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  • Compare daily life, family structures, and gender roles in early and contemporary civilizations.
  • Demonstrated understanding and appreciation of diverse cultural traditions and belief systems.
  • Assess ways societies preserve identity, transmit culture, and adapt to change.
  • Assess the impact of contact, conflict, and conquest on civilizations.
  • Compare basic economic systems and different forms of exchange.
  • Analyse the effect of commerce on trade routes, settlement patterns, and cultural exchanges.
 
  • Analyse the relationship between Aboriginal people and Europeans and explain the roles of each in the development of Canada.
  • Describe daily life in Aboriginal communities in New France and British North America.
  • Describe how identity is shaped by a variety of factors including:  family, gender, belief systems, ethnicity, and nationality.
  • Demonstrate awareness of artistic expression as a reflection of the culture in which it is produced.
  • Analyse roots of present-day regional, cultural, and social issues within Canada.
  • Assess how economic systems contributed to early Canadian development.
  • Analyse effects of colonialism on trade and conflict.
  • Analyse the reasons for the initial exploration and settlement of North America.
  • Identify major exploration routes and historical events in the development of Canada.
  • Explain the role of Aboriginal people in the fur trade and in the exploration of North America.
 
  • Assess the changing roles of Aboriginal people within Canadian society.
  • Identify the influence of immigration on the development of Canada.
 
  • Describe the role of Canada’s First Nations peoples in shaping Canadian identity.
  • Describe the history and contributions of Canada’s French and English cultures in shaping Canadian identity.
  • Analyse the basis for the First Nation’s claim to self-government, land claims and treaty rights.