Grade 11 History of Canada
The new Grade 11History of Canada curriculum supports citizenship as a core concept and engages students in historical inquiry. Guided by essential questions, students focus on the history of Canada from pre-contact times to the present. Through this process students become historically literate and better able to understand the Canada of today.
Historical thinking concepts, based on the work of Dr. Peter Seixas at the Centre for Historical Consciousness at the University of British Columbia, are embedded throughout this curriculum and provide the foundation for historical inquiry. The curriculum also identifies historical literacy skills, including historical inquiry, critical historical thinking and communication.
This curriculum is organized around five themes. Enduring Understandings are identified under each theme. The Enduring Understandings also serve as broadly stated learning outcomes. The themes are
- First Nations, Metis and Inuit Peoples
- French-English Relations
- Identity, Diversity and Citizenship
- Governance and Economics
- Canada and the World
The curriculum is also presented in five clusters that are based on chronological time periods. Each cluster includes Learning Experiences for activating, acquiring and applying student learning. Supports will be provided in this curriculum for teachers to use either a thematic or a chronological approach to teaching history, or a combination of both approaches.
The Grade 11 History of Canada (
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