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Bring labour history into your classroom with these lesson plans and activities.
Compiled by Canada’s History
2019 marks the one hundredth anniversary of the Winnipeg General Strike, providing a timely opportunity to look back at stories of work and workers in Canada. Bring labour history into your classroom with these lesson plans and activities.
In this lesson, students will use role play to learn about the experiences of Black sleeping car porters on the job.
In this activity, students will learn about Madeleine Parent and the history of workers’ rights in Canada.
In this activity, students will analyze multiple accounts of the Winnipeg General Strike, noting important similarities and differences in the points of view they represent.
In these activities students will demonstrate their knowledge and understanding of the role of Black fur traders.
This lesson focuses on exploring what is known about specific Black fur traders, learning more about their life and character, and applying this knowledge to illustrate why they were qualified for various jobs at the Hudson’s Bay Company or North West Company.
A cadre of historians, artists and activists champion social justice via comic books. In 2013, they published a free comic on Canada’s early labour movement.
The 1919 Winnipeg General Strike remains an unparalleled moment of solidarity among Canadian workers.
From changing working conditions at factories to the role of labour activists in strikes, these 8 Young Citizens videos share stories about the history of work in Canada.
We have so many great words that you won’t hear outside of Canada. Even better, many of those words are the same in French and English.
PBS's two-hour documentary, The War of 1812, uses stunning re-enactments, evocative animation, and the incisive commentary of key experts to reveal little-known sides of an important war.
Bring this map of Canada and these specially made tokens into your classroom to mark each Canadian historic site, person and event your students learn about.
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