Question: Did Canada’s policies and treatment of minority people have negative or positive legacies based on your understanding of a specific event?
Komagata Maru:
http://komagatamarujourney.ca/node/4518
http://komagatamarujourney.ca/
http://www.canadashistory.ca/Kids/YoungCitizens/Profiles/2016/Sehrtaj-S
http://globalnews.ca/news/2708235/what-was-the-komagata-maru-incident-and-why-does-it-matter/
Activity: Read background on page 5 and answer questions as a group. Have one secretary document the answers.
http://www.sikhmissionarysociety.org/sms/smspublications/Guru_Nanak_Jahaz_book.pdf
http://komagatamarujourney.ca/node/4518
http://komagatamarujourney.ca/
http://www.canadashistory.ca/Kids/YoungCitizens/Profiles/2016/Sehrtaj-S
http://globalnews.ca/news/2708235/what-was-the-komagata-maru-incident-and-why-does-it-matter/
Activity: Read background on page 5 and answer questions as a group. Have one secretary document the answers.
http://www.sikhmissionarysociety.org/sms/smspublications/Guru_Nanak_Jahaz_book.pdf
Japanese Internment Camps:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NvD3ROMY5jU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPx59Gk7jIE
http://www.pbs.org/childofcamp/resources/http://www.ducksters.com/history/world_war_ii/japanese_interment_camps.php
Activity: Read the links below and take the quiz with a partner. Print the completed quiz.
http://www.japanesecanadianhistory.net/samples_elementary.htmhttp://www.ducksters.com/history/world_war_ii/japanese_interment_camps.php Quiz
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NvD3ROMY5jU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPx59Gk7jIE
http://www.pbs.org/childofcamp/resources/http://www.ducksters.com/history/world_war_ii/japanese_interment_camps.php
Activity: Read the links below and take the quiz with a partner. Print the completed quiz.
http://www.japanesecanadianhistory.net/samples_elementary.htmhttp://www.ducksters.com/history/world_war_ii/japanese_interment_camps.php Quiz
Residential Schools :
http://www.fnesc.ca/grade5irsr/
http://wherearethechildren.ca/en/exhibition/
ttp://projectofheart.ca/step-1-investigation-into-the-history-and-legacy-of-indian-residential-schools-in-canada/#resource (resource section)
http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/residential-schools/
Activity: Watch this video and answer the questions in your group.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=upx23cpauMA
Why did Shin-chi’s parents allow him to be taken away to school?
What parts of their lives were Shin-chi and Shi-shi-etko able to control?
What is the Big Idea of Shin-chi’s Canoe?
Why was the canoe important to Shin-chi?
How are canoes important to First Nations people today?
http://www.fnesc.ca/grade5irsr/
http://wherearethechildren.ca/en/exhibition/
ttp://projectofheart.ca/step-1-investigation-into-the-history-and-legacy-of-indian-residential-schools-in-canada/#resource (resource section)
http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/residential-schools/
Activity: Watch this video and answer the questions in your group.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=upx23cpauMA
Why did Shin-chi’s parents allow him to be taken away to school?
What parts of their lives were Shin-chi and Shi-shi-etko able to control?
What is the Big Idea of Shin-chi’s Canoe?
Why was the canoe important to Shin-chi?
How are canoes important to First Nations people today?
Chinese Head Tax
https://www.cpj.ca/files/docs/headtax_kit_no_cover1.pdfhttp://www.openschool.bc.ca/bambooshoots/teacher/gr5/lessons/Gr5_Lesson_1_Plan.pdfhttp://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/chinese-head-tax-in-canada/http://www.virtualmuseum.ca/edu/LessonDisplay.do?method=display&id=156
Activity: Time Shuffle : Read the instructions (1st link) and play the game in your group. Which Canadian history events that affected Chinese Canadians did you find the most interesting or surprising? The teacher will give you the shuffle cards.
http://www.openschool.bc.ca/bambooshoots/teacher/game/Time_Shuffle_Instructions.pdfhttp://www.openschool.bc.ca/bambooshoots/teacher/game/Time_Shuffle_Cards.pdf
https://www.cpj.ca/files/docs/headtax_kit_no_cover1.pdfhttp://www.openschool.bc.ca/bambooshoots/teacher/gr5/lessons/Gr5_Lesson_1_Plan.pdfhttp://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/chinese-head-tax-in-canada/http://www.virtualmuseum.ca/edu/LessonDisplay.do?method=display&id=156
Activity: Time Shuffle : Read the instructions (1st link) and play the game in your group. Which Canadian history events that affected Chinese Canadians did you find the most interesting or surprising? The teacher will give you the shuffle cards.
http://www.openschool.bc.ca/bambooshoots/teacher/game/Time_Shuffle_Instructions.pdfhttp://www.openschool.bc.ca/bambooshoots/teacher/game/Time_Shuffle_Cards.pdf