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Overall Expectations and Related Concepts of Historical Thinking
Big Ideas*
Framing Questions*
D.The Canadian Experience
D1. Settling in Canada: explain how various social and economic factors influenced the settlement of some ethnic groups in Canada, with particular reference to the selected ethnic group, and analyse the impact of ethnic settlements in this country (FOCUS ON: Historical Significance; Continuity and Change)
Historical trends as well as personal factors
have influenced where immigrants have settled in Canada .
What impact did immigration to Canada have on people from this ethnic group?
Why have members of this community chosen to live where they do?
Is Canada a welcoming country?
How has this ethnic group contributed to Canada and the development of Canada’s global identity?
Are all contributions given equal treatment in Canada’s narrative?
D2. Facing Challenges in Canada: analyse various challenges that have faced new immigrants to Canada, as well as policies that have been developed to address some of those challenges (FOCUS ON: Cause and Consequence; Historical Perspective)
Immigration to Canada has presented, and continues to present, challenges as well as opportunities .
D3. Contributing to Canada: explain various ways in which ethnic groups, including the selected ethnic group, have contributed to Canada (FOCUS ON: Historical Significance; Continuity and Change)
Immigrants have
made many significant contributions to Canada .
E.The Ethnic Group in Contemporary Canada
E1. Social, Economic, and Political Issues: analyse ways in which some social, economic, and/or political issues, events, and/or developments at the local, national, and international level have affected the selected ethnic group in Canada (FOCUS ON: Historical Significance; Cause and Consequence)
Issues in their region of origin can continue to affect immigrants in Canada .
How have Canadian society and governments responded to the presence of ethnic and racial minorities?
What is the place of this community in Canada’s narrative? Should Canada’s narrative be re-examined?
E2. From Assimilation to Multiculturalism: analyse
the evolution of social and political perspectives and political policies related to immigration and cultural diversity in Canada (FOCUS ON: Cause and Consequence; Historical Perspective)
Canadians have not always welcomed those they perceived as different or unassimilable .
E3. Cultural Traditions: analyse some of the challenges that ethnic groups face in trying to maintain their traditional cultures, and describe ways in which groups in Canada have maintained their cultures (FOCUS ON: Historical Significance; Continuity and Change)
Balancing tradition with new cultural and social ideas is challenging .
OVERVIEW
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The History of a Canadian Ethnic Group
Origins and Citizenship:
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