Grade 8 - Canada, 1890-1914: A Changing Society - Ontario History Bundle

This Lesson/Workbook bundle was created to provide everything you need to teach the Grade 8 - B. Canada, 1890-1914: A Changing Society Unit in the Ontario Social Studies Curriculum - Newly Updated 2025.

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 workbook, which contains fun activities and worksheets for your students to demonstrate their understanding.

Workbook Details:
This resource covers all the expectations in the Grade 8, Ontario Social Studies Curriculum, Canada, 1890-1914: A Changing Society strand.

There are 203 activity sheets that cover the expectations in the social studies curriculum. This comprehensive unit contains readings, maps, hands-on activities, true/false, diagrams, exit cards, reflections, word searches, role plays, and more. We’ve presented the material in a variety of text forms, including reports, news articles, blog posts, and stories. There is also a unit test and answer pages for all activities!

With the update in 2025, we have added hands-on activities, exit cards, rubrics and more to this already best-selling resource.

Some of the concepts that are covered:

• Immigration – Push and Pull Factors
• Clifford Sifton
• Ukrainian Settlement in the Prairies
• Immigration Act, 1910
• Chinese Head Tax
• Discrimination - Komagata Maru
• Role-Play: Immigration Stories of Early Canada
• Voting in the Year 1900
• The Famous Five
• Discrimination: Women’s Suffrage
• The Industrial Revolution
• Urbanization – A Changing Society
• Working-Class History
• Female Workers Around 1900
• Sweatshop Conditions
• Infographic Assignment – Sweatshops in Canada
• The Urban Poor and the All Peoples’ Mission
• Workers in Canada – Labour Unions
• Home Children: The Boy on the Ship
• The Manitoba Schools Question
• Activity – Manitoba Schools Question Simulation
• Newspaper Article: The Truancy Act
• Indian Act – Indian Status
• Impact of the Indian Act
• Indian Act – Residential Schools
• Paying for Residential Schools
• Interview: Intergenerational Trauma
• Reconciliation
• Why Did Alberta Join Confederation?
• Alberta and Saskatchewan Join Canada
• Alberta’s Changes After 1905
• Debate: Western Settlement – Fair or Unfair?
• Boer War
• Naval Service Act
• Word Search – Cooperation & Conflict in Canada
• Blog Post: The Klondike Gold Rush
• Klondike Gold Rush and First Nations
• Gold Rush Assignment
• Social Media Post – Alaska Boundary Dispute, 1903
• Assignment – Significant Individuals, Significant Groups
• Memory Game – Influential Canadians (1890–1914)
• Fact or Fiction: Key Political Decisions
• Unit Test
• Answer Pages For All Activities

Google Lesson Slides

Grade 8 - B. Canada, 1890-1914: A Changing Society Unit - Google Lesson Slides - Ontario History. This resource is packed with all the lessons you need to teach Canada, 1890-1914: A Changing Society Unit, Grade 8, Ontario Social Studies Curriculum.

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 a copy of this file to your Google Drive. From there, you can complete these lessons with your class, and/or assign these slides in Google Classroom.