Unit II: Economic Empowerment
This unit focuses on traditional First Nation economies and the economies of developed countries today such as Canada and Japan. We will begin this unit be examining the difference between human needs and wants, and how we can satisfy those needs and wants. In class we will compare needs and wants of First Nations versus people today.
First Nations and the Impact of Contact
Students will be expected to evaluate how First Nations economies and cultures were affected both positively and negatively by the arrival of Europeans. In turn students will evaluate primary sources to establish why Europeans were attracted to Canada and the impact of their arrival on First Nations demographics, economies, culture and the physical environment.
Modern Day Economics
In class we will review different economic sectors, and which are growing or contracting in developed and developing countries. Students will be able to identify and describe basic economic systems, different standards of living, the poverty line and the poverty cycle. Students will practice skills such as cause and effect, source analysis, extended writing and categorization.
First Nations and the Impact of Contact
Students will be expected to evaluate how First Nations economies and cultures were affected both positively and negatively by the arrival of Europeans. In turn students will evaluate primary sources to establish why Europeans were attracted to Canada and the impact of their arrival on First Nations demographics, economies, culture and the physical environment.
Modern Day Economics
In class we will review different economic sectors, and which are growing or contracting in developed and developing countries. Students will be able to identify and describe basic economic systems, different standards of living, the poverty line and the poverty cycle. Students will practice skills such as cause and effect, source analysis, extended writing and categorization.
Unit II Plan
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Classroom Activities
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Desert Island Activity
First Nation Economies
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Desert Island Activity PowerPoint
Newcomers vs First Nations
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How to answer questions
SOAPStone Source Analysis
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