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A3. describe various
Emotional (Relate) Activating Prior Knowledge,
significant people, events,
Minds On and developments, including
treaties, in Canada between
Opening Circle
1713 and 1800, and explain
Prompting Questions:
their impact.
• What opportunities does living near Lake Simcoe present?
Specific Expectations: A1.2
• What challenges does living near Lake Simcoe present? analyze some of the main
challenges facing various
• Was there a time when you couldn’t do what you wanted because
individuals, groups, and/
of weather?
or communities, including
First Nations, Métis, and
Physical (Reveal) Action, Hands On
Inuit individuals and/or
communities, in Canada
1. Ask students to explore the Chippewas of Georgina Island
between 1713 and 1800
First Nation Resource Book Transportation section, pages 37
and ways in which people
to 40. In this section, they learn about the different forms of
responded to those challenges
transportation that the Chippewas of Georgina Island First Nation
A3.5 describe some significant
utilize in different seasons, as well as concerns around travel
aspects of daily life in
and transportation.
various First Nations,
2. Read Dangerous Crossing, page 41 of the Chippewas of Georgina Métis, and Inuit
communities in Canada
Island First Nation Resource Book, about being caught on the
during this period
water during turbulent weather. Brainstorm a list of words that
describe how it must have felt to be caught in the storm. Ask The Ontario Curriculum Grades
1-8, Language (revised), 2006
students to use the word list to write a paragraph about a time
when weather affected what they were able to do. Ask: How did Reading: 1.1 read a wide variety
this make you feel? of increasingly complex or
difficult texts from diverse
3. Have students look at the following material to examine the
cultures, including literary
transportation challenges the Chippewas of Georgina Island First
texts, graphic texts, and
Nation face during different seasons. Ask students to compare informational texts
modes of travel. Links to all websites below are on the weblink list.
1.6 extend understanding of
– An overview of ferry and water taxi service from texts, including increasingly
the Transportation page of the Georgina Island complex or difficult texts, by
connecting the ideas in them
community website.
to their own knowledge,
– A short video clip showing Georgina Island ice road travel in
experience, and insights, to
January 2018 other familiar texts, and to the
world around them
– Going to the Church Anniversary video from the Georgina
Island Storytelling Project. This is an account of travel by
boat from Snake Island to Georgina Island for an annual
church gathering.
– A photo of the Big Canoe ferry boat, 1900, from the Georgina
Island Storytelling Project
– A photo of the Keche-Chemon ferry, 1900, from the Georgina
Island Storytelling Project

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