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Lesson Planning K-12

Social Studies Lesson Plans

BC Curriculum: Instructional Sample

BCTF Human Rights-related Classroom Resources

BCTF Social Justice Teaching Resources

Critical Thinking Consortium:

Active citizenship project honouring human rights (Gr. 7)

Canada's History

Canada & Conflict: A Humanitarian Perspective (Gr. 11)

The Canadian Patriotic Fund (Gr. 3-4)

CBC Podcasts: Teaching Guides

Children's Rights Count: Exploring Domestic and International Mechanisms for Protecting and Advancing Children`s Rights Globally

Clean Water Champions (Gr 4-7, 8-9)

Community 1: Community and Leadership (Gr. 2-3) First Nations Integration Project

Community Hardships

Community Landmarks Have Stories to Tell (Gr. 1)

Cottonwood House (Gr. 5)
Historical significance of roadhouses in British Columbia

Critical Challenges: Legacies of Historical Globalization (Gr. 10) More critical challenges from Learn Alberta here.

Critical Thinking Consortium: Pivotal Voices - Recognizing an Historic Injustice: Canada's First National Internment Operations, 1914-1920 (Gr. 7-12)

Democracy Around the World: Canada’s Democracy Week Education Guide, Secondary School Level

Elections Canada:

Farwest (Gr. 4-9)

The Governor's Letters: Uncovering Colonial British Columbia (Gr. 5-12)

The History of the Canadian Flag 

Historical Perspectives: Japanese Internment (Gr. 9-12)

How Should We Remember Those Who Fought For Canada? (Gr. 9-12)

Human Rights in the Asia Pacific 1931-1945: Social Responsibility and Global Citizenship Lessons

“The Importance of School Means-Photographic Expedition” and Lesson Plan (Gr. 4-6)

Legislative Assembly of British Columbia

Making a Historical Newspaper (Gr. 7-8)

Maps and Scale

Museum of Anthropology: Teacher Resources

Myth Busting: Separating Parliamentary Myths from Reality (Gr. 5-6)

The Nature of the BC Economy

News Literacy Project: Classroom Resource Library

On a bicycle built for two (Gr. 5-7)

Open School BC: Bamboo Shoots: Chinese Canadian Legacies in BC (Gr. 5 & 9)

Parliament of the Future (Gr. 6-8)

Returning the Past: Repatriation of First Nations cultural Property (Gr. 10-11)

Square pegs and round holes (Gr. 1-7)

Thielmann's Web River

The Ties that Bind: Building the CPR (Gr. 10)

Understanding Party Perspective vs. Personal Preference (Gr. 6-9)

Victoria Capital of BC (Gr. 4-5)

Voices into Action: Lessons

Vote: Own It or Get Owned!: Creating an Advertisement to encourage young people to vote (Gr.5-11)

When Disaster Strikes: Understanding Humanitarian Emergencies (Gr. 9-12)

Who Are You Gonna Call? Three levels of Government: Local, Provincial, and Federal (Gr. 3-5)

KnowBC

KnowBC is a growing resource for history and information regarding British Columbia. KnowBC has over a dozen books that cover a substantial number of topics including Indigenous history, marine life, British Columbia's role in World War I, and much more.

Also included is a teachers’ resource, highlighting KnowBC content and how it intersects with BC's educational curriculum. You can find this under "For Teachers."

Lessons Prepared by UBC Students

Grade 5/6 Social Studies Unit on Immigration
Honouring Someone's Story