Grade 7 History Canada 1800s
Acknowledgements
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Learning Activity 1
TVO Indigenous - What is Pemmican?, Copyright © 2026 The Ontario Educational Communications Authority. All rights reserved.
"War Clouds", General John Graves Simcoe, First Governor of Upper Canada, 1792 (1793), John David Kelley, Globe. Printing Co, URL: https://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/detail.jsp?Entt=RDMDC-PICTURES-R-709&R=DC-PICTURES-R-709, Published 1910, Accessed 22/07/2021. The Globe, Toronto, Christmas Number, 1910.
Colonel By Watching the Building of the Rideau Canal, 1826 (thumbnail), C.W. Jeffreys, Library and Archives Canada, URL: https://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.redirect?app=fonandcol&id=2835244&lang=eng&ecopy=c073703k, Published ca. 1930-1931, Accessed 22/07/2021. Acc. No. 1972-26-795.
Bison Pemmican, Andree Lau, are you gonna eat that, URL: https://www.flickr.com/photos/andreelau/265534356/in/photolist-psW7y, Published Wed Aug 09 2006 20:00:00 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time), Accessed 22/07/2021. Licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/deed.en.
Pemmican Proclamation (Page 61), Andrew Amos, University of Alberta, URL: http://peel.library.ualberta.ca/bibliography/113/92.html, Published 1820, Accessed 22/07/2021. Excerpt from: "Report of trials in the courts of Canada, relative to the destruction of the Earl of Selkirk's settlement on the Red River: With observations".
[Map showing the area of the Seven Oaks Massacre, 1816]. No. 3. True copy, Wm. Sax, D.P. Surveyor, April 1818, William Sax, Library and Archives Canada, URL: https://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.redirect?app=fonandcol&id=4149343&lang=eng&ecopy=e002418699, Published 1818, Accessed 22/07/2021. MIKAN 4149343.
Citation: Battle of Seven Oaks, Lawrence Barkwell, Historica Canada, URL: https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/seven-oaks-incident, Published Sat Jul 01 2006 20:00:00 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time), Accessed 22/07/2021.
Citation:8.9 Community and Crisis at Red River, John Douglas Belshaw, URL: https://opentextbc.ca/preconfederation/chapter/8-9-community-and-crisis-at-red-river/, Published 2015, Accessed 22/07/2021. Victoria, BC : BCcampus, ©2015.
The Fight at Seven Oaks, C.W. Jeffreys, Library and Archives Canada, URL: https://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.redirect?app=fonandcol&id=2835228&lang=eng&ecopy=e007914369-v6, Published 19/06/1816, Accessed 22/07/2021. Acc. No. 1972-26-779.
Scene of 1816, Jill Sellers, URL: http://www.themuralsofwinnipeg.com/Mpages/SingleMuralPage.php?action=gotomural&muralid=178, Published 2001, Accessed 22/07/2021.
Learning Activity 2
Lower Market Place, Quebec from McCallum's Wharf, July 4, 1829, James Pattison Cockburn, Library and Archives Canada, URL: https://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.redirect?app=fonandcol&id=2838100&lang=eng&ecopy=e000756742, Published 4/07/1829, Accessed 22/07/2021. Acc. No. R9266-120 Peter Winkworth Collection of Canadiana / C.
La ville de Montréal, vue de l'ouest, Philip John Bainbrigge, Library and Archives Canada, URL: https://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.redirect?app=fonandcol&id=2896313&lang=eng&ecopy=c011873k, Published 08/1841, Accessed 22/07/2021. Acc. No 1983-47-87.
Market Building in York, Owen Staples, URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upper_Canada#/media/File:Second_market_in_York_(Toronto).jpg, Published 1831, Accessed 22/07/2021. Toronto Public Library Accession #: B 1-27a.
The Colbert/Henderson cabin, National Trust for Canada, URL: https://nationaltrustcanada.ca/destinations/buxton-museum, Published Wed Jul 03 2024 20:00:00 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time), Accessed Sat Oct 11 2025 20:00:00 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time).
What Dresden Can Teach Ontario About Black History. Copyright © The Agenda with Steve Paikin/The Ontario Educational Communications Authority (TVO). All rights reserved.
Royal Proclamation of 1763, Parliament of Great Britain, Library and Archives Canada, URL: https://indigenousfoundations.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/blogs.dir/56/files/sites/8/2015/09/from_collections_canada.jpg, Published 1763, Accessed 16/08/2021.
A new map of the British Dominions in North America; with the limits of the governments annexed thereto by the late Treaty of Peace, and settled by Proclamation, October 7th 1763, Thomas Kitchin, Library of Congress, URL: https://www.loc.gov/resource/g3300.ar010300/, Published ca. 1763, Accessed 16/08/2021. LOC Control Number: 75696331.
Learning Activity 3
Excerpt of "War of Independence | Canada: The Story of Us, Full Episode 3", STORY OF US PRODUCTIONS INC, URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTOB5Jmi0A4, Published 16/04/2017, Accessed 23/01/2026.
The Taking of English Vessel 'The Java' by the American Frigate, 'The Constitution', Messrs. Boydell & Co, URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Java_%281811%29#/media/File:Nicholas_Pocock,_the_Capture_of_HMS_Java_(cropped).jpg, Published 01/01/1814, Accessed Mon Nov 30 2026 19:00:00 GMT-0500 (Eastern Standard Time).
Studio portrait taken in July 1882 of the surviving Six Nations warriors who fought with the British in the War of 1812, Unknown, Library and Archives Canada, URL: https://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.redirect?app=fonandcol&id=3195172&lang=eng&ecopy=c085127k, Published 07/1882, Accessed 22/07/2021. C-085127.
Meeting of Brock and Tecumseh, 1812, C.W. Jeffreys, Library and Archives Canada, URL: https://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.redirect?app=fonandcol&id=2835873&lang=eng&ecopy=c073719k, Published 1812, Accessed 22/07/2021. C-073719.
Fort Mackinac on Michilimackinac Island, Benson Lossing, Harper & Brothers, URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Fort_Mackinac#/media/File:Fort_Mackinack.jpg, Published 1868, Accessed 23/07/2021. Benson J. Lossing's "The pictorial field-book of the War of 1812" New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1868.
The Surrender of Detroit, Copyright holder unknown, URL: https://worldhistory.us/american-history/war-of-1812-william-hull-surrenders-detroit-august-16-1812.php, Published ca. 18--, Accessed 23/07/2021.
Battle of Queenston Heights, 13 October 1812, John David Kelly, Library and Archives Canada, URL: https://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.redirect?app=fonandcol&id=2837457&lang=eng&ecopy=c000273k, Published 1896, Accessed 23/07/2021. Acc. No. 1954-153-1.
Meeting Between Laura Secord and Lieut. Fitzgibbon, June 1813, Lorne Kidd Smith, Library and Archives Canada, URL: https://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.redirect?app=fonandcol&id=2837234&lang=eng&ecopy=c011053k, Published ca. 1920, Accessed 23/07/2021. Acc. No. 1997-229-2 / C-011053, e010944077.
Citation:Exhibit: Indigenous Contributions to the War of 1812, Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada, Government of Canada, URL: https://www.rcaanc-cirnac.gc.ca/eng/1348771334472/1607906032957#chp8a, Accessed 23/07/2021.
Citation: War of 1812, James H. Marsh, Pierre Berton, Historica Canada, URL: https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/war-of-1812#, Published Wed Jun 02 2021 20:00:00 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time), Accessed 23/07/2021.
The Battle of Lundy's Lane, Unknown, New York State Military Museum, URL: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Battle_of_Lundys_Lane.jpg, Published ca. 18--, Accessed 23/07/2021.
A Hundred Years Peace, Amedee Forestier, Library and Archives Canada, URL: https://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.redirect?app=fonandcol&id=2837453&lang=eng&ecopy=c115678, Published 1914, Accessed 23/07/2021. Acc. No. 1993-275-1.
Peace of Ghent 1814 and triumph of America, Alexis Chataigner, Library of Congress, URL: https://www.loc.gov/pictures/resource/ds.01861/, Published 1815, Accessed 23/07/2021. Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-ds-01861.
Learning Activity 4
Advance of British Troops on the Village of St. Denis, 1837, Unknown, Library and Archives Canada, URL: https://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.redirect?app=fonandcol&id=2944018&lang=eng&ecopy=e010788087, Accessed 23/07/2021. C-070262.
Back View of the Church of St. Eustache and Dispersion of the Insurgents, Charles Beauclerk, Library and Archives Canada, URL: https://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.redirect?app=fonandcol&id=2837364&lang=eng&ecopy=c000396k, Published 14/12/1837, Accessed 23/07/2021. Acc. No. 1992-566-6.
Front view of the Church of St. Eustache Occupied by the Insurgents. The Artillery Forcing an Entrance, Charles Beauclerk, Library and Archives Canada, URL: https://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.redirect?app=fonandcol&id=2837360&lang=eng&ecopy=c000392k, Published 14/12/1837, Accessed 23/07/2021. Acc. No. 1992-566-2.
William Lyon Mackenzie, Shane Prentice, URL: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WilliamLyonMackenzie.jpeg, Published ca. 1851-1861, Accessed 23/07/2021.
Rebels Marching Down Yonge Street, C.W. Jeffreys, Library and Archives Canada, URL: https://www.cwjefferys.ca/rebels-marching-down-yonge-street, Published 1950, Accessed 23/07/2021. The Picture Gallery of Canadian History Volume 3, p.18 / Library and Archives Canada, Acc. No. 1972-26-706.
Learning Activity 5
The Seaview African United Baptist Church, Dennis Jarvis, Published Fri Jan 08 2016 19:00:00 GMT-0500 (Eastern Standard Time), Accessed Sat Jan 31 2026 19:00:00 GMT-0500 (Eastern Standard Time). Photo taken 11/06/2016.
Shipping document of Black Refugees (Page 1), Province of Nova Scotia, Published c. 1812, Accessed Sat Jan 31 2026 19:00:00 GMT-0500 (Eastern Standard Time). Reference: Commissioner of Public Records collection Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 420 number 5.
Shipping document of Black Refugees (Page 2), Province of Nova Scotia, Published c. 1812, Accessed Sat Jan 31 2026 19:00:00 GMT-0500 (Eastern Standard Time). Reference: Commissioner of Public Records collection Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 420 number 5.
Surveyor General's plan Preston, Nova Scotia, Province of Nova Scotia, Published 11/01/1836, Accessed Sat Jan 31 2026 19:00:00 GMT-0500 (Eastern Standard Time). Commissioner of Public Records collection Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 419 number 21.
The Needlewoman at Home and Abroad, Copyright holder unknown, URL: https://thumbnailer.digitalnz.org/?resize=664%3E&src=https%3A%2F%2Fndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz%2FNLNZStreamGate%2Fget%3Fdps_pid%3DIE124931, Published 1850, Accessed 23/07/2021. Punch. London. Volume and page unknown, 1850.
Citation:Shaping a Community: Black Refugees in Nova Scotia | Pier 21, Lindsay Van Dyk, Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21, URL: https://pier21.ca/research/immigration-history/shaping-a-community-black-refugees-in-nova-scotia-0, Published 19/11/2020, Accessed 23/07/2021.
Address of the House of Assembly to Lieutenant Governor Sherbrooke Opposing Black Refugee Immigration - cropped, Province of Nova Scotia, URL: https://archives.novascotia.ca/africanns/archives/?ID=76, Published 1815, Accessed 23/07/2021. Nova Scotia Archives, Journal of the House of Assembly 1815 page 107 (microfilm 3528).
Mohamed Salih: A Refugee Success Story. Copyright © The Agenda with Steve Paikin/The Ontario Educational Communications Authority (TVO). All rights reserved.
Divided We Stand. Copyright © The Agenda with Steve Paikin/The Ontario Educational Communications Authority (TVO). All rights reserved.
Learning Activity 6
Group of Mi'kmaq in front of a wigwam at their camp in Elmsdale, Nova Scotia, E.R. Faribault / Geological Survey of Canada, Government of Canada, URL: https://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.redirect?app=fonandcol&id=3368577&lang=eng&ecopy=a039862-v6, Published ca. 1891, Accessed 23/07/2021. Library and Archives Canada / PA-039862.
Mohawk Institute, view of the school façade, Brantford, Ontario, unknown date, Department of Interior, Government of Canada, URL: https://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.redirect?app=fonandcol&id=3309644&lang=eng&ecopy=a043613-v8, Published 1936, Accessed 23/07/2021. Library and Archives Canada / PA-043613.
What is a Residential School, Copyright © 2026 The Ontario Educational Communications Authority. All rights reserved.
Regina Indian Residental School, students and school personnel, Saskatchewan, 1908, John Woodruff / Canada. Dept. of Mines and Resources collection, Library and Archives Canada, URL: https://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.redirect?app=fonandcol&id=3316050&lang=eng&ecopy=a020921, Published 1908, Accessed Thu Oct 07 2021 20:00:00 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time). PA-020921.
The Kamloops Indian Residential School, circa 1930, Unknown, Archives Deschâtelets-NDC, URL: https://images.glaciermedia.ca/polopoly_fs/1.24215331.1622229346!/fileImage/httpImage/image.png_gen/derivatives/landscape_804/kamloops-indian-residential-school-1930.png, Published ca. 1930, Accessed Thu Oct 07 2021 20:00:00 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time).
Toronto's St. Lawrence Hall, Fraser & Sons, Toronto Public Library, URL: https://www.tvo.org/article/looking-back-at-torontos-historic-anti-slavery-convention-of-1851, Published 1855, Accessed 29/07/2021. Call Number/Accession NumberE 9-17 Small.
Jean Duncan, Alvin Duncan, and their mother Isabella Duncan, Unknown, Canadian Caribbean Association of Halton, URL: https://www.tvo.org/article/ontarians-should-know-more-about-the-black-history-of-oakville, Published ca. 1945, Accessed 29/07/2021.
Excerpt from The Mystery Files - The Mystery of the Underground Railroad, Apartment 11 Productions Inc, URL: https://www.tvokids.com/school-age/videos/mystery-files-season-1/mystery-underground-railroad, Published Wed Feb 03 2016 19:00:00 GMT-0500 (Eastern Standard Time), Accessed 15/01/2026.
The Inquiry Process, Ministry of Education, Government of Ontario, URL: http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/curriculum/elementary/social-studies-history-geography-2018.pdf, Published 2018, Accessed 24/08/2021.
Illustration by Cameron Nicholson, Cameron Nicholson, URL: https://www.tvo.org/article/black-identity-and-the-skin-im-in, Accessed Mon Jun 07 2021 20:00:00 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time).
The Colour of My Skin. Copyright © The Agenda with Steve Paikin/The Ontario Educational Communications Authority (TVO). All rights reserved.
Learning Activity 7
Mica Bay, on Lake Superior, London Illustrated News, URL: https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/mica-bay-incident, Published 23/02/1850, Accessed 23/07/2021.
Chief Nebenaigoching sitting in between two other men, London Illustrated News, URL: https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/mica-bay-incident, Published 15/09/1849, Accessed 23/07/2021.
Citation: Mica Bay Incident, Karl S. Hele, Historica Canada, URL: https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/mica-bay-incident, Published Thu Oct 01 2020 20:00:00 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time), Accessed 23/07/2021.
Red Rock, home to roughly 900 people, is located in northwestern Ontario’s Thunder Bay District, Charnel Anderson, OECA, Published Wed Feb 05 2020 19:00:00 GMT-0500 (Eastern Standard Time), Accessed 23/07/2021.
Learning Activity 8
Citation: Canals and Inland Waterways, Robert F. Legget, URL: https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/canals-and-inland-waterways, Published Thu Jun 01 2006 20:00:00 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time), Accessed 22/07/2021.
Citation: 9.7 The Canal Era, John Douglas Belshaw, URL: https://opentextbc.ca/preconfederation/chapter/9-7-the-canal-era, Published 2015, Accessed 22/07/2021. Victoria, BC : BCcampus, ©2015.
The express train, Currier & Ives, Library of Congress, URL: https://www.loc.gov/item/92520194, Published 1870, Accessed 22/07/2021. LOC Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-pga-08647.
Railway Map of Canada West, Maclear & Co, Library and Archives Canada, URL: https://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.redirect?app=fonandcol&id=4128123&lang=eng&ecopy=n0002910, Published 1847, Accessed 23/07/2021. n0002910.
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