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6th grade canadian history research for Microsoft Word
Grade 6 Social Studies: Responses to Global Issues (NGOs)
This project addresses several of the expectations in the Grade 6 Ontario Social Studies Curriculum. Specifically, students learn about Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) and how Canadian NGOs respond to a variety of crises/disasters around the world. Students choose a recent or current crisis, and an NGO responding to it, to examine in more depth. They create a presentation in a format of their choice. The file includes Teacher Notes (outlining curriculum connections, lesson sequence), ha
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6th
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Vikings Assignment
This assignment is based from a great, child friendly, primary history BBC website. Students are to read and answer the viking questions related to viking ways of life, viking tradition, and viking settlements. The website has many video clips and artifiacts for students to view. Comes with answer key.
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4th - 9th
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Canadian Culture Web Search
This is a great way to combine learning about Canadian Culture and research. This includes questions about Canadian Culture with links to websites to help students search for the answers. An answer key is included at the end.
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4th - 7th
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Growth of Canada Post-Confederation Inquiry Project
This inquiry-based project allows students to choose a topic to research and construct a presentation to share with a small group in a jig-saw style. Included in the download is the student information hand out with rubric, as well as an additional document for the students to use as a reflection when the presentations are completed. The documents will be editable.
Grades:
5th - 7th
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Inquiry Research Project on Indigenous Studies
This resource is a comprehensive project that focuses on inquiry and research for the students. In addition, it is a differentiated project where the students have a choice in what they are learning and the mark that they will receive. I have done this project many times and the results always blow me away! This is a great resource that aligns with all Native Studies curriculum for Saskatchewan and Canada. It focuses on historical policies to controversial issues. Once the students are completed
Grades:
5th - 12th
You've Gotta Travel Here! Canadian Edition
Students choose one province or territory of Canada to conduct research on and present their findings as a travel brochure! Includes guided research template and self-evaluation rubric!
Grades:
5th - 8th
Inquiry Based Learning Unit and Graphic Organizers - History
These graphic organizers were developed to assist students in using Big Ideas from the History curriculum in order to develop open-ended inquiry based questions for research. After teaching the necessary background information on a theme or topic connected to the curriculum (e.g. Confederation), students use the graphic organizers to guide them in:
- developing open-ended questions for research
- use primary and secondary courses to explore their question
- interpret and analyze information th
Grades:
5th - 10th
Black History Month in Canada: a scaffolded inquiry project
The project invites students to investigate a famous Black Canadian using critical thinking skills and social studies inquiry methods. Over the course of this project, students engage with a number of the required learning outcomes for Social Studies 6 in the British Columbia provincial curriculum. This was designed as a scaffolded inquiry project, meaning that students are guided through the project with organizational tools and prompts. At the end of this project, students present their findin
Grades:
6th - 8th
Canadian Social Studies - Canadian Identity Research Project
This research project gives students various options to focus on. They are to research a specific topic that focuses on Canadian Identity and will report on how their topic impacted Canada (be it negative or positive)
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6th - 9th
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Canadian Environmental Issues Flyer
This project was created for the 6th grade Georgia Social Studies curriculum. Taking on the role of a member of an environmental awareness group, the students are asked to create a flyer to raise awareness to the various environmental issues plaguing Canada.
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6th
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Canadian Disaster Research Websites
Perfect for a research project on Canadian Disasters, this document has a collection of reliable web and news sources for your students to access. Simply bookmark the sites or provide a list to the students to aid them in their research.
Disasters include:
Halifax Explosion (Halifax) December 6th, 1917
Freezing Rainstorm (Eastern Ontario / Western Quebec) January 1998.
Saguenay Flood (Quebec) July 1996
Manitoba Flood (Red River) April / May 1997
Hurricane Juan (Halifax / Dartmouth Nova Scotia
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4th - 9th
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Canadian Websites for Social Studies Projects and Heritage Fair
This is a list of websites that is useful for grades 6-12 Social Studies. The sites are great for students who are completing research projects (such as heritage fair). They're all reputable and contain excellent Canadian content.
I have found that students waste so much time mindlessly putting topic ideas into search engines and this time doesn't always result in reliable information. This list of sites helps to narrow students' focus in their research which gives them more time to actually l
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6th - 12th
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Historic Halifax and the Province of Nova Scotia Canada: A Book-Making Activity
Alert: Due to the coronavirus pandemic and having to teach online this lesson can be adapted to home-school learning. Please feel free to contact me via email if you have questions or need assistance [gschoales@gmail.com] Halifax; beginning with its founding by the English in 1746 as part of the Anglo-French rivalry for control of North America; through its establishment as the primary port for the British in their conflict with their rebellious colonies; to its critical role in both world wa
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6th - 12th
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Astronaut Research Assignment and Criteria
INCLUDES RESEARCH ASSIGNMENT CRITERIA and RUBRIC for EvaluationThis has been such a fun research assignment for my Grade 6 Students while covering our SPACE Unit. It was great to see them flourish as they had a choice of one of five astronauts to choose from. Reading a brief summary of each was helpful, but ultimately they got to select the one they wanted to learn more about. They were given 2 weeks to complete it with a partner. I used many class periods and talked about each of the 5 Astronau
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4th - 7th
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Famous Leaders Who Immigrated to Canada: Essay Outline & Rubric
This package includes a guide for students on writing an essay on a Famous Canadian who immigrated to Canada. The package includes:- A checklist for steps to success- A colour coded graphic organizer for collecting research- A colour coded graphic organizer for drafting the essay- A Social Studies Rubric aligned with the Grade 6 Ontario Social Studies Curriculum
Grades:
6th
Canada and Mexico Bundled Resources
This product is a compilation of resources for teaching Canada and Mexico. Included are:
- Organizers for note taking, along with an answer key
- Venn Diagram for comparing Canada, Mexico, and the USA
- Poster project for students to create using their research
- Written assessment
- Checkpoint Quiz
- End of Unit Test, with answer key
I've used these resources while having students use Chromebooks, IPads, and computers to search websites, such as National Geographic for kids and Scholastic.
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3rd - 6th
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Canada's Shady Past
This unit looks at five not so pleasant parts of Canada's past. Chinese Canadians, Residential Schools, Japanese Canadians, African Americans and Women in Canada are the main topics. Each section has a few definitions to learn, a good website to find information on, some questions and a writing component. A helpful grid is also included for keeping track of the marks.
Grades:
6th - 8th
Native Canadians and European Settlers Research Project
This project is a great way for students to learned about the Metis, Inuit and First Nations Communities. It is perfect for the new curriculumn! It's currently set up as a google slide project, but can easily be edited to take on another format. It comes with success criteria, an assessment checklist and a peer contribution reflection (should you choose to have your students complete it as a partner or group project). The outline of the project is as follows:
Part one: Choose a Native Canadian
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6th
Canadian Geography: The biggest, tallest and best of Canada
This word document download asks students to google the answers for some fun facts about Canada. Questions include: What is the biggest lake in Canada?What is the coldest temperature ever recorded in Canada?What town is the furthest north in Canada? After searching the internet to find the answers to the 12 questions, students then map their answers on the blank map of Canada. Finally, there is a writing prompt asking them which of the places they would be interested in visiting.
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5th - 8th
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Distance Learning: Connecting Ancient Civilizations to Today
This is a grade 7 (British Columbia) inquiry project where students work in pairs to research how ancient civilizations have shaped the modern world. My students absolutely loved doing this project. This is a perfect project/inquiry for Distance Learning!
Grades:
6th - 8th
Canada Brochure
Bring Canadian Tourism to life with this fun research activity. Students put their research to use with a brochure they can share with other students, teachers, and parents. Students will learn Canadian geography, climate, history, and fun facts. Enjoy!
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2nd - 8th
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Canada Atlas (Online Research, Map Activities)
This is a part of a year long project I have the students complete called an Atlas, and they have a page for each country we study. This is Canada's Atlas page. The first page has information including location, languages, literacy rate, life expectancy, type of government etc. that the students have to look up online at the CIA world fact book. The second page covers the government and economy of the country, Then there are two different Map Activities as well as review and critical thinking
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4th - 10th
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Inventions - Research Project - French Immersion - Industrial Revolution
Students will choose from a list of inventions and research the invention. They will fill out a table and then create a promotion.
Grades:
6th - 8th
Canuckbook
This CanuckBook Project can be used in any Social Studies grade to showcase a major character of Canadian History that would have a current social media profile. You could also use the page for your students to post how they would contribute to their citizenship in Canada. I use this with my Grade 7 Social Studies students to research major characters in our textbook: Samuel de Champlain, Shawnadithit, Sir John Franklin, Henry Hudson, Governor Frontenac, John A Macdonald, Joseph Howe, Issac Broc
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4th - 12th
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