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Introducing Our US History Curriculum Collection
Draw from this flexible curriculum collection as you plan any middle or high school US history course. Featuring units, C3-style inquiries, and case studies, the collection will help you explore themes of democracy and freedom with your students throughout the year.
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Getting to Know the 10 Questions
Students begin thinking about civic engagement in terms of their own passions and identities as they are introduced to the 10 Questions Framework.
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Envisioning Our Classroom Space
Students analyze a poem in order to determine the qualities of a classroom community where members are seen, valued, and heard.
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Membership
Examine how Indigenous identities in Canada have been shaped by the ways European settlers responded to real and imagined differences between themselves and the Indigenous Peoples.
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Appartenance
Examinez comment les identités autochtones du Canada ont été façonnées par la façon dont les colons européens ont répondu aux différences réelles et perçues entre eux et les Peuples Autochtones.
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The Indian Act and the Indian Residential Schools
Learn the history behind the legislation and policies created by the Canadian government in the nineteenth century to dispossess and assimilate the Indigenous Peoples.
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La Loi sur les Indiens et les pensionnats
Comprenez l’histoire derrière la législation et les politiques élaborées par le gouvernement du Canada au XIXe siècle, dont l’objectif était de déposséder culturellement les Peuples Autochtones et de les assimiler.
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The Residential School Experience
Read firsthand accounts from survivors of their often profoundly painful and damaging experiences at residential schools.
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L'expérience des pensionnats
Lisez des témoignages de première main racontant les expériences souvent douloureuses et profondément dommageables que les Survivants et Survivantes ont connues dans les pensionnats autochtones.
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Apologies
Learn about the apologies offered by the government and churches of Canada to the Indigenous Peoples, and consider the role of apologies in transitional justice.
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Excuses
Renseignez-vous sur les excuses présentées aux Peuples Autochtones par le gouvernement et les églises du Canada, et examinez le rôle des excuses dans la justice transitionnelle.
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Truth and Reconciliation
Investigate the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada and its role in helping individuals and the nation overcome the historical injustice and trauma of the Indian Residential Schools system.
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