A 60-day learning path aligned with the Alberta Grade 8 Social Studies Program of Studies as implemented within Edmonton Public Schools. Students investigate how societies respond to cultural, technological, political, and economic change; examine Japan’s transformation and European imperialism; analyze Canadian and Indigenous experiences; and apply historical thinking to contemporary issues. The sequence develops inquiry, geographic reasoning, source analysis, multiple perspectives, and evidence-based communication.
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Students establish the historical-thinking and social-studies skills needed for the course. They distinguish between primary and secondary sources, identify perspective and bias, construct timelines, interpret maps, and explain how worldview influences the way people understand change. Students examine selected Indigenous, Asian, European, and African societies before and during the period of intensified global contact. Learning emphasizes respectful engagement with First Nations, Métis, and Inuit perspectives and avoids treating European history as the only measure of progress. Students complete a baseline inquiry using the concepts of continuity, change, cause, consequence, perspective, identity, and interdependence.
The Canadian Encyclopedia: Indigenous Peoples in Canada, Library and Archives Canada: Learning Resources, Historica Canada: Historical Thinking Concepts
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