Canada: The Story of Us Episode 1 Questions & Answer Key

Looking for a fun and engaging way to teach Canadian History? This is it!

Canada: The Story of Us is a 10 part-drama/documentary series produced by the CBC for Canada 150 in 2017. Each episode is 45 minutes long and is easily accessible via YouTube. It is like an updated, better quality version of Canada: A People's History produced by the CBC more than 20 years ago.

Using the CBC articles that describe each episode, I've created question handouts on each episode that each come with their own answer key. The handouts are made to be convenient, and effective: they are each two pages long (1 page if you photocopy double-sided), allow for brief but succinct responses, and are designed to elicit two responses for each question. 10 questions = 20 marks. The answer keys are located on the next page.

To adapt/modify this assignment, I recommend playing the videos with closed-captioning, and posting the link so that students can re-watch it at home to get all the right answers. They might also use the link to the CBC article I have included to glean their answer (which is a great way to modify - print the article for students and have them find the responses that way), but not all of the questions come directly from there so they will still need to watch the video.

The first episode handout is free! I highly recommend you buy the bundle and save yourself 10+ hours of lesson planning. This could also be used as an independent work packet for students learning from home or at their own pace.