(For students) Below is a link to a Vancouver Sun article which could be used with the news clip to provoke a debate on whether government apologies are effective. (Students can analyze data from different perspectives)

 

(For students) The following timelines show policy change toward minorities in Canada. They could be used to create comparisons or used for analysis.

Timeline: Women’s Suffrage Movement

Timeline: Same Sex Rights

Timeline: The Legal Struggle for Equal Rights of Chinese Canadians

Timeline: Residential Schools

(For students) This interactive link provides different perspectives on the Komagata Maru incident and could be used to create an activity which would require critical thinking skills.

*Immigration and multiculturalism continue to shape Canadian society and identity 

*Canadian institutions and government reflect the challenge of our regional diversity 

During the field trip students move in small groups between 4 different stations.

The Field Trip guide also provides a follow up for after the field trip.

(For teachers) The link below provides instructions for how to create a beaded timeline which could be used to provide students with a visual to deepen understanding of how long First Nations were in Canada before First Contact in comparison to the amount of time that they attended residential schools and the impact.
Beaded Timeline Instructions

*Past discriminatory government policies and actions such as the Head Tax, the Komagata Maru incident, residential schools, and internments

https://japanesecanadianhistory.net/resource-guides/elementary-guide/ 

(For teachers) Teacher Resource Guide: Indian Residential Schools and Reconciliation

Below is a link to a FNESC grade 5 resource guide which includes resources to introduce residential schools in an age appropriate way. It includes background information and resources for the following topics:

-Learning and the Relationship with the Land

-What were Residential Schools?

-The Residential School Experience

-The Healing Journey

It is filled with Blackline masters, assessment activities and resource lists for Grade 5 Social Studies. 

(For students) Another personal account of the legacy of the head tax from the CBC, "Knocking of Rich Man's Gate.

(For teachers) From the Richmond Museum, this is a link to a Teacher Resource guide meant to accompany a kit which can be ordered for $50 from the museum. The resource guide is a great reference even without the kit; it has maps, lesson plans and printable that would be useful for teachers teaching about why East Asians chose to come to Canada and the struggles they would have faced.