Canadian History 11

Unit 1: Introduction

Framing the course with the continuing questions that have deep roots in Canada's history, and the individuals, events, and symbols that shaped Canada's development.

• Continuing questions in Canada's history
• Individuals, events, and symbols of significance

Unit 2: Globalization

Investigating the peopling of the Americas, the effects of contact and colonization, Canada's evolving relationships with France, Britain, and the USA, and the role of the World Wars and the late twentieth century in shaping Canada's identity.

• Theories of the peopling of the Americas
• The effects of contact and colonization

• Relationships with France, Britain, and the USA
• WWI and Canadian identity
• WWII and Canadian identity
• Canada's roles in the late twentieth century

Unit 3: Development

Investigating the economic systems that developed Canada - Aboriginal economies, the Staple Trade, the National Policy and industrialization, the free trade debate, and current and future economic trends.

• Economic systems of Aboriginal societies
• The Staple Trade and colonial development
• The National Policy and industrialization

• The free trade debate
• Economic trends and Canada's future

Unit 4: Governance

Understanding how Canada came to be governed - First Nations governing structures, the merging of French, British, and American philosophies, Confederation, the evolution of federalism, the party system, and the purpose of the constitution.

• First Nations governing structures
• Merging French, British, and American philosophies
• The road to Confederation

• The evolution of federalism
• From two parties to many
• The purpose of the constitution

Unit 5: Independent Study

Engaging in independent research using the historical method and communicating the findings effectively.

• Conducting and communicating historical research

Unit 6: Sovereignty

Understanding struggles for sovereignty - how they affect countries and create conflict and compromise, First Nations struggles to re-establish sovereignty, the emergence of Quebec nationalism, and external factors affecting Canadian sovereignty.

• Sovereignty struggles around the world
• Sovereignty, conflict, and compromise
• First Nations struggles to re-establish sovereignty

• The emergence of Quebec nationalism
• External factors and Canadian sovereignty

Unit 7: Justice

Understanding the roots of Canada's legal system, the relationship between land, culture, and displacement, immigration policy, the effects of unequal power, and the evolution of the struggle for rights and freedoms.

• Contributions to Canada's legal system
• The relationship between land and culture
• The effects of displacement

• Canada's immigration policies
• Power, inequities, and responses
• The evolution of rights and freedoms