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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.
The Idea of the "Indian"
Learn about the ideas the first Europeans brought with them to Canada that determined their responses to the Indigenous Peoples they encountered.
From "Noble Savage" to "Wretched Indian"
Examine the differing ideas about Indigenous Peoples conveyed in a painting by George Catlin and an excerpt from Charles Dickens.
Race Theory
Learn about the development of race science in the nineteenth-century and its role in the history of racism.
They Have Stolen Our Lands
Read this 1910 statement by chiefs of the Shuswap, Okanagan, and Couteau nations that sheds light on how Indigenous Peoples viewed Europeans during this period.
Culture, Stereotypes, and Identity
Consider the complex forces, including stereotypes and culture, that shape Indigenous identities in Canada.
"I Lost My Talk"
Rita Joe, a Mi’kmaw poet and songwriter, expresses what it was like to be forced to give up her language.
Language and Worldview
Consider how language gives meaning to experience and the strong link between language and culture for the Indigenous Peoples.
A Canadian Genocide in Search of a Name
Read a call to Canada's government to recognize its treatment of Indigenous Peoples in colonial Canada as genocide.
Cultural Genocide
Consider how the term cultural genocide describes the efforts of the Canadian government to assimilate the Indigenous Peoples through residential schools.
Genocide
Learn about the origin and meaning of the term genocide as defined in the UN Genocide Convention.
Génocide
Apprenez-en davantage sur l’origine et la signification du terme génocide tel qu’il est défini dans la Convention des Nations Unies pour la prévention et la répression du crime de génocide.