Lessons in History

Lessons in History is designed for use with the Modules, Units and Topics of The History of Quebec and Canada (414)course. These review lessons were created and developed by Michael Carley and Walter Baslyk, Social Studies consultants at the Lester B. Pearson School Board. They were assisted in their efforts by Len Harney, Social Studies consultant at the English Montreal School Board and by teachers from the Lester B. Pearson School Board and the English Montreal School Board through the Professional Development & Innovations Grants program of the MEQ. They included Brian Hopper, Norm Horner and Martin Legault of the Lester B. Pearson School Board and Demetrios Giannacopoulos, Joseph Hackett and Wanda Jaslinska of the English Montreal School Board.


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Period
Module General Objectives
French Régime
1 The French Empire in North America
  • To understand the foundations of the French Empire in America.
Canadian Society during the French Regime
  • To understand the development of the St.Lawrence colony.
British Rule
3 The Conquest and the start of British Rule
  • To understand the effects of the Conquest and of the American Reveloution on the St.Lawrence colony.
4 Early Stages of Parliamentary Government
  • To understand the socio-economic changes and clashes which marked the early stages of parliamentary government.
Contemporary
Period
5 Quebec and Confederation
  • To understand the new developments in Quebec and Canada in the second half of the 19th century.
Industrial Development
  • To understand the main economic, political, and social factors which mark the second phase of industrialization in Quebec.
7 Contemporary Quebec
  • To understand the principal changes which have taken place in Quebec society since 1939.