1. EDUC 8Y29
Junior/Intermediate Social Studies
Saturday, October 2, 2010

2. Agenda
• Last week - Integrated Teaching
• Lesson Plan Description Questions?
• Online Participation Update
• Beyond Textbooks - Benefits
• Introduction to Role Play in the Classroom
• Benefits of Role Play
• Activity: Settlement of the West Role Play
• Activity: Unit plan groups
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3. Beyond Textbooks: Benefits
Most humans come to know
their social world, not
through text, but through
human experience
(Johnson, 2006).
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4. Benefits of Non-Textbooks
Textbooks provide the facts, non-
textbooks can help to understand life in
a particular location or time period
Allows students to think like historians/
geographers (i.e.What does this source tell
us about this time period/location).
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5. Beyond Textbooks
Primary Sources
- Diaries, Newspapers, Photographs, Art
Historical literature
Movies, Video, Television
Games
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6. Benefits of Role Play
Deeper knowledge of subject matter;
Increased self-direction and motivation;
Improved research and problem-solving skills.
Allows student to investigate the human side of
history (social justice & equity issues).
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7. Role Play Stages
Role playing, a derivative of a sociodrama, is a method for
exploring the issues involved in complex social situations
(Blatner, 2002).
1. Initiation and direction
2. Describing the scenario
3. Assigning roles
4. Enactment
5. Debriefing/Evaluation
(Martorella, Beal, Bolick, 2005)
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8. www.imagescanada.ca Emigration to Canada - 1822
Detailing the hardships and
difficulties which an emigrant
has to encounter, before and
after his settlement in Upper
Canada.
With an account of the country
as it regards its climate, soil, and
the actual conditions of its
inhabitants.
www.collectionscanada.ca
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9. www.imagescanada.ca
A notice to emigrants, from Dundas, Ontario, April 24, 1845,
concerning farms for sale in the Gore District.
www.canadianheritage.org
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10. www.imagescanada.ca
An appeal to immigrants
from Great Britain offering
free grants for settlers, under
the Free Homestead
legislation of 1868, to take up
lands north of existing
populated areas in Ontario.
www.candianheritage.org
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11. www.imagescanada.ca
Dominion Land Act 1872
The act sold 160 acres (65 ha)
for the extremely low price of
$10 to any farmer who agreed
to cultivate at least 40 acres
(16.25 ha) and build a
permanent dwelling within
three years.
This Norwegian poster is typical of the
posters employed in Canada's aggressive
campaign to attract European settlers to the
West. Issued in the 1890s, it reads "Canada:
160 acres of free land for every settler."
www.cic.gc.ca
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12. www.imagescanada.ca
Land, A Living and Wealth:
The Story of Farming and
Social Conditions in
Western Canada, Grand
Trunk Pacific Railway, 1913.
www.collectionscanada.com/immigrants
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13. www.imagescanada.ca
Canada’s Call to Women.
www.collectionscanada.com/immigrants
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14. Historic Role Play:
Settlement of the West
1. Select an identity
2. Choose a plot of land
3. Choose supplies
4. Create diary entries
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15. Settlement of the West:
Roles
United States - Farmer
England - Doctor
Husband 46, Wife 40, Grandmother 66,
Husband 38, Wife 30, Daughter, 10
Sons 16 & 11, Daughter 13
Iceland - Farmer Russia (Mennonite) - Farmer
Husband 28, Wife 22, Daughter 8, Son Husband 46, Wife 40, Son 17, Daughter
3, Daughter 1 11, Son 4
United States (African American) - Farmer
Scotland - Blacksmith
Husband 32, Wife 30, Son 6, Son 4,
Single male 42
Daughter 2
Montreal - Clerk China - Storekeeper
Husband 22, Wife 18 Single male 33
Ukraine - Farmer
Husband 46, Wife 40, Son 7, Daughter
6, Son 4
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16. Land Grab
1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 5 . 6 .
7 . 8 . 9 . 10 . 11 . 12 .
13 . 14 . 15 . 16 . 17 . 18 .
. 19 . 20 . 21 . 22 . 23 . 24 .
. 25 . 26 . 27 . 28 . 29 . 30 .
31 . 32 . 33 . 34 . 35 . 36 .
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17. www.imagescanada.ca
Timothy Eaton Catalog 1896
www.collectionscanada.com
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18. Pioneer Life /Settlement of the West:
Necessities
HOUSEHOLD ITEMS FOOD TOOLS
Bed pan (5) 50 lbs flour (50) Pick axe (5)
Cooking utensils (5) 25 lbs vegetables (30) Hatchet (5)
Lantern (5) 25 lbs dried beef (25) Shovel (5)
Clock (5) 25 lbs pinto beans (25) 2 man cross-cut saw (5)
5 candles (1) 5 gal vinegar (25) Corn sheller (25)
Woven baskets (5) 25 lbs salt (30) 4 steel animal traps (5)
Mirror (10) Large grinding stone (20)
Cooking pan (5) Vise (5)
Blanket (5) Grain cradle (10)
PERSONAL ITEMS
Dutch oven (5) Axle grease (10)
Hunting knife (5)
Coffee pot (2) Hoe (5)
Bag of clothing for 1 person (20)
Plants (10) Guitar (5)
Cooking stove (75) MISC. ITEMS
Eating utensils for 1 person (2) Chicken coop (10)
Loom (35) Pistol (5)
Pitcher and bowl (10) Extra keg of gun powder (20)
Extra pair of boots (7) 20 gallon barrel of water (60)
Table and 4 chairs (50) Snow shoes (5)
1gallon coal oil (10) Feed for 1 pair of animals (30)
Saturday, October 2, 2010

19. Settlement of the West:
Diary Entries
1. You have arrived in Quebec City and are about to get on the train that will
bring you out west. While in the city you have brought all of the supplies for
the trip to your homestead and the materials that you will use to set up your
new home.You should also note what problems you may encounter and what
your new life will be like.
2. You have gotten off the train in Western Canada and have begun the journey
by wagon on to the prairie.
3. You have been living on the prairie for six months, what have you
accomplished so far?
4. You have been living on the prairie for one year. What is your life like? What
will your future be like?
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20. www.imagescanada.ca
The Premier, The Old Chief's Career is
Closed [Death of Sir John A. Macdonald],
June 8, 1891, Toronto Daily Mail, Toronto, Ont
www.collectionscanada.ca
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21. www.imagescanada.ca
War: Britain Gives Word," August 3, 1914,
The Morning Leader, Regina, Sask.
www.collectionscanada.ca
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22. www.imagescanada.ca
Ottawa Parliament Houses Burned, February
4, 1916, Daily Mail and Empire, Toronto, Ont.
www.collectionscanada.ca
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23. www.imagescanada.ca
Russian Doukhobor settlers on a ship to
Canada, 1898.
www.candianheritage.org
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24. www.imagescanada.ca
John Ware, Black rancher, and
family, southern Alberta 1896.
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25. www.imagescanada.ca
Essential domestic work on an emerging Loyalist farm in early Upper Canada: carding wool from
sheep, spinning thread, weaving cloth for garments, hauling firewood, and serving tea.
www.canadianheritage.org
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26. www.imagescanada.ca
First ranchers in Elk Valley,
British Columbia. 1905
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27. Mid-European emigrant and child,
Yorkton area, Saskatchewan 1903.
www.imagescanada.ca
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28. www.imagescanada.ca
Homesteaders on loaded
wagon, western Canada 1909.ww
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29. www.imagescanada.ca
Settlers in covered wagons,
Okotoks area, Alberta
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30. www.imagescanada.ca
Pioneers outside sod house,
near Coronation (Haneyville),
Alberta. 1907-1908
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31. www.imagescanada.ca
Scottish pioneer in Drumheller,
Alberta area. Came to western
Canada in 1888.
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32. www.imagescanada.ca
John Gidluk, Ukrainian settler,
Biggar area, Saskatchewan
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33. www.imagescanada.ca
Laundry day on Wyman's farm, near Bon
Accord, Alberta 1916-1919.
Mrs. John Payzant, washing clothes outside.
Sod-roofed shack to the rear. Grind stone on
right with can suspended above from which
water dropped on stone for sharpening axes,
mower knives, etc.
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34. Pioneer woman churning
butter, Springfield Ranch,
Beynon, Alberta 1908.
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35. Pioneers with ox-drawn wagon,
Shepard area, Alberta
1900-1903.
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36. www.imagescanada.ca
Richard Benard Witherby age 24
www.collectionscanada.com/immigrants
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37. Settlement of the West: Historical
Fiction
The Promised Land: Settling the West 1896-1914
In 1908, Jessieʼs Family immigrates to
Canada and faces a world full of
challenges. In time, Jessie finds both a
voice and a vision of a stronger, more
confident self.
Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction for Young People
http://www.bookcentre.ca/awards/bilson/annotatedList#1989
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38. Settlement of the West: Historical
Fiction
In this gentle story about Willie Adams and his family, who live a
hardy life in a cabin in remote Northern Ontario during the 1880s.
The experiences of Canadaʼs early Chinese immigrants are
recreated in this rich collection of modern folktales. Their customs,
traditions, successes and failures reflect the courage of these
people in an often uninviting country.
Saturday, October 2, 2010

39. Settlement of the West: Historical
Fiction
In her second time travel adventure, Maggie is transported to the
prairie in the 1890s. She becomes part of a pioneer family –
attending school, doing chores and looking after the horses.
In 1915, Sam Ferrier and his father arrive by train in Curlew, Alberta.
In time their house is built and the rest of the family joins them on
their grassy land under the endless sky that is nothing like their
home back in Iowa.
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40. Settlement of the West: Movies &
Television
Two couples travel back in
time to 1875 and build a
homestead just like our
pioneer forefathers. They
experienced tremendous
"real-life" adversities of
flood, fire, crop failures, sick
animals, rotting food,
relentless mosquitoes, poison
ivy, wood ticks and 'no toilet
paper', yet "stuck it out".
Saturday, October 2, 2010

41. Settlement of the West: Games - The
Oregon Trail
With The Oregon Trail, you can almost smell the dust
from the wagon train! Kids will build real-life decision-
making and problem-solving skills as they choose their
wagon party and supplies, read maps, plan their route,
and guide their team through the wilderness. Develop
solutions to help your friends and family survive the
dangers of the long journey, including raging rivers,
buffalo stampedes, sickness, and starvation. Discover a
learning adventure that's greater than fiction—about real
people with real dreams, facing and overcoming real
challenges.
Saturday, October 2, 2010

42. Adapting Simulation/
Role Play Activities
1. Determine the educational objective to fulfilled
(This can be taken from the ministry guidelines).
2. Create a specific learning expectations for your
students.
3. Review the available resources to support this
learning experiences. Simulations are not an occasion to throw
away the textbook. They can be a valuable resources to enhance student
knowledge. Even if you don’t include them in your lesson plans, have them
available for motivated students who want to get an edge.
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43. Adapting Simulation/
Role Play Activities
4. Build student background knowledge.
5. Determine the roles students will play.
6. Determine the events that student will have to
face. Simulations create a non-linear learning
experience.
7. Determine how student learning will be
assessed.
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44. Beyond Textbooks:
Unit Plans
As you create your Unit Plan,
consider using some non-textbook
resources.
Next Week
•Aboriginal Education & Social Justice
•READ: Chapter 19 - Where’s the information
•Submit your Lesson Plan Description via Sakai
Saturday, October 2, 2010