PRESCRIBED LEARNING OUTCOMES
It is expected that students will:
- describe daily life in Aboriginal communities, New France, and British North America
photo: Irish_Eyes@morguefile
SUGGESTED INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES
Challenge students in groups to create one-minute
vignettes that address the themes of settlement, land
ownership, and daily life from the perspectives of
women and men from Aboriginal communities, New
France, and British North America. Provide
opportunities for students to film their vignettes and
present them to the class.
• As a class, brainstorm world views portrayed in
stories and myths that are shared by members of
various cultures. Invite students to create and
present their own stories.SUGGESTED ASSESSMENT STRATEGIES
Develop criteria for self, peer, or teacher assessment of one-minute vignettes. For example:
- examples are relevant and vivid
- sustains a particular perspective or point of view
- is consistent with historical evidence
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RESOURCES:
Lesson plan: Make your own minute
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Aboriginal Peoples - Daily Life:
- Lesson plan: (Aboriginal Diary, documenting daily life)
- Clothing, toys, musical instruments
- Western Cordillera
- Plateau
- Great (Interior) Plains
- Canadian Shield
- Sub-Arctic
- Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Lowlands
- Atlantic and Gulf Region
- Arctic, Inuit
New France - Daily Life:
British North America - Daily Life:
- Bush Life, Susanna Moodie and Catharine Parr Trail
- Colonial Williamsburg
