History and Geography

History

Creating Canada 1850-1890

Canada, 1890-1914: A Changing Society

1. Evaluate the importance of various internal and external factors that played a role in the creation of the Dominion of Canada and the expansion of its territory.

2. Assess the impact that differences in legal status and in the distribution of rights and privileges had on various groups and individuals in Canada between 1850 and 1890.

3. Analyze some of the actions taken by various groups and/or individuals in Canada between 1850 and 1890 to improve their lives.

4. Formulate questions to guide investigations into perspectives of different groups on some significant events, developments, and/or issues that affected Canada and/or Canadians between 1850 and 1890.

5. Gather and organize information and evidence about perspectives of different groups on some significant events, developments, and/or issues that affected Canada and/or Canadians during this period, using a variety of primary sources.

6. Analyze and construct maps as part of their investigations into some significant events, developments, and/or issues in Canada during this period, with a focus on exploring their spatial boundaries.

7. Identify factors leading to some key events or developments that occurred in and/or affected Canada between 1850 and 1890.

8. Identify key political and legal, social and economic changes that occurred in and/or affected Canada during this period.

9. Describe significant instances of cooperation and conflict in Canada during this period.

10. Identify a variety of significant individuals and groups in Canada during this period.

11.  Analyze key similarities and differences in the experiences of various groups and communities in present-day Canada and the same groups in Canada between 1890 and 1914.

12. Analyze some of the challenges facing different individual, groups, and/or communities in Canada between 1890 and 1914.

13. Analyze and construct maps as part of their investigations into some significant events, developments, and/or issues that affected Canada and/or Canadians during this period, with a focus on exploring their spatial boundaries. 

Geography

Global Settlement: Patterns and Sustainability

Global Inequalities: Economic Development and Quality of Life