History by the Minute
Good morning Grade 8s! We've been talking a lot about the "moments" that make up Canada's history, focusing mostly on pre-Confederation and the events leading up to 1867, but also making connections with events in everyday life.If you happen to watch Canadian television channels every now and then, you'll notice the Part of our Heritage one-minute commercials. There's actually an online resource called Historica Dominion that has all the videos posted! You can narrow the Heritage Minute search to different themes and down below the website provides more historical background on that particular defining moment in Canada's history.
There are also playlists that you can discover in YouTube by searching "heritage minutes", such as this one here.
Your feedback: In the comments section below, provide either an HTML link to a page on the Historica Dominion site OR a YouTube video of a heritage minute and briefly describe the moment, why you chose it, and if you noticed any biases present in how the information/drama was played out. Keep it about a two-tweet length (140 characters x 2! Work your math minds!)
For example: Here's a video of Jacques Cartier and his meeting with the First Nations. Any biases you notice? Here is the Historica Dominion page for it, as well. You can pick a topic that we've discussed so far in our class or something you remember learning in Social Studies from earlier grades!
Have you ever seen these on TV?
Did you pay attention to the message?
What do these videos tell us
about Canadian history?
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