Joining Four Colonies to Make Canada in 1867
In this 45-minute Grade 2 lesson, children work in groups of four. Each child decorates a paper piece for one colony, then the group tapes the pieces together to see…
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Tracing Where Everyday Classroom Objects Were Made
In this 45-minute Grade 7 lesson, students quietly examine labels on classroom items and their own belongings, record where each was made, and reflect in journals on how many people…
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Sorting Primary and Secondary Sources
Children work in pairs to sort eight examples, such as letters, photos and textbooks, into primary and secondary sources, then explain their choices to the class. They practise asking who…
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Telling Goods and Services Apart in Our Community
Children learn the difference between goods (things you can touch and buy) and services (work someone does for you). They sort spoken examples with hand signals, then add their own…
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Ordering the Steps That Bring Food from Farm to Table
In this 45-minute Grade 2 lesson, teams draw farmer, truck driver, store worker and cook cards, then run a relay to tape them in order for harvest foods like pumpkins…
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Choosing a Settlement Location Using Geographic Factors
In this 50-minute Grade 8 lesson, small groups copy a grid map with a river, mountains, forest, and coast. They weigh possible town sites by water, farmland, defense, trade, and…
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Playing Team Games from Different Countries
In this 45-minute kindergarten lesson, children rotate in teams through four taped-off stations to play tag, Red Light Green Light, Duck Duck Goose, and Follow the Leader, then vote for…
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Acting Out Daily Routines from Different Communities
In this 45-minute lesson, first graders work in small groups to act out waking up, eating, getting to school, and playing as children might in a city apartment, on a…
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Creating Classroom Jobs for Dancing Teddy Bears
In this 45-minute lesson, first graders work in small groups to give a troupe of dancing teddy bears community helper jobs, such as doctor, firefighter, or chef, then draw job…
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Drawing Family Portraits to Show Different Family Types
In this 45-minute Grade 1 lesson, children draw the people in their own families, look at classmates’ pictures, and work in small groups to imagine families unlike their own before…
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Investigating Lost Civilizations Through Archaeological Evidence
In this 45-minute Grade 5 lesson, small teams open paper bags of everyday classroom objects and treat them as artifacts from a lost civilization, recording observations and inferring how its…
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Debating Environmental Policies Through Team Competition
In this 45-minute Grade 8 class, students split into four teams, each backing one environmental policy: renewable energy investment, carbon taxes, pollution regulations, or conservation incentives. Teams prepare a short…
