Kayak’s Happy Birthday Canada Educational Package

Students develop an understanding of the importance of the process in which unique and historically significant national sites, people and events in Canada are determined and the potential consequences of not recognizing and preserving them.

This lesson examines the various viewpoints and perspectives of the participants in the Confederation debates, including the voices of women, Indigenous peoples and other groups left out of the process.

This lesson introduces students to the principles of responsible government for which LaFontaine and Baldwin fought. 

Inspire your students to join the Marathon of Hope using this graphic novel-style story and a lesson plan from the Terry Fox Foundation.

Bring this map of Canada and these specially made tokens into your classroom to mark each Canadian historic site, person and event your students learn about.

Can you answer these ten questions about Canada’s lighthouses?

Use this word search to familiarize your students with some great Canadian firsts! 

Use this activity and the 2017 Summer issue of Kayak ​to engage your students with the concept of Confederation by asking them to think about it happening today! 

Use the Summer 2017 issue of Kayak to help your students match these Indigenous place names with their meanings!

Use the Summer 2017 issue of Kayak to help your students match these laws to the places that have/made them!

Use the Summer 2017 issue of Kayak to help your students match famous Canadian food companies to their founders.