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

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

Description: Lesson activities to accompany the vignette "Age of Steamers” from the acclaimed Knowledge Network series; Working People: A History of Labour in British Columbia produced by Landrock Entertainment. In a province as vast as British Columbia, the focus in this film is the introduction of sternwheelers and steamships that allowed greater movement and mobility and how they impacted the development of the colony and province in the Gold Rush era and beyond. 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: https://www.labourheritagecentre.ca/educate/

Subject: Revised Curriculum; Social Studies; Geography; History; Labour History

URLs: https://www.labourheritagecentre.ca/educate/; https://www.labourheritagecentre.ca

Learning Standards: The materials address aspects of the key learning standards of the current social studies 9 curriculum. Critical thinking skills are applied throughout as well as research and writing skills as described in the “Social studies inquiry processes and skills”. Aspects of historical significance, continuity and change and perspective are addressed in the materials as they examine the impact of transportation innovation in British Columbia and the impact it had on community development.

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Description: Understanding Food and Climate Change: A Systems Perspective explores the links between food systems and our changing climate with an emphasis on systems thinking. A systems approach helps to illuminate how seemingly disconnected phenomena are often dynamically linked and can be understood best when viewed in a larger context. This collection of essays contains an extensive bibliography that provides resources for further investigation. Available as a free iBook for Mac and iPad users.

Subject: Revised Curriculum; Cross-Curricular; Science; Environmental Science; Geography

URLs: https://www.ecoliteracy.org/download/understanding-food-and-climate-change-systems-perspective

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