Social Studies – Grade 7 Close this window
  What's this?

Assimilation or Accommodation?

  • To what extent was the specified action prescribed by the national government consistent with the principles of a pluralistic society?
  • Write a historical diary or journal entry that reflects how one of these actions affected an immigrant group or founding nation.

Suggested Activities Outcomes References Related Resources

References

Title: Canada: A People’s History
Host: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Description: This website contains resources that are intended to help teachers bring Canadian history to their classrooms. It is based on the award-winning CBC television series that tells Canada’s story though the eyes of the people who lived it.
Navigation Tips: Click on Explore the Episodes under About Canadian History in the right-hand-side menu. Then, click on an episode title to access information.
URL: http://history.cbc.ca

 

Title:

Passages to Canada Digital Archive

Host:

The Dominion Institute

Description:

This website contains online collections detailing the immigrant and refugee journey to Canada through oral history and memorabilia.

Navigation Tips:

Click either on Enter Flash or on Enter HTML to enter the site. Then, click on a topic—Life Before Canada, The Journey, Adjusting To Canada, What Canada Means To You—to access information.
Note: Click on a name to read that person’s story. To listen to the story, click on Original or English beside the megaphone icon.

URL:

http://passagestocanada.com/story-archive/

 

Title:

Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21: Canadian Immigration Process

Host:

Virtual Museum of Canada

Description:

This website contains an online game designed to teach students about the process of immigrating to Canada during the era that Pier 21in Halifax, Nova Scotia welcomed
one million newcomers. A link to additional teacher resources is provided.

Navigation Tips:

Click on “The Process: Who Got In?” to begin the game and follow the on screen instructions.

URL:

http://www.virtualmuseum.ca/Exhibitions/Pier21/eng/home-accueil-eng.html

 

Title: The Making of Treaty 8 in Canada’s Northwest
Host: Heritage Community Foundation
Description: This website contains a Virtual Museum of Canada exhibit that commemorates a historic event of enormous importance to Alberta’s northern First Nations. On June 21, 1899, on a point of land just south of present-day Grouard, Alberta, six leaders of the First Nations of Lesser Slave Lake signed a government-prepared document known as Treaty #8. 
Navigation Tips: Click on the topics in the left-hand-side menu or on the highlighted words within the text to access information.
URL: http://www.albertasource.ca/treaty8/eng/default.htm   
Last updated: October 20, 2017 | (Revision History)
Copyright | Feedback
Back to top