TOPICS FOR STUDENT INQUIRY
Following are some ideas for Historica Projects that students could pursue in relation to topics studied in each Intermediate topic:
GRADE 7
Topic: New France
-Social Life in New France
-Fur Trade
-Expulsion of the Acadians
-Political Life in New France
-The Plains of Abraham
-The Seven Years’ War
-New France’s First Settlements
-North West Company: Conflict and Cooperation
-Impact of European Immigration on First Nations People
-The Metis
-Getting Settlers to New France: The Trip
-Children in New France
-Acadian Life Style
-First Nations People Encounter European Disease
-Education in New France
-First Nation Spirituality
-Jesuits in New France
-Religion and Culture in New France
-The Economy of New France
-Seigniorial System
-Military Alliances: Conflict in New France
Topic: British North America
-Loyalists
-Loyalist Migration
-Mackenzie’s March Down Yonge Street
-Significant People Involved in the Drafting of The B.N.A. Act
-War of 1812
-Lady Elizabeth Simcoe
-Laura Secord
-Ethnic Settlements in British North America
-The Battles of 1812
-Sir Isaac Brock
-Thomas Peters
-Achievements and Contributions in a Young Colony
-Life in English Canada
-Tecumseh
Topic: Conflict and Change
-Papineau
-William Lyon Mackenzie
-Political Change
-The Building of Canals
-The Durham Report
-George Etienne Cartier
-The Maritimes in the 1820’s and 1830’s
-Unions in Canada
-The Rebellion Loses Bill
-Louis Riel
-Suffrage
-Fils de la Liberte
-Responsible Government
-The 1837 Rebellion
-Skirmishes!
-Transportation Routes in a Colony
-Relationships between Upper and Lower Canada
-Types of Conflict in a Young Colony
-Baldwin
-Change Resulting From the Rebellions; Legal, Social, Economic, and Political Change
GRADE 8
Topic: Confederation
-First Nations 1850-1860
-Black Communities in the 1850’s
-The BNA Act
-Sir John A. MacDonald
-Fenian Raids
-Health Care
-British and Canadian Relations
-P.E.I. and Confederation
-The Canadian National Railway
-Louis Riel
-Canadian Boundaries Throughout the Years
-Groups Excluded from Confederation
-Political Unrest
-Coming of the Railway
-Charlottetown Conference
-U.S. Manifest Destiny Doctrine
Topic: The Development of Western Canada
-First Nations People
-Changes in Communities in the Late 19th Century
-Treaties and the Indian Act
-The Klondike Gold Rush
-History of the RCMP
-History of the North West Mounted Police
-Immigration
-DawsonCity During the Gold Rush
-The CPR Moves West
-Everyday Life in a Native Community in the mid-1800’s
Topic: Canada: A Changing Society
-Inventions in the New Country
-Immigration
-Alexander Graham Bell
-Change in Technical Knowledge, Politics, Globalization and Immigration
-Family Roles
-The Challenges of Farming in Early Canada
-The Chinese Head Tax
-Child Labour
-Emily Carr
-The Responsibilities of Children
-Lucy Maud Montgomery
-Who Started WWI?
-The Boer War
-The Achievements of Individuals in a New Country
-Women’s Rights Movement
-Social Working Conditions
-Forestry
-Inventors and Inventions
-John A. MacDonald
-Mining
GRADE 10
Topic: Canadian History Since WWl (CHC2D)
Strands include:
Communities: Local, National, Global
-The Metis
-The CBC
-The Kyoto Accord
-The Gulf War
-WWl
-The October Crisis
-WWl Nurses
-The Holocaust
-The Battles of WWl
-The War Measures Act
-Trench Life during War
-The War Effort Overseas
Change and Community
-Immigration
-Changes of Government: the Flow of World Leaders
-Internet
-Flappers
-The Baby Boom
-War at Home
Citizenship and Heritage
-The War Orphans
-Billy Bishop: Air Ace
-Discrimination in WWl and WWll
Social, Economic, and Political Structures
-Canadian Internment Camps
-Economic Development
-Robert Bordon
-The Statute of Westminister
-The Great Depression
-Mackenzie King
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