Grade 7 - Ontario Social Studies - Lessons/Workbook Mega Bundle

This mega bundle provides everything you need to teach all units in the Grade 7 Ontario Social Studies Curriculum. With your purchase, you will receive lesson slides that follow the 3-Part lesson format, engaging your students from start to finish. You will also receive the workbooks, which contain fun activities and worksheets for your students to demonstrate their understanding.

Strand A: New France and British North America, 1713 - 1800

Workbook

Some of the concepts that are covered:

• Treaties – Two Row Wampum Belt, The Silver Covenant Chain of Friendship
• The Fur Trade – Social and economic factors
• Voyageurs and the coureurs du bois
• The Hudson’s Bay Company and the Northwest Trading Company
• Alexander Mackenzie – From Canada by Land
• New indigenous group - The Métis
• New France – Settler life
• Comparing childhood now to life in New France or with an Indigenous group
• Seigneurs and Habitants
• The Catholic Church in New France – Tithe
• Citizens and society in New France
• The Expulsion of the Acadians
• The Seven Years’ War
• Battle of the Plains of Abraham
• Research assignment – French and Iroquois War
• Treaty of Paris, 1763
• Relationships between the French and Indigenous vs the British and Indigenous
• Pontiac Rebellion – Pontiac (Obwandiyag) Wars
• The Royal Proclamation of 1763
• The American Revolution
• The Quebec Act
• The United Empire Loyalists
• The Constitutional Act of 1791
• Political structure of British North America (BNA)
• Loyalists in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick
• Migrant Fishers in Newfoundland
• Seal Hunt – Effect on the Inuit
• English Settlers in BNA
• Childhood – Settler vs now
• Joseph Brant – Haldimand Proclamation and the Caledonia Land Dispute
• Unit test
• Answer pages for all activities

Strand B: Canada, 1800-1850: Conflict and Challenges

Workbook

Some of the concepts that are covered:

• Main Causes of the War of 1812
• Napoleonic Wars – Cause of the War of 1812
• Brock and Tecumseh – War of 1812
• Battles in the War of 1812
• Assignment – Creating an Infographic about a battle from the War of 1812
• The Burning of the White House
• The Treaty of Ghent
• Upset Canadians in Upper and Lower Canadas
• The Rebellion of 1837 in Upper Canada
• William Lyon Mackenzie and Bond Head
• The Lower Canada Rebellion
• Stopping the Rebellions – Durham Report
• Lord Durham – Significant Individual
• The Union Act
• Responsible Government
• The Montreal Riots
• Immigration to BNA – Push/Pull Factors
• Irish Settlers in BNA
• The Building of the Canals
• Life in Rural BNA and Urban BNA
• Research – Explorers (David Thompson and John Franklin)
• The Hudson’s Bay Company and Northwest Company
• The Selkirk Treaty
• The Battle of Seven Oaks
• The Sayer Trial
• The Huron Tract Treaty and the Saugeen Treaty
• The Mica Bay Incident
• The Underground Railroad – Harriet Tubman
• Underground Railroad Codes and Quilts
• Slavery Abolition Act and the Act to Limit Slavery
• The Extinction of the Beothuk
• Resources and Trade in BNA – Wheat and Lumber
• The Corn Laws
• Churches and Schools in BNA
• Epidemics in BNA – Cholera, Smallpox, and Typhus
• Unit test
• Answer pages for all activities

Google Lesson Slides

Google Lesson Slides! Ontario Social Studies, Grade 7. This mega bundle also gives you access to both of the Google Lesson Slides. Click on the individual units to see a full preview of the Google Slides lessons.

We have structured these lessons to follow the popular 3-Part Lesson format. By using these lessons, you will be provided with learning goals, discussion questions, relevant YouTube videos, interactive slides, exit cards, and more. Check out the variety of activities you'll receive below.

Part 1: Minds On!
- Learning Goals
- Discussion Questions

- Polls/Surveys

- Picture Prompts

- Jokes and Riddles

- Relevant Quotes

Part 2: Action!
- Interactive Activities

- Drag and Drop

- Fill in the Blanks

- Matching

- Sorting

- Polls/Surveys and Graphing

- Embedded YouTube Videos

Part 3: Consolidation

- Exit Cards

- 3-2-1 Reflections

- One Word Reflections

- Act It Out!

- Quick Draw

- One Sentence Summary

After purchasing this resource, you will be able to download copies of the Google Slides for the three different units to your Google Drive. From there, you can complete these lessons with your class, and/or assign these slides in Google Classroom.