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Alderville First Nation, Grade 5

Big Ideas
CURRICULUM
CONNECTIONS Interactions between people have consequences that can be positive
for some people and negative for others.
The Ontario Curriculum (2018)
Social Studies Grades 1 to 6, When studying interrelationships between groups of people, it is
History and Geography Grades
important to be aware that each group has its own perspective on
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those interrelationships.
Overall Expectations: A2.
Historical events have a critical impact on present day.
use the social studies inquiry
process to investigate aspects
of the interactions among Framing Question
Indigenous peoples, among
• How did the Alnwick residential school impact the community
Europeans, and between
of Alderville?
Indigenous and European
people prior to 1713 in what
would eventually become
Canada, from the perspectives Background Information
of the various groups involved
Alderville First Nation Resource Book:
Specific Expectations: A2.1
Page 61, Education Rights. This page outlines education rights and
formulate questions to guide
investigations into aspects the impact of residential schools.
of the interactions among
A residential school called Alnwick was built in 1849 in Alderville
Indigenous peoples, among
to serve bands from Owen Sound, Lake Simcoe, Georgian Bay,
Europeans, and between
Indigenous and European Alderville, Rice Lake, Lake Scugog, and Mud Lake. Students studied
people in what would reading, writing, arithmetic, and geography. Students also worked
eventually become Canada, long hours on the farm and in the house to learn practical skills.
from the perspectives of
There was a typhus epidemic in 1855 that killed five and resulted
various groups involved
in the school closing. It reopened from 1856–1860, but northern
A2.2 gather and organize bands refused to send their children due to conditions. Students
information on interactions
ran away or refused to return after visiting home.
among Indigenous peoples,
among Europeans, and See the online article “Ojibwa Participation in Methodist
between Indigenous and Residential Schools in Upper Canada, 1828-1860” for a detailed
European people in what would
academic overview and history of the Alderville Residential School;
eventually become Canada,
link on weblinks list.
using a variety of primary and
secondary sources that present
various perspectives

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