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Miners vs. Dunsmuirs: Working People: A History of Labor in BC - Labour History Project Lesson Materials 4
- Resource Type
- Activity
- Lesson plan/Unit plan
- Worksheet
- Grade Level
- 10
- 11
- 12
- Submitted By
- Labour History Project - 6 years ago
- Description
- Lesson activities to accompany the vignette "Mine…
- Resource Type
- Activity
- Lesson plan/Unit plan
- Worksheet
- Grade Level
- 10
- 11
- 12
- Submitted By
- Labour History Project - 6 years ago
- Description
- Lesson activities to accompany the vignette "Miners vs. Dunsmuirs" from the acclaimed Knowledge Network series; Working People: A History of Labour in British Columbia produced by Landrock Entertainment. The vignette explores the stormy relationship of the Dunsmuir family run coal mines of 19th century British Columbia and their employees. 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
- Social Studies
- History
- Labour History
- Keywords
- Coal mining
- Craigdarroch
- Vancouver Island
- Nanaimo
- Primary Documents
- Secondary Documents
- 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 gender roles, ethnicity and daily life. Elements of the “Economy and Technology” learning outcomes are discussed in the examination of resource development and technological innovations. Additionally, aspects of the environmental impact and attitudes towards resource extraction are developed as they relate to the “Environment” learning outcome of the IRP.
- Duration
- 15 minutes up to 120 minutes
- Language
- English
- Date Created
- Nov 6, 2014
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Zinn Education Project-Teaching Resources (by theme)
- Resource Type
- Activity
- Lesson plan/Unit plan
- Worksheet
- Grade Level
- K
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- Adult
- Submitted By
- Kathy Hartman - 5 years ago
- Description
- The Zinn Education Project promotes and supports …
- Resource Type
- Activity
- Lesson plan/Unit plan
- Worksheet
- Grade Level
- K
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 7
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- Adult
- Submitted By
- Kathy Hartman - 5 years ago
- Description
- The Zinn Education Project promotes and supports the teaching of people’s history in middle and high school classrooms across the country. The website offers free, downloadable lessons and articles organized by theme, time period, and reading level. The Zinn Education Project is coordinated by two non-profit organizations, Rethinking Schools and Teaching for Change.
- Subject
- Cross-Curricular
- Social Studies
- Keywords
- African American
- Civil Rights
- Democracy
- LBGTQ
- Native American
- Racism
- Slavery
- Social Class
- Duration
- variable
- Language
- English
- Date Created
- Apr 24, 2015
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