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Moments in Canadian Black History Grades 5-8
EBJ153
$22.99 CAD
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- Author : Hansen, Jan Graham
Fascinating Facts and Interesting Events, Build Comprehension Skills. By presenting little-known facts, this resource provides an intimate view of people and events in Canadian history.
Activities in this resource serve as a springboard for dialogue, with a wide range of activities including creative writing, research, drama, and role-playing with an emphasis on language as well as history.
Some moments included are:
- Mathieu Da Costa: Canada's first Black person
- Marie-Joseph Angelique: Resists slavery and is punished
- Mary Postell: Re-enslaved by a Nova Scotia court
- Richard Pierpoint: Black Loyalist in Ontario
- Slaves of Loyalists in Nova Scotia
- Rose Fortune: Taking care of business
- Abolition: Slavery's end
- Dimbo Suckles: Part of a small Black community in P.E.I
- The Jamaican Maroons: Freed Jamaican slaves settled in Nova Scotia
- Josiah Henson: An escaped slave tells his life story and helps start the Civil War
- Thornton and Lucie Blackburn: The first taxicab in Upper Canada
- Harriet Tubman: The Underground Railroad
- George Bonga: Fur trader
- Sylvia Stark: San Francisco's Blacks go north
- Elijah McCoy: Inventor
- Henry McDame: Gold prospector in British Columbia
- Dr. Anderson Abbott: First Black medical doctor trained in a Canadian university
- John Ware: Cowboy and rancher
- No. 2 Construction Battalion: The first Black battalion in Canada
- Railway Porters: Took control of their job
- Seymour Tyler: Served his country in the military
- Fred Christie: More racism in the courts
- Portia w·hite: Classical singer
- Herb Carnegie: Racism in hockey
- Africville: A Black neighbourhood destroyed
- Harry Jerome: Track athlete
- FergusonJenkins: Success in baseball
- Barrel Children: Parents leave home to get jobs
- Lincoln Alexander: Politician and community leader
- Caribana: Celebrating Caribbean culture in Toronto
- Daurene Lewis: Working hard for success
80 pages.