History 30 Unit Five Table of Contents

Activities, Student Information Sheets, Worksheets, Timelines and Maps

The following activities focus on specific concepts and provide instructional assistance for teachers. The student information sheets and timelines provide background information on specific topics, issues and events, within the theme and chronology of the unit. The worksheets provide guided instruction and organization for students working on concept development and application activities.

• Student Information Sheet: Chronology of Significant Domestic Events and Policies 1960 to 1995
• Student Information Sheet: The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedom - Guaranteed Rights
• Student Information Sheet: The State, National Security, and Public Dissent

Activity One

The concept application activity allows students to identify the application of the various approaches of acculturation, to specific periods of Canadian history. Students have an opportunity to develop a set of principles that should govern relations among the peoples of Canada.

• Student Information Sheet: Immigration and the Point System
• Student Information Sheet: The Citizen Forum and the Canadian Identity

Activity Two

This activity provides students with an opportunity to investigate the issues arising from living in an increasingly culturally-diverse nation and the response of government to that diversity. Students will have an opportunity to approach the issue through the dialectical evaluation process.

• Student Information Sheet: Dialectical Evaluation Model
• Student Worksheet: Dialectical Evaluation Model

Activity Three

This activity explores the historical and contemporary role of government in securing the economic well-being of the Canadian nation. Students will gain an awareness that external forces, the actions of other nations, will greatly influence the well-being of Canadians and that Canadian governments can exercise only limited influence over the actions and policies of other nations.

• Student Information Sheet: Canada's Continued Economic Well-being
• Student Information Sheet: The Rise of Neoconservatism and the Triumph of the Marketplace
• Student Worksheet: Ideological Comparisons

Activity Four

This concept application activity is intended to provide students with an awareness of the relationship between international trade and the standard of living experienced by most Canadians. The students will gain an understanding of a number of trade-related challenges and issues that are presently facing Canadians.

• Student Information Sheet: Canada's leading Imports and Exports
• Student Information Sheet: Expanding World Trade, G.A.T.T. and Trade Liberalization
• Student Information Sheet: The North American Free Trade Agreement
• Student Information Sheet: The Constitution and the Amending Formula Challenge
• Student Information Sheet: A Canadian Economic Development Timeline