Activities

There are two types of activities: Package Activities and Object Activities.

Package Activities are project-based activities designed to accommodate one or more classes. These activities involve the use of historical thinking concepts while exploring the whole package, resulting in a more comprehensive experience.

Object Activities are short inquiry-based activities that typically take 5–25 minutes. These activities encourage students to think critically about the objects being presented, and to use historical thinking concepts.

Both types of activities were created with the guidance of educators from across Canada, and incorporate current educational theory and approaches.

Package Activities

Explore project-based Package Activities by scrolling down.

Black Communities Then and Now – Research Assignment

While many of the original Black communities in Canada discussed in this package are now gone, their legacies continue to influence and shape the cultural and racial landscapes of the regions in which they existed or still exist.

Students are to conduct research on one or more of the following early Black communities to investigate (1) these communities’ present-day existence OR (2) the historical impact these communities have had on modern communities in Canada, including:

Africville in Halifax, Nova Scotia;
Antoine/Little Burgundy in Montréal, Quebec;
Hogan’s Alley/Black Strathcona in Vancouver, British Columbia;
Black communities created in Western Canada, such as Maidstone, Saskatchewan, and Amber Valley, Alberta, through the migration from Oklahoma.

To help guide students’ research, students are encouraged to develop inquiry questions. Here are some examples of inquiry questions:

In what year did this community come into existence?

What happened in history to make this community come to be?

Does this community still exist today?

Why does it exist today, or why does it no longer exist?

The final product of students’ research can take the form of a vlog, digital slideshow presentation, mural, painting, picture, essay, poem, song, or blog.