Grade 7 Social Studies
9 units matched to the Prince Edward Island Curriculum.
Learning focus
- Economic empowerment. Empowerment and disempowerment in Canada, 1830-1920: the economic context.
- Political empowerment. Empowerment and disempowerment in Canada, 1830-1920: the political context.
- Cultural empowerment. Empowerment and disempowerment in Canada, 1830-1920: the cultural context.
- Societal empowerment. Empowerment and disempowerment in Canada, 1830-1920: the societal context.
- National empowerment. Empowerment and disempowerment in Canada, 1830-1920: the national context.
Units
Unit 1
Thinking Like a Historian
Practises the thinking tools used across the empowerment unit: primary and secondary sources, perspective and bias, cause and consequence, continuity and change, and time lines.
Curriculum outcome: Cultural empowerment; Societal empowerment · using sources, perspective, cause and consequence, and continuity and change to study 1830-1920
Unit 2
Economic Empowerment
Practises what empowerment and disempowerment mean in an economic context in Canada between 1830 and 1920, using inquiry and geography skills.
Curriculum outcome: Economic empowerment · empowerment and disempowerment in the economic context in Canada, 1830-1920
Unit 3
Steam, Rails and Wires
Practises how steam power, railways, the telegraph and the telephone changed work and trade from 1830 to 1920, and who gained or lost economic power as a result.
Curriculum outcome: Economic empowerment · how new technology and industry changed work, trade and economic power in Canada, 1830-1920
Unit 4
Research Skills
Children practise planning an inquiry, choosing and checking sources, telling primary from secondary sources, organizing information and drawing conclusions from evidence.
Curriculum outcome: Political empowerment; Societal empowerment · planning an inquiry, checking sources and drawing conclusions from evidence
Unit 5
Political Empowerment
Practises what empowerment and disempowerment mean in a political context in Canada between 1830 and 1920, using inquiry and geography skills.
Curriculum outcome: Political empowerment · empowerment and disempowerment in the political context in Canada, 1830-1920
Unit 6
Cultural Empowerment
Practises what empowerment and disempowerment mean in a cultural context in Canada between 1830 and 1920, using inquiry and geography skills.
Curriculum outcome: Cultural empowerment · empowerment and disempowerment in the cultural context in Canada, 1830-1920
Unit 7
Societal Empowerment
Practises what empowerment and disempowerment mean in a societal context in Canada between 1830 and 1920, using inquiry and geography skills.
Curriculum outcome: Societal empowerment · empowerment and disempowerment in the societal context in Canada, 1830-1920
Unit 8
Island Life Around 1900
Practises what everyday life was like on Prince Edward Island around 1900 (school, farm work, travel, health and community) and how changes gave some groups more or less power.
Curriculum outcome: Societal empowerment · everyday life, schooling, health and community on Prince Edward Island around 1900
Unit 9
National Empowerment
Practises what empowerment and disempowerment mean in a national context in Canada between 1830 and 1920, using inquiry and geography skills.
Curriculum outcome: National empowerment · empowerment and disempowerment in the national context in Canada, 1830-1920
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