Grade 8 - Ontario Social Studies - Lessons/Workbook Mega Bundle

This mega bundle provides everything you need to teach all units in the Grade 8 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: Creating Canada, 1850-1890

Workbook

Some of the concepts that are covered:

• What is Confederation?
• John A. Macdonald, George-Étienne Cartier, and George Brown
• Political Deadlock
• Representation by Population
• Fenian Raids
• Thomas D’Arcy McGee Assassination
• Railway – Trade
• Chinese Railroad Workers
• Manifest Destiny
• Double Shuffle
• The Great Coalition
• Fact or Fiction: Confederation Myths
• Land Ownership in PEI
• Maritime Colonies - Joining Confederation
• The British North America Act
• Métis Indigenous Group – Culture
• The Manitoba Act
• Métis Leader: Louis Riel
• Red River Rebellion – Métis
• The Métis Scrip System
• Settler Life in Canada
• North-West Mounted Police
• Snowman – Canada’s Expansion
• Bilingualism in Canada – French and English
• First Nations and Confederation
• Interview: The Numbered Treaties
• Newspaper Article: The Indian Act
• Treaties in Ontario
• Potlatch Ceremony
• Residential Schools
• Story: The Boy in Two Photographs
• Residential Schools – Brave Survivors
• Research – Residential Schools
• The B.C. Qualification of Voters Act
• Social Media Post – Women’s Equality in 19th-Century
• Debate: Confederation – Benefit or Burden?
• Role-Play: Voices of Early Canada
• American Civil War
• Memory Game – Influential Canadians (1850–1890)
• Blog Post: Urban Centres in Canada
• Urban and Rural Communities in the West
• BC – Fraser and Cariboo Gold Rushes
• Gold Rush – Conflicts – Chilcotin War
• Infographic Assignment – B.C. Gold Rush
• Who Has The Word? – Creating Canada
• Unit Test
• Answer Pages For All Activities

Strand B: Canada, 1890-1914: A Changing Society

Workbook

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

Google Lesson Slides! Ontario Social Studies, Grade 8. 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.