Interacting Players and Forces

How do differing perspectives affect our interpretation of historical events?

Synopsis

Many of the specific outcomes related to:

General Outcome 7.1, Toward Confederation, may be addressed through critical challenges that invite students to consider the roles and interactions among Aboriginal, French and British peoples in the development of Canada up to the mid 1700s. These challenges encourage students to examine relevant historical events and influences from various perspectives.

Critical Challenges

Students might explore this overarching theme by completing these challenges:

Help Documents

Embedding Critical Thinking Into Teaching and Learning PDF
This document provides a definition of critical thinking, and discusses how to embed critical thinking into teaching and learning.

Definitions of Terms Used in Overarching Critical Inquiries
This document provides definitions of Overarching Critical Inquiry, Critical Challenge, Modelling the Tools, Support Material, Graphic Organizer, Assessment, and Background Information.

Meeting the Diverse Learning Needs of All Students PDF
This document provides suggestions to help teachers plan for diverse learning needs.

Reference Charts

The following charts provide a quick overview of correlations, references, and summaries for all the Critical Challenges. In the charts, the Critical Challenges are organized according to which Overarching Critical Inquiry they address.

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