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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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