This lesson explores the trading ship, The Boston, in Nootka Sound and how Chief Maquinna murdered the whole crew except for John Thompson and John Levitt. Maquinna is honoured in Canadian history, while our founding father, Sir John A MacDonald, is cancelled. How is this right when Sir John A MacDonald did so much for…
🌍 Experience the Excitement of the Geography Fair! The Geography Fair is more than an event—it’s a journey around the world! Students choose a topic that inspires them, whether it’s a country, province, region, or a fascinating global theme. From hands-on research to creative displays, they dive deep into discovery and bring geography to life…
Indigenous writing is cultural appropriation! Explore how Reverend Evans created symbols, made books to record the Cree language, and taught the Indigenous how to read and write. Art Featured: Rev. James Evans Teaching His System of Cree Syllabic Writing by C. W. Jefferys About Jim McMurtry, PhD
Donna’s curriculum, written from a Christian perspective, endeavors to portray historical figures as accurately as possible, acknowledging both their virtuous attributes and their human flaws, their noble motivations alongside their self-serving ambitions. This approach aims to provide a comprehensive and balanced understanding of the past, avoiding simplistic or idealized characterizations. Learners from a Christian perspective…
Using an etching of Sitting Bull kicking out Uncle Sam, Jim explores what it means to be Indigenous. He questions why those “first” nations, such as the Sioux who came as late as 1876, have full Indigenous status when Europeans were in Canada long before that. Art Featured: UNCLE SAM FORGIVES SITTING BULL FOR CUSTER…
A long time ago, in the 1870s, workers in Canada didn’t always have fair hours or safe jobs. In Toronto, a group of printers who worked for newspapers decided they wanted something better—a workday that was only nine hours long instead of ten to twelve hours per day. When the leaders of this group were…
From west to east, Canada’s six different time zones are: Pacific, Mountain, Central, Eastern, Atlantic and Newfoundland. Up to the 1880s, cities and towns used their own local solar time which could vary from place to place. That was fine when people didn’t travel far, but once the railways allowed quicker travel over long distances,…
In the painting today, it looks like white European traders are exchanging goods with First Nations, something that obviously was a mutual benefit to both sides. The indigenous people are happy to get metal products, blankets, and beads, and all sorts of things that you probably already know about. And the Europeans were particularly focused…
Talking to kids about residential schools can be challenging but important. This guide offers supportive talking points to help parents start natural and meaningful conversations. We deeply respect that there are diverse perspectives and valid interpretations surrounding this topic, and we firmly believe in your right as a parent to impart knowledge and values in…
A lot of people think Canadian history isn’t very interesting. The painting in today’s lesson was painted by an eye-witness, so we can consider it fairly accurate. When we examine the artwork carefully, we see how different the culture and life was for people back in time, which makes it exotic and exquisite and interesting…
