Quebec Nationalism: Canadian History Lesson - Digital & Print!

This resource contains everything you need to teach a comprehensive, informed, interactive, engaging and meaningful lesson on the history of Quebec nationalism in Canada from World War Two to the Present!

If all materials are used, this lesson will take 2 days to complete.

Students will learn about the following topics:

• Maurice Duplessis
• The Quiet Revolution
• The Front de Liberation du Quebec (FLQ)
• Lester B. Pearson
• The Bi & Bi Commission
• The new Canadian Flag
• Pierre Trudeau
• Rene Levesque
• The Parti Quebecois (PQ)
• The Official Languages Act
• The October Crisis
• Bill 101 (Charter of the French Language)
• 1980 Referendum
• The Constitution Act of 1982
• The Meech Lake Accord
• The Bloc Quebecois
• The Charlottetown Accord
• 1995 Referendum
• The Clarity Act
• Quebec nationalism from 2000 to the Present

Activities and resources included in this lesson:

• Detailed lesson plan
• Historical Perspective Timeline activity - Interactive and engaging group activity using Historical Thinking Concepts
• Google slides with learning goals, success criteria, big question, key vocabulary, review questions, background information, activities with instructions, discussion questions, and more!
• Handouts and worksheets (in both Google Doc and PDF format)
• Rubric for assessment of written response

As with all our history products, HISTORICAL THINKING CONCEPTS are central to the lesson. Students will use concepts related to HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE, such as historical context and presentism.

This lesson is formatted for both ONLINE LEARNING and FACE TO FACE.

No textbook or paid resources are required - All readings and materials required for this lesson are included. Just open the lessons and teach!

Teaching Canadian history? Check out our full Canadian history units:

• PRE-WWI CANADA REVIEW UNIT (perfect for the first week of class!)
• WORLD WAR ONE CANADA UNIT
• ROARING TWENTIES IN CANADA UNIT
• CANADA AND THE GREAT DEPRESSION UNIT
• WORLD WAR 2 CANADA UNIT

Looking for a unit on Historical Thinking Concepts?

• Click here to view our HISTORICAL THINKING UNIT

Want key visuals for your classroom walls to help reinforce historical thinking concepts?

• Click here to view our sets of HISTORICAL THINKING POSTERS

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