British Columbia Museums Association - Teaching for Understanding

Secondary Social Studies Lesson Plans

Table of Contents

Preface • ii

Acknowledgments • iv

An Introduction to Teaching for Understanding History

Some Central Concepts ................................................................9
The Teaching for Understanding Model ........................................11
Using This Guide ...........................................................................12

The Lessons

Reading Gardens (Grade 9) ..........................................................15
Sunken Treasures (Grade 9) .........................................................29
The British Columbia of Emily Carr (Grade 10) ...............................42
Benefit or Blunder? BC Joins Confederation (Grade 10) ................56
The Passing of an Age:
The Impact of Technology on the BC Interior in the late 19th Century (Grade 10) .....................................................................76
Vimy Ridge: The Battle that Shaped a Nation (Grade 11) ...........102
Progress or Decline?
Aboriginal Education in BC in the Late 19th, Early 20th Century (Grade 11) ..................................................................................129

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