Celebrating Canada’s Multiculturalism Edukit
Secondary Instructional Plan 1: Ethnic Settlement/ Immigration - Part 1
Table of Contents
Learning outcomes (2005) 1
1. Introductory Activity: Exploring the Relationship Learning 2-3
2. Visiting the Past: Settlement in Alberta 4-6
Outcomes
Selected Secondary Outcomes (2005 Social Studies Program of Studies—Alberta)
The following are possible from the contents and instructional plans provided in this site; not all are directly addressed in the instructional plan.
Social Studies 9
Title and General Outcomes
Canada: Opportunities and Challenges
09.01 Issues for Canadians: Governance and rights.
O9.01 Linkages
Canadian citizenship, identity and quality of life and how they are impacted by political and legislative processes in Canada.
Gr | Values and Attitudes | Knowledge/Understandings | Skills |
9 | 9.1.1 appreciate the impact of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms on rights and governance in Canada |
9.1.8 Critically assess how Legislative processes attempt to address emerging issues of immigration by exploring and reflecting upon the following questions and issues: • What is the relationship between immigration policies in Canada and the rights guaranteed in the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms? |
Dimensions of thinking Students will:
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Rationale
By looking back to the time of Ethnic settlement in Alberta and the discrimination those settlers encountered, students should develop an appreciation for the Charter of Rights and Freedoms that exists in Canada today. Students will examine Immigration policies and their relationship to the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, and speculate how those policies and the Charter may have helped ease the struggle of Alberta’s Ethnic settlers.