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THE ONTARIO CURRICULUM, GRADES 9 AND 10 | Canadian and World Studies
Act; barriers to enlistment in the Canadian military based on race and ethnicity), and explain some of their consequences
Sample questions: “What challenges did African-Canadian men face when trying to enlist in the Canadian armed forces during World War I?” “What changes were made to the Chinese Immigration Act in 1923? What attitudes are reflected in these changes? What effects did the changes have?”
B2.5 describe how some specific events, develop- ments, and/or attitudes affected the relationship between French and English Canada during this period (e.g., conscription during World War I, the Ontario Schools Question and the response to Regulation 17, the beliefs of Quebec nationalists such as Henri Bourassa and Abbé Lionel Groulx, the ideas of groups such as the Orange Order)
Sample questions: “What was the message of Quebec nationalists such as Henri Bourassa? How did English Canadians tend to view this message?”
B3. Identity, Citizenship, and Heritage
FOCUS ON: Continuity and Change; Historical Perspective
By the end of this course, students will:
B3.1 describe how some individuals and organiz- ations during this period contributed to the development of identities, citizenship, and/or heritage in Canada (e.g., Billy Bishop, J. Armand Bombardier, Robert Borden, Henri Bourassa, Peter Henderson Bryce, Lionel Connacher,
F. O. Loft, Tom Longboat, Nellie McClung, Francis Pegahmagabow, Mary Pickford, Fred Simpson; the No. 2 Construction Battalion, the One Big Union, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union)
Sample questions: “What contribution has the National Hockey League (NHL) made to heritage and identities in Canada?” “How have the actions of labour activists during this period contributed to labour rights then and now?” “What impact did the art of Tom Thomson and members of the Group of Seven have on culture and identities in Canada? Do you think the work of the Group of Seven accurately reflects the Canadian North? Why or why not? Whose perspectives are absent from their works? Why are their images still iconic today?”
B3.2 identify some significant developments
in the rights and lives of women in Canada, including First Nations, Métis, and Inuit women, during this period (e.g., women’s contribution
to the war effort, women’s suffrage, access to employment, changing social mores in the 1920s, the participation of women in sports, the role of Inuit women in the whaling and sealskin industry), and describe the impact of these developments on Canadian citizenship and/or heritage
Sample questions: “What effect did the Wartime Elections Act have on women’s right to vote?” “Why were First Nations, Métis, and Inuit women excluded from the Wartime Elections Act and the Military Voters Act? Why would such exclusion have been considered acceptable in 1917?” “What effect did the final decision in the Persons Case have on the citizenship rights of women in Canada?” “What was significant about the participation of Canadian women
in the 1928 Olympics?” “What are some ways in which First Nations, Métis, and Inuit women participated in the war effort?”
B3.3 explain the significance for identities, citizenship, and/or heritage of some key international events and/or developments in which Canada participated in this period (e.g., the battle of Vimy Ridge; Canada’s attending the Paris Peace Conference and signing the Treaty of Versailles; membership in the League of Nations and the Commonwealth of Nations; Canadians’ participation in international sporting events such as the Olympics; the success of Canadian actors in Hollywood)
Sample questions: “Why did the poppy come to be associated with Canadians in World War I and then adopted as an international symbol
of remembrance?” “Why is the Bluenose on the Canadian dime? Do you think it is an appropriate symbol for Canada? Why or why not?” “Why is the Halibut Treaty seen as a turning point in the development of Canada’s political autonomy?”
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