Indigenous Realities and Resistance · 1870-1914
The Residential School System
Examining the origins and early operation of schools designed to "kill the Indian in the child."
Key Questions
- 1What role did Christian churches play in the administration of residential schools?
- 2How did the Davos-Scott report describe the health conditions in these schools?
- 3What were the long-term impacts of separating children from their families and languages?
Ontario Curriculum Expectations
ON: History: Creating Canada, 1850–1890 - Grade 8ON: History: Canada, 1890–1914: A Changing Society - Grade 8
Grade: Grade 8
Subject: History & Geography
Unit: Indigenous Realities and Resistance
Period: 1870-1914
Suggested Methodologies
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