GRADE 7
HISTORY
British North America
APPLICABLE EXPECTATIONS
By the end of Grade 7, students will:
- describe the origin and development of English settlement in Canada in
the late eighteenth century;
- demonstrate an understanding of the strategies used by early settlers to
adapt to the challenges of their new land;
- demonstrate an understanding of the significance of the War of 1812 for
Canadian/American relations.
- demonstrate an understanding of the reasons for the early settlement of
English Canada (e.g., the American Revolution);
- describe the different groups of people (e.g., Black Loyalists, slaves,
indentured servants, Aboriginal Loyalists, Maritime Loyalists) who took part
in the Loyalists’ migration and identify their areas of settlement;
- explain Canada’s involvement in the “underground railway”;
- demonstrate an understanding of life in English Canada (e.g., early pioneer
experiences, family life, economic and social life, growth and development
of early institutions, transportation, and emergence of towns);
- describe the major causes and personalities of the War of 1812;
- describe the impact of the War of 1812 on the development of Canada (e.g.,
the building of fortifications, the Rideau Canal, and Kingston Road; movement
of the capital to Bytown [Ottawa]);
- identify the achievements and contributions of Sir John Graves Simcoe.
- trace the historical development of their own community
The following vignettes address these expectations:
The
Alvinston Maple Syrup Festival
Slavery
and the Sydenham River
The Oldest
Church in Middlesex County
Settlement
on the Sydenham
To Stake
a Claim
Americans
Invade
Conflict and Change
APPLICABLE EXPECTATIONS
By the end of Grade 7, students will:
- demonstrate an understanding of the nature of change and conflict, methods
of creating change, and methods of resolving conflicts;
- describe the causes, personalities, and results of the rebellions of 1837
in Upper and Lower Canada;
- evaluate the social, economic, political, and legal changes that occurred
as a result of the rebellions;
- demonstrate an understanding of the nature of change and conflict, identify
types of conflict
- demonstrate an awareness of the major sources of conflict that led to the
rebellions of 1837 in Upper and Lower Canada (e.g., land, transportation,
government, culture);
- describe the role of key personalities (e.g., MacKenzie, Papineau, Baldwin)
involved in the rebellions and the methods they used to bring about change;
- describe the rebellions of 1837 in Upper and Lower Canada and their impact
on ordinary people;
- explain the major political change that resulted from the rebellions and
their impact on the Canadas
The following vignettes address these expectations:
The
Family Compact and Strife in Upper Canada
World
War Two and the Home Front
The Changing
Landscape
Americans
Invade
The One
Room School House