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. It includes all units in the Grade 8 Ontario Geography as well as History 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.

Geography Strand A: Global Settlement: Patterns and Sustainability

Workbook

Some of the concepts that are covered:

• Global Settlement
• Settlement Patterns
• Story: Life Along the Nile
• Word Search – Geographic Terms
• Population Density
• Choropleth Map – World Population Densities
• Population Distribution
• World Population Distribution – By Countries
• Population Distribution in Provinces
• Effect of Climate on Settlement Patterns
• Climate Zones – Where Do Most People Live?
• Research Activity – Climate Zones
• Physical Features – Effect on Settlement
• Hurricane Katrina – Living Below Sea Level
• Newspaper Article: Fort McMurray Wildfire
• Four Corners: Environment and Settlement
• Ghost Towns
• Resource Town - Dawson City
• Fact or Fiction: World Settlements Edition
• Land Claims - Indigenous Groups & the Crown
• Land Use Issues – Indigenous Communities & Coastal GasLink Pipeline
• Land Claims – Far North Act
• Land Use in Your City/Town
• Land Use Issues – Canada’s Parks
• Desertification
• Activity – Deforestation Infographic
• Where to Live – Urban vs Rural
• Urbanization and Urban Sprawl
• Research – Land Reclamation in Kobe, Japan, Land Reclamation in the Flevoland Polders
• Air Pollution Infographic
• Assignment – Pollution Infographic
• Interview: Waste Management Issues
• Research – Local Waste Disposal
• Beyond the Three Rs – Repair, Regift, Rot, Refuse
• How Long Does Garbage Take to Decompose?
• Rainwater Harvesting
• Blog Post: Greywater – Reusing Water
• Memory Game – Human Settlement
• Role-Play: Human Settlement and the Environment
• Unit Test
• Answer Pages For All Activities

Geography Strand B: Global Inequalities: Economic Development and Quality of Life

Workbook

Some of the concepts that are covered:

• Quality of Life
• Women’s Quality of Life
• Infant Mortality Rate
• Introduction to Scatter Plot
• Reading scatter plots using different quality of life indicators (ex. infant mortality rate vs poverty rate)
• Creating scatter plots – GDP vs Unemployment and Literacy Rate vs Life Expectancy
• Human Development Index (HDI)
• Research – Norway & Niger Quality of Life
• Compare Population Pyramids
• Developed vs Developing Countries
• Research - Developed vs Developing Countries
• Role-Play: A Day in Two Lives
• Demography
• Population Pyramid – China
• Population Pyramids – Developed vs Developing
• Creating a Population Pyramid – U.S.A., Canada
• Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs)
• Story: The Day the Water Came
• Children’s Rights Around the World
• Child Labour – Global March Organization
• Blog Post: The Red Cross Organization
• UNICEF – Changing Lives
• Interview: Water for People Organization
• Doctors Without Borders
• Assignment – NGOs Around the World
• Media – Helping People In Need
• Social Media Post – Supporting Children in Gaza
• Evaluating Media Messages
• Fact or Fiction: NGOs and Quality of Life
• Economic Sectors
• Researching Economic Sectors
• Economic Systems
• Researching Economics
• North Korea – Planned/Command Economy
• Market Economy – Capitalism
• Unequal Distribution of Wealth
• Rural Poverty in Africa
• Debate: Which Economic System Works Best?
• Canadian Imports/Exports
• Research – Canada’s Top Imports and Exports
• Research – Trade Deficits
• Newspaper Article: U.S.–Canada Trade War
• Economic Growth – China
• Research – Government Corruption
• Spelling Bee: Global Development Vocabulary
• Who Has The Word? – Global Inequalities
• Unit Test
• Answer Pages For All Activities

History 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

History 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 all four of the Google Lesson Slides. Click on the individual units to see a full preview of the Google Lesson Slides.

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.