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Students investigate nineteenth century life in Canada through three context-based activities that each involve research, artifact creation and presentation components.

In the course overview unit, students are introduced to the six historical thinking concepts using activities that correspond to six events/topics of the twentieth century. 

In this activity, students will learn about Madeleine Parent and the history of workers’ rights in Canada.

HBC Archives: Private Records of Gertrude Perrin Transcript

Researching and Revealing Indian Hospitals in Canada Transcript

Originally presented in the winter of 2018 in digital-only format, we are pleased to now be able to offer this expanded version in print!

An unsettling time in our history.

How a First World War poem about poppies blossomed into an annual Remembrance Day campaign raising $14 million each year to assist veterans.

Book Review: This book is a compilation of the CBC-Massey lectures delivered in 2015, under the broad umbrella of the title History’s People, with sections headed Persuasion and the Art of Leadership, Hubris, Daring, Curiosity, and Observers. Margaret MacMillan draws effectively on several of her books to present a very varied group of historical subjects.

Deborah Morrison explores the Parkland region in northwestern Manitoba.