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Chippewas of Georgina Island

First Nation,Grade 7

Big Ideas
CURRICULUM
CONNECTIONS Understanding the experiences and challenges people faced in the
past helps to put our present experiences and challenges into context.
The Ontario Curriculum (2018)
Social Studies Grades 1 to 6,
Framing Questions
History and Geography Grades
7 and 8 • Do the current-day Chippewas of Georgina Island First

Geography, Overall Nation experience any of the same challenges experienced in
Expectations: A1. analyze some earlier times?
challenges and opportunities
• Do they experience any of the same challenges as the people in
presented by the physical
your town or in a township near you?
environment and ways in
which people have responded • What types of developments allow us to respond to them in
to them different ways than people did in the past? (History)

Specific Expectations: A1.1 • Why do the Chippewas of Georgina Island First Nation experience
describe various ways in which
different challenges than the challenges experienced in the
people have responded to
municipality you live in?
challenges and opportunities
presented by the physical • Why do they have different responses to the environment, and to
environment and analyze short- the opportunities and challenges it presents? (Geography)
and long-term effects of some
of these responses

A1.2 compare and contrast the Background Information
perspectives of some different
Chippewas of Georgina Island First Nation Resource Book:
groups on the challenges and
opportunities presented by the Page 8, Location and Territory. This is an overview of Georgina
natural environment
Island First Nation territory, which consists of Georgina Island,
History, Overall Expectations: Snake Island, and Fox Island as well as two small areas of land on
A1. analyze aspects of the the mainland at Island Grove and Virginia Beach.
experiences of various groups
and communities, including Pages 37 to 41, Transportation: The impact of the Trent Severn
First Nations, Métis, and Waterway system on the islanders’ access to the mainland is
Inuit communities, in Canada noted. Current seasonal modes of travel are described in text and
between 1713 and 1800, and
photos as well as the impact of transportation on students and
compare them to the lives of
community members going to school and work. This section also
people in present-day
includes a first-person account titled “Dangerous Crossing” about a
harrowing ferry crossing during a storm.

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