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Lesson
Class: April 5th Course Social Studies 10
Title/Focus

COURSE OUTCOMES
Grade GLO: 10-1: To what extent should contemporary society respond to the legacies of historical
globalization?
2.1 recognize and appreciate historical and contemporary consequences of European contact, historical
globalization and imperialism on Aboriginal societies
2.10 examine imperialist policies and practices that affected Indigenous peoples (British rule in India,
British and French rule in Canada, post-colonial governments in Canada)
2.13 examine legacies of historical globalization and imperialism that continue to influence globalization

Key Questions
Who was Ghandi? Why was he important?
What legacy did British imperialism leave behind in India?
Why do we learn about Historical Globalization?

LEARNING OBJECTIVES
At the end of the lesson students will be able to:
Understand the Kashmir Crisis as a legacy left behind by British imperialism in India
MATERIALS AND EQUIPMENT
A map of Canada for each student
Pipe cleaners

PREPARATION AND LOGISTICAL CONSIDERATIONS

Print Maps
Make sure that poll everywhere is set up
PROCEDURE
Introduction Time
Welcome students. Agenda- Where are we headed today?

Quiz- Quick quiz on the homework from last night (after the quiz students can quickly review the 15 min
pages that they read yesterday on British imperialism in India) -Review and Mark quizzes with the
students
Body Time
Review British Imperialism
What motivated British imperialism in India? What was
two similarities between imperialism in India and
Canada? What happened to the cotton industry in India
after the Raj started (the British took over)?
Ghandi 25 min
Have students read the page on Ghandi Who was he?
What was his strategy?
Represent Ghandi/his ideas with pipe cleaners- share
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Legacies of Imperialism
Notes on background leading to Kashmir conflict
Video on Kashmir conflict
20 min
Split up Canada Why did you draw boundaries how
you did? Share with your team

Closure Time
Wrap up the Unit
Why do we care about Historical Globalization? It still affects us today
-Poll everywhere word cloud What key words/concepts/ideas did we learn about this 15 min
Unit?

Assessment
Homework Quizzes
Review discussion
Pipe cleaner explanations
Split up Canada explanations