Updated November 7, 2019
ERAC Resources:
BC Digital Classroom
Curriculum Connections tab offers 100 examples connecting a resource on this site to a lesson topic and activity. Each example outlines the Big Idea, Curricular Competency, Content and any Aboriginal Education connections that might be addressed
Curriculum Starting Points tab has District Created Examples K to 10
Professional Support tab has videos and templates that can be customized to use with colleagues & students
ERAC Evaluated Resources – to see full view, you must create an ERAC account using your district email and a password of your choice
We are Canada – CBC
– shows Canadian innovations, many by young people in their late teens and 20s. Many of the projects deal with social issues
– last episode includes director of National Centre of Truth and Reconciliation;
Social Studies 9
BC First Nations History
BC First Nations Historical Timeline – Aboriginal Connection
Map of First Nations Peoples of BC
Indigenous History in Burnaby Resource Guide – Burnaby Village Museum
General Websites covering First Nations history
The Canadian Atlas – Canadian Geographic
Canadian Museum of History (Ottawa) virtual exhibition
Permanent Exhibitions – Museum of History
Virtual Museum of Canada
Canada’s First Peoples
The Canadian Encyclopedia Aboriginal Peoples
Library and Archives Canada
Enduring Traditions Among Canada’s First Peoples: Objects Made from Traditional Materials
BC History
British Columbia – Canadian Encyclopedia
City of Vancouver Archives
Early History of BC – Canada: A Country by Consent
Encyclopedia BC
Memory BC
Royal BC Museum
viHistory – census, population, maps and links to other related topics
The Fur Trade and the North-West
Effects of the Fur Trade
Fur Trade – Canada’s First Peoples
Fur Trade – Canadian Encyclopedia
The Fur Trade in Canada and the North West Company – McGill Library
North West Company – Canadian Encyclopedia
From BNA to Canada, Colony to Country
Constitution Act, 1867 – Canadian Encyclopedia
Canada’s Government System
You and Your Government – YouTube video
Confederation and Nation-Building
Canadian Confederation – teaching resources from Library and Archives Canada for ages 11 and up
The Making of Confederation – lesson & activity included ( from CBC)
Confederation Simulation – grade 10 activity from UBC teacher resources kit
Canadian Geography
Immigration and Settlement During the 1800s
150 Years of Immigration in Canada – Stats Canada
History of English Immigration to Canada – Scattering Seeds
Immigration in Canada – Canadian Encyclopedia
Immigration Records – Library and Archives Canada
Settling the West: Immigration to the Prairies 1867-1914 – Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21
Napoleon and Napoleonic Europe
New France and the French-British Conflict in N.A.
Political Revolutions: America, France, and Russia
The Fur Trade and the North-West
Agricultural Revolutions
The Industrial Revolution
World War I
Veterans Affairs Canada Learning Videos
The Battle of Vimy Ridge Parts
Legacy Series videos – showcase powerful, personal accounts of the Second World War through the lens of aviation
Socials 10
Canada’s Legal System
The Charter of Rights and Freedoms
The Political Spectrum
Canada’s Government System
Kinds of Voting Systems
Canadian Identity
The Roaring 20s
the Dirty 30s
The Rise of Dictatorships and WW2
Postwar Prosperity (1950s-1960s)
The Cold War
Quebec Nationalism
Current Aboriginal Rights and Issues
Constitutional Changes
Canada’s International Involvement (1945-1990s)
Technological Changes 20th-21st Centuries
Human Geography and Demographics
BC and Canada’s Economy and Environment
Globalization and the Global Economy
Environmental Challenges