29 lessons to engage students as they investigate the various communities of early settlers and First Nation peoples in Upper Canada during the 1800s. They will understand how the interaction between the new settlers and existing communities of First Nation peoples and French settlers helped to shape the development of the various communities in Upper Canada. Students will be able to compare the lifestyle shared by communities of the past with those of present day

A comprehensive teacher guide & instructions, assessment forms, and an answer key complete this resource.

Introduction:

Teacher Notes

Learning Expectations

Student Self-Assessment Rubric

Teacher Rubric

Background Information for the Teacher

• The Talbot Country
• The Glengarry Settlers
• The Canada Company
• The Waterloo Region
• The Quakers
• Peter Robinson Settlement
• Early Black Settlements in Canada

 Lesson Topics Include:

Each lesson includes a lesson plan with an answer key.

Lesson Plan One: Who Came to Live in Upper Canada

Skills Covered:

• Identify the countries early settlers came from
• Identify the areas of settlement in Upper Canada

• Use primary and secondary sources to locate key information about settler communities
• Make and read a variety of graphs, charts, diagrams, maps to understand and share their findings about early settlements

 Lesson Plan Two: An Unforgettable Journey

Skills Covered:

• Identify the countries early settlers came from

• Identify the areas of settlement in Upper Canada
• Use primary and secondary sources to locate key information about settler communities

• Make and read a variety of graphs, charts, diagrams, maps to understand and share their findings about early settlements

 Lesson Plan Three: Land Ho!

Skills Covered:

• Identify the countries early settlers came from
• Identify the areas of settlement in Upper Canada
• Use primary and secondary sources to locate key information about settler communities

• Make and read a variety of graphs, charts, diagrams, maps to understand and share their findings about early settlements

 Lesson Plan Four: Clearing the Land

Skills Covered:

• Recognize the various roles of male and female settlers
• Use primary and secondary sources to locate key information about settler communities
• Ordering events that took place in early settlers live

Lesson Plan Five: Building an Early Settler Home

Skills Covered:

• Recognize the various roles of male and female settlers
• Use primary and secondary sources to locate key information about settler communities
• Ordering events that took place in early settlers live

Lesson Plan Six: Inside an Early Settler Home

Skills Covered:

• Recognize the various roles of male and female settlers
• Use primary and secondary sources to locate key information about settler communities
• Ordering events that took place in early settlers live

 Lesson Plan Seven: Lighting in an Early Settler Home

Skills Covered:

• Recognize the various roles of male and female settlers
• Use primary and secondary sources to locate key information about settler communities
• Ordering events that took place in early settlers live

Lesson Plan Eight: Early Settler Farming - Preparing the Land

Skills Covered:

• Identify how early settlers valued, used, and looked after natural resources
• Describe what early settlers learned from the First Nation peoples
• Use primary and secondary sources to locate key information about settler communities
• Find out how the settlers and the environment interacted
• Compare early settler life in Upper Canada to people in Ontario today
• Ordering events that took place in early settlers’ lives

Lesson Plan Nine: Early Settler Farming - Sowing the Seed

Skills Covered:

• Identify how early settlers valued, used, and looked after natural resources
• Describe what early settlers learned from the First Nation peoples
• Use primary and secondary sources to locate key information about settler communities
• Find out how the settlers and the environment interacted
• Compare early settler life in Upper Canada to people in Ontario today
• Ordering events that took place in early settlers’ lives

Lesson Plan Ten: Early Settler Farming - Growing and Storing Food

Skills Covered:

• Identify how early settlers valued, used, and looked after natural resources
• Describe what early settlers learned from the First Nation peoples
• Use primary and secondary sources to locate key information about settler communities
• Find out how the settlers and the environment interacted
• Compare early settler life in Upper Canada to people in Ontario today
• Ordering events that took place in early settlers’ lives

Lesson Plan Eleven: Early Settler Farming - Harvesting the Crops

Skills Covered:

• Identify how early settlers valued, used, and looked after natural resources
• Describe what early settlers learned from the First Nation peoples
• Use primary and secondary sources to locate key information about settler communities
• Find out how the settlers and the environment interacted
• Compare early settler life in Upper Canada to people in Ontario today
• Ordering events that took place in early settlers’ lives

Lesson Plan Twelve: Early Settler Farming - Farm Animals

Skills Covered:

• Identify how early settlers valued, used, and looked after natural resources
• Describe what early settlers learned from the First Nation peoples
• Use primary and secondary sources to locate key information about settler communities
• Find out how the settlers and the environment interacted
• Compare early settler life in Upper Canada to people in Ontario today
• Ordering events that took place in early settlers’ lives

Lesson Plan Thirteen: Early Settler Farming - Early Barns

Skills Covered:

• Identify how early settlers valued, used, and looked after natural resources
• Describe what early settlers learned from the First Nation peoples
• Use primary and secondary sources to locate key information about settler communities
• Find out how the settlers and the environment interacted
• Compare early settler life in Upper Canada to people in Ontario today
• Ordering events that took place in early settlers’ lives

Lesson Plan Fourteen: Early Settler Farming - Grinding the Grain

Skills Covered:

• Identify how early settlers valued, used, and looked after natural resources
• Describe what early settlers learned from the First Nation peoples
• Use primary and secondary sources to locate key information about settler communities
• Find out how the settlers and the environment interacted
• Compare early settler life in Upper Canada to people in Ontario today
• Ordering events that took place in early settlers’ lives

Lesson Plan Fifteen: Early Settler Life in Upper Canada - Hunting, Fishing and Trapping

Skills Covered:

• Recognize the various roles of male and female settlers
• Use primary and secondary sources to locate key information about settler communities

Lesson Plan Sixteen: Early Transportation in Upper Canada

Skills Covered:

• Identify factors that helped shape the development of early settlements
• Describe what early settlers learned from the First Nation peoples
• Use primary and secondary sources to locate key information about settler communities
• Find out how the settlers and the environment interacted
• Compare early settler life in Upper Canada to people in Ontario today

Lesson Plan Seventeen: An Early Settler Village

Skills Covered:

• Describe the major components of an early settlement
• Recognize the various roles of male and female settlers
• Use primary and secondary sources to locate key information about settler communities

Lesson Plan Eighteen: Schools in Upper Canada

Skills Covered:

• Describe the major components of an early settlement
• Use primary and secondary sources to locate key information about settler communities
• Classifying information about early settlers to present day

 Lesson Plan Nineteen: Early Settler Food - Meat from the Forests and Barns

Skills Covered:

• Describe what early settlers learned from the First Nation peoples
• Use primary and secondary sources to locate key information about settler communities
• Find out how the settlers and the environment interacted
• Classifying information about early settlers to present day
• Ordering events that took place in early settlers’ lives
• Recalling details

Lesson Plan Twenty: Preserving Settler Food

Skills Covered:

• Describe what early settlers learned from the First Nation peoples
• Use primary and secondary sources to locate key information about settler communities
• Find out how the settlers and the environment interacted
• Classifying information about early settlers to present day
• Ordering events that took place in early settlers’ lives
• Recalling details

Lesson Plan Twenty-One: Settler Herbs and Spices

Skills Covered:

• Describe what early settlers learned from the First Nation peoples
• Use primary and secondary sources to locate key information about settler communities
• Find out how the settlers and the environment interacted
• Classifying information about early settlers to present day
• Ordering events that took place in early settlers’ lives
• Recalling details

 Lesson Plan Twenty-Two: Early Settler Clothing

Skills Covered:

• Use primary and secondary sources to locate key information about settler communities
• Make and read a variety of graphs, charts, diagrams, maps to understand and share their findings about early settlements

Lesson Plan Twenty-Three: From Sheep to Loom

 Skills Covered:

• Use primary and secondary sources to locate key information about settler communities
• Make and read a variety of graphs, charts, diagrams, maps to understand and share their findings about early settlements

Lesson Plan Twenty-Four: Early Settler Children

Skills Covered:

• Describe what early settlers learned from the First Nation peoples
• Use primary and secondary sources to locate key information about settler communities
• Classifying information about early settlers to present day

Lesson Plan Twenty-Five: Keeping Clean in Early Settler Days

Skills Covered:

• Describe what early settlers learned from the First Nation peoples
• Use primary and secondary sources to locate key information about settler communities

Lesson Plan Twenty-Six: Early Settler Health Care

Skills Covered:

• Describe what early settlers learned from the First Nation peoples
• Use primary and secondary sources to locate key information about settler communities

Lesson Plan Twenty-Seven: Early Settler Pastimes

Skills Covered:

• Use primary and secondary sources to locate key information about settler communities
• Make and read a variety of graphs, charts, diagrams, maps to understand and share their findings about early settlements
• Classifying information about early settlers to present day

Lesson Plan Twenty-Eight: Early Black Settlers in Upper Canada

Skills Covered:

• Use primary and secondary sources to locate key information about settler communities
• Make and read a variety of graphs, charts, diagrams, maps to understand and share their findings about early settlements
• Classifying information about early settlers to present day

Lesson Plan Twenty-Nine: Aboriginal Peoples of Upper Canada

Skills Covered:

• Identify the Frist Nation peoples in Upper Canada
• Describe what early settlers learned from the First Nation peoples
• Use primary and secondary sources to locate key information about settler communities
• Make and read a variety of graphs, charts, diagrams, maps to understand and share their findings about early settlements
• Recalling Details 

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