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Japanese Canadian Internment Gr 5+6 Updated

Resource Type: Activity; Classroom printable; Lesson plan/Unit plan

Grade Level: 4; 5; 6; 7

Submitted By: Natalie Wai - 3 years ago

Description: An updated unit plan introducing children to the …

Resource Type: Activity; Classroom printable; Lesson plan/Unit plan

Grade Level: 4; 5; 6; 7

Submitted By: Natalie Wai - 3 years ago

Description: An updated unit plan introducing children to the 1942 internment of Canadians of Japanese descent.

Subject: English Language Arts; Social Studies; History

Keywords: Racism; Second World War; Hastings Park

URLs: http://centre.nikkeiplace.org/research/japanese-canadian-history-in-brief/; http://centre.nikkeiplace.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/JC-history-intro-and-reading_v2.pdf; http://hastingspark1942.ca; http://tashme.ca/

Learning Standards: Curricular Links to Grade 5 and 6 Social Studies and English Language Arts Big Ideas:; Canada’s policies and treatment of minority peoples have negative and positive legacies. (Social Studies 5); Immigration and multiculturalism continue to shape Canadian society and identity. (Social Studies 5); - Systems of government vary in their respect for human rights and freedoms. (Social Studies 6); -Exploring text and story helps us understand ourselves and make connections to others and to the world. (English Language Arts 6); -Exploring and sharing multiple perspectives extends our thinking. (English Language Arts 6) Curricular Competencies: -Use personal experience and knowledge to connect to text and develop understanding of self, community, and world (English Language Arts 5) -Recognize and identify the role of personal, social, and cultural contexts, values, and perspectives in text (English Language Arts 6) -Recognize how language constructs personal, social, and cultural identity (English Language Arts 5+6) -Construct meaningful personal connections between self, text, and world Respond to text in personal, creative, and critical ways (English Language Arts 6) Content: -Past discriminatory government policies and actions such as the Head Tax, the Komagatu Maru Incident, residential schools and internments (Social Studies 5) -Human rights and responses to discrimination in Canadian society (Social Studies 5) -Global poverty and inequality issues including class structure and gender (Social Studies 6)