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Mississaugas of Scugog Island

First Nation, Grade 7

Big Ideas
CURRICULUM
CONNECTIONS Social and political conflicts and changes in the first half of the
nineteenth century have had a lasting impact on Canada.
The Ontario Curriculum (2018)
Social Studies Grades 1 to 6,
Framing Questions
History and Geography Grades
7 and 8
• How have the Mississaugas of Scugog Island handled the flooding
Overall Expectations: B3. of their land as a result of the building of the Lindsay grist mill dam
Understanding Historical in 1834?
Context: describe various
• Why is it important to consider various perspectives when
significant people, events,
and developments, including analyzing events or issues?
treaties between Indigenous • Why is this a significant issue?
nations and imperial powers,
in Canada between 1800 and
1850, and explain their impact
Background Information
Specific Expectations: B1.2
analyze some of the challenges Mississaugas of Scugog Island First Nation Resource Book:
facing individuals, groups, and/
This lesson will be based on pages 15 and 16 of the community
or communities, including
resource book. These pages describe the devastating effect of
First Nations, Métis, and Inuit
individuals and/or communities, the dam that was built on the Scugog River in 1834. It raised the
in Canada between 1800 and water level by 2 metres causing flooding of wild rice and cranberry
1850 and ways in which people habitats and forcing the Mississauga people to relocate.
responded to those challenges
Page 36, Water Walkers. This passage explains the role of water
B1.3 analyze the displacement
walkers in preserving the water.
experienced by various groups
and communities, including Page 54, Water Rights. The Mississaugas of Scugog Island
Indigenous communities, who
First Nation community has been under a boil water advisory
were living in or who came to
since 2008.
Canada between 1800 and 1850
and how some of these groups
dealt with their displacement

Science:
Specific Expectations: 1.2 assess
how various media sources
address issues related to the

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