Outcome Chart - Ontario - History CHI4U: Canada: History, Identity and Culture
This chart contains media-related learning outcomes from Ontario, Curriculum for History CHI4U: Canada: History, Identity and Culture, with links to supporting resources on the MediaSmarts site.
Historical Inquiry and Skill Development
Overall Expectations
Historical Inquiry: use the historical inquiry process and the concepts of historical thinking when investigating aspects of Canadian history, with a focus on the development of identity and culture
Specific Expectations
A1.1 formulate different types of questions to guide investigations into issues, events, and/or developments in Canadian history, with a focus on the development of identity and culture
A1.2 select and organize relevant evidence and information on aspects of Canadian history from a variety of primary and secondary sources
A1.3 assess the credibility of sources and information relevant to their investigations
A1.4 interpret and analyse evidence and information relevant to their investigations, using various tools, strategies, and approaches appropriate for historical inquiry
A1.7 evaluate and synthesize their findings to formulate conclusions and/or make informed judgements or predictions about the issues, events, and/or developments they are investigating
A1.8 communicate their ideas, arguments, and conclusions using various formats and styles, as appropriate for the audience and purpose
A1.9 use accepted forms of documentation (e.g., footnotes or endnotes, author/date citations, reference lists, bibliographies, credits) to reference different types of sources (e.g., archival sources, articles, art works, blogs, books, films or videos, oral evidence, websites)
MediaSmarts Resources
Lesson Plans
- Bias in News Sources
- Finding and Authenticating Online Information on Global Development Issues
- Free Speech and the Internet
- Hoax? Scholarly Research? Personal Opinion? You Decide!
- Making Media for Democratic Citizenship
- Online Propaganda and the Proliferation of Hate
Canada Since 1945
Overall Expectations
Setting the Context: analyse various social/cultural, economic, and political events, trends, and/or developments in Canada since 1945 and their impact on the development of the country
Specific Expectations
E1.1 analyse key social/cultural trends and developments in Canada during this period, including changes in social attitudes/values (e.g., with reference to changes in the number and origins of immigrants and refugees; changes in birth, marriage, and divorce rates; continuing urbanization and the growth of suburbs; the development of the social safety net; biculturalism and multiculturalism; increasing concerns with rights, fairness, and equity; the development of countercultural, civil rights, environmental, and social protest movements; changes in the role and status of women), and assess their significance for the development of Canada, including the development of identity in Canada
E1.3 analyse ways in which technological and/or scientific developments during this period have contributed to the development of identity in Canada
E2.3 analyse interactions between Aboriginal peoples and different governments in Canada during this period, with a focus on both positive changes and unresolved issues
MediaSmarts Resources
- Beyond Media Messages: Media Portrayal of Global Development
- Buy Nothing Day
- Challenging Hate Online
- Crime in the News
- Diversity and Media Ownership
- Don’t Drink and Drive: Assessing the Effectiveness of Anti-Drinking Campaigns
- Free Speech and the Internet
- Online Propaganda and the Proliferation of Hate
- Perceptions of Youth and Crime
- Political Cartoons
- Scapegoating and Othering
- Sex in Advertising
- Shaking the Movers: Youth Rights and Media
- Suffragettes and Iron Ladies
- The Citizen Reporter
- The Privacy Dilemma: Lesson Plan for Senior Classrooms
- Violence on Television
- Watching the Elections
- What Students Need to Know about Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy
- Who Knows? Your Privacy in the Information Age
Overall Expectations
Diversity and Citizenship: analyse how various individuals and groups have contributed to the development of identity, culture, and citizenship in Canada since 1945
Specific Expectations
E3.2 analyse how the lives, roles, and rights of Canadian women changed during this period
MediaSmarts Resources