Canada’s policies and treatment of minority peoples have negative and positive legacies. - MR. Earland

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

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.htm http://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?

Chinese Head Tax
https://www.cpj.ca/files/docs/headtax_kit_no_cover1.pdf http://www.openschool.bc.ca/bambooshoots/teacher/gr5/lessons/Gr5_Lesson_1_Plan.pdf http://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.pdf http://www.openschool.bc.ca/bambooshoots/teacher/game/Time_Shuffle_Cards.pdf