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Canadian history cultural activities for Easel Activities
Orange Shirt Day and Residential Schools - Truth and Reconciliation Activities
Orange Shirt Day and Residential Schools in Canada Close Reading Activities and Resources - This resource contains 4 reading passages related to Orange Shirt Day and Truth and Reconciliation, as well as Orange Shirt Day close reading activities, comprehension questions, and Orange Shirt Day activities. These meaningful resources will help you teach this important piece of history as we continue to move towards the path of truth and reconciliation. ✅Be sure to click on the preview above to see
Grades:
5th - 8th
Residential School Mini Unit with Lessons & Activities for Elementary and Middle
This Indigenous (Aboriginal, First Peoples, First Nations) residential school mini unit is a meaningful printable package that blends Canadian residential school history lessons with engaging activities. This mini unit is intended for elementary intermediate students, and middle school students (Grades 3-8).This resource is digital ready and can be easily assigned for distance learning through Google ClassroomTM.What You Get:1 Informational Page1 Booklet Title Page5 ActivitiesThis resource can b
Grades:
3rd - 8th
Canada: An Introduction to the Art, Culture, Sights, and Food
This slideshow helps elementary students quickly learn about famous landmarks, food, art, and the culture of Canada. You can use this slideshow at the beginning of a unit on Canada. You can also print it out and use it as a book for student research. This slideshow also has 4 questions at the end of the slideshow to review what students have learned. This download comes as a PDF file and is NOT editable as a PDF. However, you can open this slideshow in the TPT EASEL program and add or delete pag
Grades:
K - 5th
Canada! CANADIAN IDENTITY, History/Provinces and Territories PRINT and EASEL
Canada - Canadian Identity - 14 Informational Texts and Activities was created for teachers who have a component on Canadian identity in their social studies or language curriculum. This resource is probably best used for grades 5-7 students and with upper level ESL students (intermediate, high school, and adult). This resource would also be appropriate as a lead in to Canada Day at the end of the school year, but can be used at any time.Included are:Fourteen original passages (written by me)
Grades:
5th - 7th
Also included in: Canada! CANADIAN IDENTITY BUNDLE 4 Resources PRINT and EASEL
Canada's INDIGENOUS PEOPLES 15 Organizers Traditional Ways PRINT and EASEL
This set of graphic organizers includes: 3 organizers on each of the following 5 Aboriginal peoples of Canada – Inuit, Haida, Blackfoot, Iroquois (Haudenosaunee), and Mi’kmaq (Micmac). Page 1 of each has questions on where the nations lived, their language, and their housing. There is also space for students to draw or glue an image of something related to housing and to draw a map of where each nation lived. Page 2 includes sections on art and myths/legends (for the latter students are asked
Grades:
4th - 7th
Also included in: Canada's INDIGENOUS PEOPLES BUNDLE Research Activities PRINT and EASEL
Canada! CANADIAN SYMBOLS Activities PRINT and EASEL
Symbols of Canada: this resource includes six activities:1) a 3-page True or False activity about Canada’s symbols covering eight formal and informal Canadian icons. The symbols are: a) Canada’s flag, b) the beaver, c) Inuksuk, d) Canada’s money, e) the RCMP (Mounties), f) hockey, g) winter, and h) Native art. Students could complete the True or False in class, in groups, or individually. The teacher could assign it as a research unit;2) 4 general activities that can be completed for each on
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3rd - 6th
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Also included in: Canada! CANADIAN IDENTITY BUNDLE 4 Resources PRINT and EASEL
REMEMBRANCE DAY John McCrae Biography Texts, Activities PRINT and EASEL
ESL Bundle of 4John McCrae (Biography) is an informational reading and writing unit for upper elementary students. It can be utilized equally in an ELA class or a Social Studies class and is perfect for observing Remembrance Day in Canada. This product consists of four texts and activities to accompany each one. There are three biographical texts about John McCrae - these are continuous but do not have to be done all at once.Each of the three texts about McCrae begin with a “before you read” qu
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Grades:
4th - 6th
Canadian CANADA BLACK HISTORY Reading Passages, Activities PRINT and EASEL
Included in this set of 3 informational texts and 4 activities are:-- 3 one-page texts: “A Short History of Black Canadians”, “Mary Ann Shadd, Activist” and “Richard Pierpoint, Hero of the War of 1812”. -- 4 activities that complement the texts, the first a "True/False" activity to go with the first passage, and two for Mary Ann Shadd and Richard Pierpoint which require use of the internet (two YouTube videos); the fourth about the U.S. Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 (this can be done without intern
Grades:
5th - 7th
Also included in: Canadian Black History BUNDLE #1 of 3 Resources PRINT and EASEL
Les mots volés : A Residential School Mini Unit for Primary & Intermediate
This Indigenous (Aboriginal, First Peoples, First Nations) residential school mini unit is a meaningful printable package that gently teaches residential school history to primary and intermediate students through eight different activities.Using the book, Les mots volés by Melanie Florence, (unit does not include a digital version of the book), this social studies unit provides an entry level look into residential schools, or could be used as a jumping off point into further inquiries. Alternat
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Grades:
K - 6th
Not My Girl by Jordan-Fenton Residential Schools Canadian Indigenous History
Not My Girl by Jordan Fenton Residential Schools Canadian Indigenous History Lesson is ideal for teaching about Indigenous People and First Nations history. ⭐️ Bundle & Save ⭐️Purchase Not My Girl and When I Was Eight Lesson Bundle and you will get this lesson PLUS When I Was Eight Lesson Plan. This pack includes: Learning ObjectivesBackground informationPre, during, and post reading activities Story Sequencing ActivityStory Elements ActivityVocabulary in ContextVocabulary activitiesVocabul
Grades:
3rd - 6th
Canada's INDIGENOUS PEOPLES Choice Board - 9 Activities PRINT and EASEL
Canada’s Indigenous Peoples, Aboriginal Culture is a collection of 9 activities arranged on a “choice board” designed in a tic-tac-toe format. Students could be assigned to complete 3 in any direction, or even all 9 over the course of the unit as individual or group work.I have generally followed Robert Marzano’s Instructional Strategies in creating the activities. The activities are:1. Comparing and contrasting the Aboriginal peoples of Canada before and afterFirst Contact with Europeans;2.
Grades:
4th - 6th
Also included in: Canada's INDIGENOUS PEOPLES Mega BUNDLE of 7 Resources PRINT and EASEL
CANADA DAY! Informational Texts, Activities PRINT and TPT EASEL
“Canada Day!” includes the following:1. An approximately 500-word informational text titled “How Canada Became a Country” about the events that led to Confederation on July 1st in 1867 (the text may be challenging for some Grade 4 students, do check the preview to see how it would work with your class);2. and 3. Two pages of vocabulary work, opinion questions, comprehension questions, and main idea questions to accompany the informational text;4. A writing prompt (with photo) asking students t
Grades:
4th - 6th
Also included in: CANADIAN IDENTITY Mega BUNDLE of 9 Resources PRINT and TPT DIGITAL
Fatty Legs and A Stanger at Home Orange Shirt Day Novels Bundle
Fatty Legs and A Stanger at Home Residential School Novels Bundle | Indigenous History and Orange Shirt Day Lesson This resource includes: Chapter-by-chapter reading comprehension questionsNew Vocabulary activities Text-to-self questionsThemes activity Cause & Effect activity Character Analysis activity Extension Resources (Reading, Video & Map) Post-reading questions Answer KeyThis resource is great for:Teaching about Residential Schools Teaching Canadian History Teaching about First Na
Grades:
4th - 7th
REMEMBRANCE DAY (ESL 4) Canada PRINT and EASEL
This ESL Unit begins with a numbered 7-paragraph 383-word text (written at a grade 8 reading level) that discusses the origins of Remembrance Day and how it is observed in Canada. Included are: a list of 16 vocabulary words, a reading for information activity and a list of discussion questions for the poem In Flanders Fields. An attractively illustrated copy of In Flanders Fields is included. Answer keys are included. The resource is illustrated with graphics or photos that print well in blac
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Grades:
7th - 9th, Adult Education
Also included in: REMEMBRANCE DAY Canada ESL Differentiated BUNDLE of 4 PRINT and EASEL
I Am Not A Number Residential Schools Indigenous History Lesson
I Am Not A Number by Jenny Dupuis and Kathy Kacer Canadian Residential Schools Native American History and The Orange Shirt Day teaching resourceThis is an original lesson plan that includes the following:New Vocabulary Background knowledge and discussion about Canadian Residential SchoolsThe role and consequences of residential school on Canadian First Nations people.Story sequencing activity Character AnalysisIdentifying the problem and solution Long term effects of residential schools on indi
Grades:
4th - 7th
REMEMBRANCE DAY (ESL 1) Canada PRINT and EASEL
This ESL Remembrance Day resource begins with a numbered 5-paragraph 253-word text (written at a grade 5 reading level) that discusses the origins of Remembrance Day and how it is observed in Canada. Included are: a list of 11 vocabulary words (which are underlined in the text); a short list of Fast Facts; and a worksheet with three comprehension activities. A second feature of the unit is a short grammar activity (past progressive). An attractively illustrated copy of the poem In Flanders Fi
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Grades:
4th - 6th, Adult Education
Also included in: REMEMBRANCE DAY Canada ESL Differentiated BUNDLE of 4 PRINT and EASEL
REMEMBRANCE DAY (ESL 2) Canada PRINT and EASEL
This ESL resource begins with a numbered 6-paragraph 307-word text (grade 6 reading level) on Remembrance Day and how it is observed in Canada. Included are: a list of 12 vocabulary words (which are underlined in the text);a short list of a Fast Facts;a worksheet with three activities. The second feature of the unit is a short grammar activity (transition words). An attractively illustrated copy of In Flanders Fields is included. Answer keys are provided. The resource is illustrated with gr
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Grades:
6th - 8th, Adult Education
Also included in: REMEMBRANCE DAY Canada ESL Differentiated BUNDLE of 4 PRINT and EASEL
Material vs. Non-Material Culture: T-charts and Acadian Reading Comp Passage
This middle school social studies lesson has three parts to help teach your students in grades 5-8 about the concepts of material and non-material culture: 1) A handout with an introduction to the concept of material vs. non-material culture. Material culture includes physical objects such as tools, ornaments, and houses. Non-material culture includes ideas that can't be touched such as laws, religion, and language.2) Next students complete a one-page reading passage about Acadian culture and th
Grades:
5th - 8th
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REMEMBRANCE DAY (ESL 3) Canada PRINT and EASEL
This ESL resource, designed for Canadian students, begins with a numbered 6-paragraph 307-word text (written at a grade 7 level) that discusses the origins of Remembrance Day and how it is observed in Canada. Included are: a list of 13 vocabulary words, a short list of Fast Facts, and a worksheet with two activities. A second feature of the unit is a short grammar activity (question formation). An attractively illustrated copy of In Flanders Fields is also included. Answer keys are included.
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Grades:
6th - 10th, Adult Education
Also included in: REMEMBRANCE DAY Canada ESL Differentiated BUNDLE of 4 PRINT and EASEL
Fatty Legs by Jordan-Fenton Residential Schools Day Novel Guide
Fatty Legs by Jordan-Fenton the Orange Shirt Day Novel GuideIndigenous History Residential Schools CanadaThis resource includes: Pre, During and Post Reading Activities Chapter-by-chapter Reading Comprehension QuestionsNew VocabularyText to self questionsPost Reading questions/reading workshopCause & Effect Activity Themes Activity Character Analysis Activity Extension resources (Reading, Video & Map) Answer KeyThis resource is great for:Teaching about Residential Schools Teaching Canadi
Grades:
4th - 7th
Canada! CANADIAN IDENTITY Discussion Topics, Writing Prompts FREE
This is a free item from my “Canada! Canadian Identity 14 Passages, Activities” resource which can be seen here: Canadian Identity 14 Passages and Activities
This resource consists of a list 8 discussion or writing prompts about national identity. They are sure to spark ideas and debate! This freebie includes a pages with the topics numbered and one that is not numbered, in case you do not want to use all the topics. The complete product referenced above includes a recording sheet if students
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Grades:
6th - 9th
Canada - Internet Research Activities
26 printable or digital pages to engage your students in INTERNET RESEARCH on Canada. Students use a phone, tablet or laptop to search online for information about the people of this nation:languages and customs, national flag and coat of arms, coins and postage stamps, mountains and rivers, wild animals, sports, national anthem, major historical incidents,political leaders,and more...PRINT: I created a PDF version that you can download on your computer and print for students to use in class or
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Grades:
4th - 10th
Also included in: Back to School Explore the World Bundle
Warm Up Discussion Questions - Canada and The United States / Culture / ESL
32 Warm Up Discussion Questions when counting each part of the 19 Discussion Questions on Canada and The United States of America.Some of the questions include:2. Canada and The United States share a common ancestry, culture, history and even territory with their precursors being the early British settlements and colonies in North America, extending back to the British Isles before that. How do you think this common connection has affected the relationship between Canada and The United States?
Grades:
Not Grade Specific
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