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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 analyze artifacts 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.
This lesson focuses on exploring what is known about specific Black fur traders and learning more about their life and character 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.
In this activity, students will analyze a selection of primary documents from the First World War.
Myseum of Toronto presents a theatrical and playful revisiting of the 1851 North American Convention of Coloured Freemen on February 17 and 24.
We should remember past pandemics not just for their own sakes, but to ward off the complacency that can leave our communities vulnerable to, and ravaged by, future epidemics.
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.