Jews during World War II). ======

__**Ideas for the Classroom:**__
 * Students seems to really identify with this indicator.**
 * Japanese Internment Video**
 * Child in a Prison Camp (ELA selection)

Explore the life of David Suzuki

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Some Ideas: for your classroom: //1. Use a Frayer Model for terms, definitions and recording information. // //2. RAN Charts (reading and analyzing non-fiction) as an alterative organizer to the KWLS. // //3. Venn Diagrams are very useful for comparing and contrasting information. //