CHC2D Unit 4: Prosperity, Cold War and Change, 1945–1982

How did Canadians redefine who they were after 1945? Students study the baby boom and suburbs, the Cold War and peacekeeping, Canada–US relations, the welfare state, Black Canadians and the fight for equality (Viola Desmond, Africville and more), immigration and multiculturalism, Indigenous policy and activism from relocations and the Sixties Scoop to the White Paper and Calder, the Quiet Revolution and the October Crisis, women's rights, culture and identity, and patriation and the Charter.

Assessment of learning: Defining Moments Debate, a structured debate and position paper, with a four-level rubric and a teacher guide.

Lessons

1. Baby Boom and Suburbs
2. The Cold War Begins
3. Middle Power
4. Living Next to the Elephant
5. Building the Welfare State
6. Black Canadians and the Fight for Equality
7. Immigration and Multiculturalism
8. Indigenous Peoples: Policy and Impact
9. Indigenous Activism
10. The Quiet Revolution
11. October Crisis to Referendum
12. Women's Rights, 1945–1982
13. Culture and Identity
14. Patriation and the Charter

What you get

• A teacher lesson plan for every lesson: curriculum expectations, learning goals and success criteria, a timed sequence, differentiation, look-fors and answer guides
• Detailed slideshows (15 to 18 slides per lesson) with speaker notes on every slide: what to say, what to ask, what to look for and how long to spend, plus warm-ups, worked examples, model answers and answer-key slides
• Student handouts, organizers and exit tickets, with original practice sources and data sets
• Editable Word and PowerPoint files, plus PDFs
• A unit overview and the summative task with a rubric and teacher guide

Built for the Ontario curriculum (Canadian and World Studies, Grades 9 and 10, 2018), Canadian History since World War I (CHC2D), including the new learning on the Holocaust, the Holodomor and Black Canadian history, and easy to adapt for CHC2P.

Need just one lesson? Single lessons from this unit will also be available for CA$3.99 each.