Overall Objective To explore some of the economic and social challenges faced by members of diverse cultural groups in Canada.
Grade level Advanced 9–12 and beyond. This unit can be adapted to younger grades and different courses of study in various Canadian provinces and territories.
Content Areas Citizenship Social Studies English Language Arts Geography
Materials Required Access to a computer lab, Internet connection, data projector, flip chart and paper or whiteboard, drawing paper and pencils.
Summary Using film excerpts, Canadian policy documents, the Internet and community resources, students will examine some of the economic and social challenges immigrants encountered in moving to a new country.
Students will be asked to write policy documents aimed at easing the integration problems encountered by the multicultural youth community. They will role-play interviews with immigrant Canadians featured in the video clips. They will also examine their own roots and remember that, except for the Aboriginal peoples, we are all immigrants to Canada.