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The Labour Day Critical Design Challenge
Lesson Plan
Curriculum Expectation(s) and Big Ideas and Concepts
Unit
Grade
Teacher(s) imeline:
The Labour Day Critical Design Challenge
Grade 7 and 8
45 minute lesson
Lesson Description
Students will be challenged to design a revitalized Labour Day celebration, making specific reference to the history and efforts of
workers and the labour movement.
Curriculum Expectations(s)
Big Ideas and Concepts
History
Use the historical inquiry process to investigate perspectives of
different groups on some significant events developments and/or
issues that affected Canada and/or Canadians.
Describe various significant events, developments and people in
Canada between key dates indicated and explain their impact.
Analyze key similarities and differences between Canada in the
key dates indicated and in the present day, with reference to the
experiences of and major challenges facing different groups and/
or individuals and to some of the actions
Canadians have taken to improve their lives.
The Big Ideas
The benefits and rights we enjoy as citizens are the result of
the struggles of others. Their actions in the past are significant
because they impact me today. (Historical Significance)
There are ways that we collectively recognize and celebrate
those efforts in statutory holidays and festivals. (Cause and
Consequence)
As we are all part of labour in some way, our families are part of
this history. (Continuity and Change)
The Framing Questions
In what ways are Canadian human rights and Labour Standards a
result of the struggles of people in the past?
What is the impact of these past events on my life today?
What are the accomplishments and how are they recognized?
How have those accomplishments changed over time?
What can we learn from the ways in which people met challenges
in the past?
What agency can we demonstrate in the future when faced with
similar challenges?
What are the industrial, agricultural, business or union history
and occupations my community has been known for currently
and in the past? (Extension: Collecting Oral History)
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