Pearson Canada offers access to grade 8 History etext “Canadian History 8” which is on the approved Trillium List for use in schools in Ontario. The etext has online access for a minimal price of $8.00 for the whole year. The online version can be for any computer or tablet and offers features such as highlighting text and bookmarking etc. All lessons below are designed to use this etext.
Unit 1 – Confederation
Watch these 2 videos on Canadian History to accompany the following 3 chapters.
History of Canada Episode 7 Rebellion and Reform Documentary
A People’s History The Great Enterprise
Chapter 1
Lesson 1
~ Login to the Pearson Canada Website. Open your etext “Canadian History 8” and read pages 2-9 and complete the “Thinking it Over” questions at the bottom of page 9.
Lesson 2
~ Login to the Pearson Canada Website. Open your etext “Canadian History 8” and read pages 10-12 and complete the “Thinking it Over” questions at the bottom of page 12. Don’t forget to take notes on each chapter heading!
Lesson 3
~ Login to the Pearson Canada Website. Open your etext “Canadian History 8” and read pages 13-14 and complete the questions on page 14.
Lesson 4
~ Login to the Pearson Canada Website. Open your etext “Canadian History 8” and read pages 15-20. Don’t forget to take notes on each chapter heading!
Lesson 5
~ Login to the Pearson Canada Website. Open your etext “Canadian History 8” and read pages 21-25. Don’t forget to take notes on each chapter heading!
Lesson 6
~ Login to the Pearson Canada Website. Open your etext “Canadian History 8” and read pages 26-28. Don’t forget to take notes on each chapter heading! Complete the “Thinking it over questions” at the bottom of page 28 writing the answers in your notebook.
Lesson 7
~ Login to the Pearson Canada Website. Open your etext “Canadian History 8” and read pages 29. Complete the chapter review questions writing the answers in your notebook.
Chapter 2
Lesson 8
~ Login to the Pearson Canada Website. Open your etext “Canadian History 8” and read pages 30-34. Don’t forget to take notes on each chapter heading!
Lesson 9
Login to the Pearson Canada Website. Open your etext “Canadian History 8” and read pages 35-36. Complete the “Thinking it over questions” at the bottom of page 36 writing the answers in your notebook.
Lesson 10
~ Login to the Pearson Canada Website. Open your etext “Canadian History 8” and read pages 37-39. Don’t forget to take notes on each chapter heading! Complete the “Thinking it over questions” at the bottom of page 39 writing the answers in your notebook.
Lesson 11
~ Login to the Pearson Canada Website. Open your etext “Canadian History 8” and read pages 40-44. Don’t forget to take notes on each chapter heading!
Lesson 12
~ Login to the Pearson Canada Website. Open your etext “Canadian History 8” and read pages 45-50. Don’t forget to take notes on each chapter heading! Complete the game and questions at the bottom of page 50 writing the answers in your notebook.
Lesson 13
~ Login to the Pearson Canada Website. Open your etext “Canadian History 8” and read pages 51. Complete the chapter review questions writing the answers in your notebook.
Chapter 3
Lesson 14
~ Login to the Pearson Canada Website. Open your etext “Canadian History 8” and read pages 52-57. Don’t forget to take notes on each chapter heading!
Lesson 15
~ Login to the Pearson Canada Website. Open your etext “Canadian History 8” and read pages 58-60. Don’t forget to take notes on each chapter heading!
Lesson 16
~ Login to the Pearson Canada Website. Open your etext “Canadian History 8” and read pages 61-63. Don’t forget to take notes on each chapter heading! Complete the Historical Thinking activity on page 63, writing the answers in your workbook.
Lesson 17
~ Login to the Pearson Canada Website. Open your etext “Canadian History 8” and read pages 64-65. Don’t forget to take notes on each chapter heading! Complete the “Thinking it Through Questions” on page 65, writing the answers in your notebook.
Lesson 18
~ Login to the Pearson Canada Website. Open your etext “Canadian History 8” and read pages 66-67. Complete all the questions, writing the answers in your notebook.
Unit 2 ~ The Development of Western Canada
Lesson 19
Watch these videos on Canadian History to help with understanding the following chapters.
History of Canada Episode 9 From Sea to Sea Documentary
History of Canada Episode 10 Taking the West Documentary
Chapter 4
Lesson 20
~ Login to the Pearson Canada Website. Open your etext “Canadian History 8” and read pages 68-71. Open a spreadsheet program, word or draw and create a blank organizer like the one on page 71, for the 5W + How questions. Print it out to use throughout you history course. Make sure to leave enough blank spaces below each question to be able to write your answers.
Lesson 21
~ Login to the Pearson Canada Website. Open your etext “Canadian History 8” and read pages 72-74. Fill in your organizer as you read these pages so you will have an easier time with answering the questions on page 74. Write the answer to the questions in your workbook.
Lesson 22
~ Login to the Pearson Canada Website. Open your etext “Canadian History 8” and read pages 75-77. Complete all the questions, writing the answers in your notebook.
Lesson 23
~ Login to the Pearson Canada Website. Open your etext “Canadian History 8” and read pages 78-82. Complete all the questions, writing the answers in your notebook.
Lesson 24
~ Login to the Pearson Canada Website. Open your etext “Canadian History 8” and read pages 83-86 . Complete all the questions, writing the answers in your notebook.
Lesson 25
~ Login to the Pearson Canada Website. Open your etext “Canadian History 8” and read page 87 . Complete all the Thinking it through questions, writing the answers in your notebook.
Chapter 5
Lesson 26
~ Login to the Pearson Canada Website. Open your etext “Canadian History 8” and read pages 88-92. Complete all the questions, writing the answers in your notebook.
Lesson 27
~ Login to the Pearson Canada Website. Open your etext “Canadian History 8” and read page 93. Complete all the questions, writing the answers in your notebook.
Lesson 28
~ Login to the Pearson Canada Website. Open your etext “Canadian History 8” and read pages 94-96. Complete all the questions, writing the answers in your notebook.
Lesson 29
~ Login to the Pearson Canada Website. Open your etext “Canadian History 8” and read pages 97-102. Complete all the questions, writing the answers in your notebook. Take 2 lesson periods to complete this reading and questions.
Lesson 30
~ Finish the reading and questions on the Canadian Pacific Railway, from the previous lesson.
Lesson 31
~ Login to the Pearson Canada Website. Open your etext “Canadian History 8” and read pages 103-108. Complete all the questions, writing the answers in your notebook. Take 2 lesson periods to complete this reading and questions.
Lesson 32
~ Finish the reading and questions on the Northwest Rebellion, from the previous lesson.
Lesson 33
~ Login to the Pearson Canada Website. Open your etext “Canadian History 8” and read page 109. Complete all the questions, writing the answers in your notebook.
Lesson 34
~ Login to the Pearson Canada Website. Open your etext “Canadian History 8” and read page 111. Complete all the questions, writing the answers in your notebook.
Chapter 6
Lesson 35
~ Login to the Pearson Canada Website. Open your etext “Canadian History 8” and read pages 112-116. Complete all the questions, writing the answers in your notebook.
Lesson 36
~ Login to the Pearson Canada Website. Open your etext “Canadian History 8” and read pages 117-119. Complete all the questions, writing the answers in your notebook.
Lesson 37
~ Login to the Pearson Canada Website. Open your etext “Canadian History 8” and read pages 120-122. Complete all the questions, writing the answers in your notebook.
Lesson 38
~ Login to the Pearson Canada Website. Open your etext “Canadian History 8” and read pages 123-127. Complete all the questions, writing the answers in your notebook.
Lesson 39
~ Login to the Pearson Canada Website. Open your etext “Canadian History 8” and read pages 128-129. Complete all the questions, writing the answers in your notebook.
Lesson 40
~ Login to the Pearson Canada Website. Open your etext “Canadian History 8” and read pages 130-132. Complete all the questions, writing the answers in your notebook.
Lesson 41
~ Login to the Pearson Canada Website. Open your etext “Canadian History 8” and read page 133. Complete all the questions, writing the answers in your notebook.
Lesson 42
~ Login to the Pearson Canada Website. Open your etext “Canadian History 8” and read pages 134-135. Complete all the Back to the Big Idea questions, writing the answers in your notebook.
Unit 3 – Canada: A Changing Society
Chapter 7
Lesson 43
~ Login to the Pearson Canada Website. Open your etext “Canadian History 8” and read pages 136-143. Complete all the questions, writing the answers in your notebook.
Lesson 44
~ Login to the Pearson Canada Website. Open your etext “Canadian History 8” and read page 144-150. Complete all the questions, writing the answers in your notebook. Take 2 lesson periods to complete this reading and questions.
Lesson 45
~ Complete the reading and questions from the previous lesson.
Lesson 46
~ Login to the Pearson Canada Website. Open your etext “Canadian History 8” and read pages 151-154. Complete all the questions, writing the answers in your notebook.
Lesson 47
~ Login to the Pearson Canada Website. Open your etext “Canadian History 8” and read pages 155-157. Complete all the questions, writing the answers in your notebook.
Lesson 48
~ Login to the Pearson Canada Website. Open your etext “Canadian History 8” and read pages 158-159. Complete all the questions, writing the answers in your notebook.
Chapter 8
Lesson 49
~ Login to the Pearson Canada Website. Open your etext “Canadian History 8” and read pages 160-166. Complete all the questions, writing the answers in your notebook. Take 2 lesson periods to complete this reading and questions.
Lesson 50
~ Complete the reading and questions from the previous lesson.
Lesson 51
~ Login to the Pearson Canada Website. Open your etext “Canadian History 8” and read pages 167-170. Complete all the questions, writing the answers in your notebook.
Lesson 52
~ Login to the Pearson Canada Website. Open your etext “Canadian History 8” and read pages 171-173. Complete any of the questions, writing the answers in your notebook.
Lesson 53
~ Login to the Pearson Canada Website. Open your etext “Canadian History 8” and read pages 174. Complete any of the questions, writing the answers in your notebook.
Lesson 54
~ Login to the Pearson Canada Website. Open your etext “Canadian History 8” and read pages 175. Complete any of the questions, writing the answers in your notebook.
Lesson 55
~ Login to the Pearson Canada Website. Open your etext “Canadian History 8” and read pages 176. Complete any of the questions, writing the answers in your notebook.
Lesson 56
~ Login to the Pearson Canada Website. Open your etext “Canadian History 8” and read pages 177. Complete any of the questions, writing the answers in your notebook.
Chapter 9
Lesson 57
~ Login to the Pearson Canada Website. Open your etext “Canadian History 8” and read pages 178-183 Complete all of the questions, writing the answers in your notebook. Don’t forget to keep printing out organizers and filling them in as you proceed through these chapters!
Lesson 58
~ Login to the Pearson Canada Website. Open your etext “Canadian History 8” and read pages 184-188. Complete any of the questions, writing the answers in your notebook. Take 2 lesson periods to complete this reading, questions and Zoom In activity.
Lesson 59
~ Finish your reading and questions from the previous lesson.
Lesson 60
~ Login to the Pearson Canada Website. Open your etext “Canadian History 8” and read pages 189. Complete any of the questions, writing the answers in your notebook.
Lesson 61
~ Login to the Pearson Canada Website. Open your etext “Canadian History 8” and read pages 190-193. Complete any of the questions, writing the answers in your notebook.
Lesson 62
~ Login to the Pearson Canada Website. Open your etext “Canadian History 8” and read pages 194-197. Complete any of the questions, writing the answers in your notebook.
Lesson 63
~ Login to the Pearson Canada Website. Open your etext “Canadian History 8” and read pages 198-199. Complete any of the questions, writing the answers in your notebook.
Lesson 64
~ Login to the Pearson Canada Website. Open your etext “Canadian History 8” and read pages 200-201. Complete your final project for Canadian History, creating a documentary. You may take as many class periods as necessary to produce a stunning documentary!
**Congratulations! You have finished Grade 8 History for this year!**