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Learning from Labour |
Intermediate ETFO Resource
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Child Labour
Lesson Plan
Curriculum Expectation(s) and Big Ideas and Concepts
Unit
Grade
Teacher(s) Timeline:
Child Labour
Grade 7 and 8
45 minute lesson
Lesson Description
Students will formulate questions from encounters with images of Canadian child labour at the turn of the 20th century and recognize
factors in the rise of the Industrial Revolution in Canada.
Curriculum Expectations(s)
Big Ideas and Concepts
Read and demonstrate an understanding of a variety of literary,
graphic and informational texts, using a range of strategies to
construct meaning.
Generate, gather and organize ideas and information to write for
an intended purpose and audience.
Big Ideas
Analyze key similarities and differences between Canada in
1890–1914 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.
Framing Questions
What were the labour rights of children in early Canadian history?
What has changed in the labour movement?
Reading
Accommodations/Modifications
The New Book of Knowledge. Grolier Online. Web. July 10, 2015.
See ETFO Special Education Handbook for suggestions on how to
meet the needs of all learners.
Materials
Chart Paper
Markers
Interactive Whiteboard
Photographs and Handout Template (see below)
Computer access to technology
Learning Goal(s)
The Learning Goals are the Overall/Specific Expectations written in student friendly
language for students to access (post onto chart paper and review with students)
Develop an understanding of the importance of historical inquiry.
Understand that economic, political and social history are connected.
Evaluate primary resources for a greater understanding of the Canadian past.
Formulating questions from encounters with the Canadian child labour images.
Recognize the factors in the rise of the Industrial Revolution in Canada.
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