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The Rights and Responisiblities of Workers and Employers
Lesson Plan
Curriculum Expectation(s) and Big Ideas and Concepts
Unit
Grade
Teacher(s) Timeline:
The Rights and Responisibilities of Workers and Employers
Grade 7 and 8
45 minute lesson
Lesson Description
This lesson examines the rights/responsibilities of workers and employers in Canada. Students will make predictions of how these have
changed throughout history.
Curriculum Expectations(s)
Big Ideas and Concepts
History
Formulate questions to guide investigations into perspective of
different groups on significant events, developments and/or issues
that affected Canada and/or Canadians in the era under study.
Identify key political and legal changes that occurred in and/or
affected Canada during this period.
Identify key social and economic changes that occurred in and/or
affected Canada during this period.
Big Ideas
Workers and employers have different responsibilities and rights
within the workplace.
Workers have not always had the rights that they do today and
their workplaces have not always been safe. (Continuity and
Change)
Framing Questions
What are the rights/responsibilities of workers and employers?
How have these have changed since 1850?
Reading
Accommodations/Modifications
Reduce number of questions required for “Inquiry Question”
handout.
Allow opportunities for students to present “Time Period
Overview” handout orally.
See ETFO Special Education Handbook for suggestions on how to
meet the needs of all learners.
Materials
Chart paper or online brainstorming webtool (Today’s Meet, Padlet, etc.)
Independent Inquiry Questions handout
Time Period Overview handout
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