Guiding
Question
How have the contributions of Canadian women made an impact on society?
Learning
Goals
Students will:
• make connections between important people in their own lives and
important people in Canadian society;
• investigate two Canadian women contributors to society;
• investigate the impact a Canadian contributor has made on society; and
• examine the importance of making a difference in the world around them.
Success
Criteria
• Describe what a contribution is and qualities that significant contributors
have.
• Describe the struggles, accomplishments and impact that two Canadian
women contributors have made.
• Describe the Character trait connection.
Materials
Required for
This Lesson
Students will need:
• Character Trait Worksheets (pictures drawn about a Character trait) from
previous lesson
• Mind Map
• A Canadian Woman Contributor worksheet
• writing and erasing utensils
Teachers will need:
• Learning Goals and Success Criteria posted
• students placed in appropriate learning groups (approximately two to
three students each)
• Black Canadian Women Contributor Posters
• Black Canadian Women Contributor Information Sheets
• book: Viola Desmond Won’t Be Budged (2010) by Jody Nyasha Warner
(ISBN-13: 978-0888997791)
• YouTube clip: Hockey Hall of Fame Inducts First-Ever Female Athletes
youtube.com/watch?v=io1oabQ-P_Y (until 2:24 in the clip)
• chart paper
• markers
• BLM #1 Student Assessment Checklist
Lessons 3 and 4
Canadian Women Contributors (40 to 50 minutes each)
Black Canadian Curriculum – Primary – ETFO – 2014