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Where the Fraser River Flows - Working People: A History of Labour in BC - Labour History Project, Episode 2 Lesson Materials 2
- Resource Type
- Lesson Plan
- Grade Level
- 10
- 11
- Submitted By
- Labour History Project - 4 years ago
- Description
- Lesson activities to accompany the vignette "Wher…
- Resource Type
- Lesson Plan
- Grade Level
- 10
- 11
- Submitted By
- Labour History Project - 4 years ago
- Description
- Lesson activities to accompany the vignette "Where the Fraser River Flows” from the acclaimed Knowledge Network series; Working People: A History of Labour in British Columbia produced by Landrock Entertainment. The vignette explores the issues and tensions behind the Fraser River strike of 1912 during the construction of the Great Northern Railroad. The lesson materials focus on strategies used by the workers to gain better working conditions and wages by uniting labour across ethnic divisions of the time. The use of workers’ songs is profiled in this lesson. This is a unit created by the Labour History Project, a group of retired and current British Columbia teachers collaborating to develop a series of lesson plans, activities, and workshops focused on labour studies and labour history. See: http://www.labourheritagecentre.ca/education/lesson-plans/
- Subject
- Social Studies
- History
- Labour History
- Keywords
- British Columbia
- Unions
- Joe Hill
- IWW
- Wobblies
- Canadian Northern Railway
- William Mackenzie
- Mother Jones
- Learning Standards
- The materials address aspects of the key learning standards of the current social studies 10 curriculum. Critical thinking skills are applied throughout as well as research and writing skills as described in the “skills and processes of social studies.” Aspects of “Identity, Society and Culture” are addressed in the materials including ethnicity and daily life. Elements of the “Economy and Technology” learning outcomes are discussed in the examination of resource development and technological innovations. The vignette and the related activities may also be used to provide a background to labour issues as they existed prior to the outbreak of World War I as part of the Social Studies 11 curriculum; explain economic cycles with reference to the Great Depression and the labour movement in Canada
- Duration
- 15 minutes and up to 90 minutes
- Language
- English
- Date Created
- Feb 8, 2015
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