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Elementary social studies lesson plan outlining instructional procedures, curriculum outcomes, activities, and assessments focused on immigration and the Underground Railway in the context of Canadian history.
Grade/Subject: Grade 5 Social Studies
Teacher: Lauren Smith
Unit: People on the Move
Concept: Immigration – The Underground Railway
Unit Inquiry Question: What would cause you to want to leave your country? What causes you to want to stay in your country?
Lesson Duration: 40 minutes
Number of Students: 24
Curriculum Source: Alberta Program of Studies
General Learning Outcomes: 5.2 Students will demonstrate an understanding of people and the stories of Canada and their ways of life over time, and appreciate the diversity of Canada’s heritage
Specific Learning Outcomes: 5.2.8 Examine ways of life of non-European immigrants through questions about the Underground Railway and Black communities in Canada
Learning Objectives: Develop understanding of immigration and examine its connection to the Underground Railroad
Assessment Methods: Observations, key questions, class mind map, KWLS charts
Learning Resources: Nelson Textbook Our Land and People Grade 5 Chapter 9; Under the Quilt of Night by Deborah Hopkins; Heritage Minute website
Materials: PowerPoint presentation, textbook, picture book, labeled cue cards, crayons, KWLS chart handouts, Our Freedom Quilt template
Key Topics: Immigration, Slavery, Underground Railroad, Canada’s Act Against Slavery (1793), Opportunity, Oppression
Geographical Focus: United States and Canada
Historical Period Covered: 1600s–1700s and 1793
Price: 8 / 10 USD
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