Social Studies 11

Grade 11

Colonialism and Contemporary Issues for Indigenous People in Canada and around the World (adapted from Contemporary Indigenous Studies 12)

Sample topics:

• Fur trade in BC:
  • Land Based Fur Trade 
  • Maritime Fur Trade 

Haida canoes carrying sea otter pelts, gathering around an American trading vessel, Queen Charlotte Islands, 1791, in an illustration by Gordon Miller.

• First Nations of BC
  • Potlatch
  • Reserves
  • Aboriginal Demography
  • Residential Schools
  • Douglas Treaties 
  • Aboriginal Rights
  • BC Treaty Commission
  • Aboriginal Languages

Potlatch at Alert Bay, 1983. Vickie Jensen photo, courtesy U'mista Cultural Centre

Natural Resource use and Local, Regional, National, or Global Development (adapted from Human Geography 12)

Sample topics:

• Physical Geography of BC
• Economy of BC
• Nature Trust of BC
• Endangered Species
• Cultivation of Seaweed
• Oil & Gas Industry

Pumping crude oil at a test site in northern BC, 1983. Ralph Bower/Vancouver Sun

• Fishing:
  • Indian Fishing (book)
  • Fisheries Policy
  • Commercial Fishing
  • Fish Hatcheries
  • Aboriginal Fishing
  • Disappearing Fish

Seiners at work during the herring roe fishery, Barkley Sound. Brian Gauvin photo

• Forestry:
  • Forest Policy
  • Forest Industry
  • Logging

Fleetwood Forest Products grapple yarder, yarding logs on the Sunshine Coast, 2000. Keith Thirkell photo

• Mining:
  • BC Mining
  • BC Coal Mining
  • Coal Was King
  • BC Gold Mining
  • BC Copper Mining

Coal mining at the Extension mine near Nanaimo, c 1908. BC Archives E-02768

Diversity of B.C. First Peoples Territories and Communities (adapted from B.C. First Peoples 12)

Sample topics:

• First Nations of BC
  • Aboriginal Demography
  • Search for any BC First Nation, eg.
  • Secwepemc
  • Name of a Canadian community, eg.
  • Nanaimo First Nation

Rights of Individuals in Canada (adapted from Law Studies 12)

Sample topics:

• BC Aboriginal Rights
• BC Gay & Lesbian Rights
• BC Civil Liberties Association

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