Social Studies Links:
Immigration and Canadian Identity
- Kids Site of Canadian Settlement - explore the history of the settlement of Canada
- Letters from the Trunk - learn about the lives of different people as they travelled to Canada and settled in the West.
- Immigration Timeline - explore significant migrations that have shaped our nation.
- What in the World? - this game tests your ability to identify objects from a variety of different cultures.
- The Canadian West - settling Western Canada.
- The Kids Site of Canadian Trains - explore the history of the railway in Canada.
- Moving Here. Staying Here. - the Canadian immigrant experience.
- Canada's History for Kids - learn about Canadian history; play games.
Canadian Government:
Here are sites you can start with:
- Wikipedia: Parliament of Canada - Find out information about the Canadian Federal Government
- Wikipedia: Legislative Assembly of British Columbia - Find out information about the B.C. Provincial Government
- Local Government Elections F.A.Q. - how it all works, in a Prince George Citizen article from the last election.
- City of Prince George: Mayor and Council Members - the official page from the Prince George web site.
- Prince George Board of Education - meet the school trustees and find out what the head of the board is called.
- Wikipedia: Prince George City Council - A list of current and past names of members of the P.G. city council.
- Canadian Government Games - Explore different aspects of the Federal Government.
Exploring Government Policies and Actions:
Chinese Head Tax:
- Chinese Head Tax in Canada (Canadian Encyclopedia)
- Immigration: Head Tax (The Chinese Experience in British Columbia: 1850-1950 - UBC)
- Chinese Head Tax and the Chinese Exclusion Act in Canada (About.com)
- A History of Exclusion (Chinese Canadian… Since 1858)
- Komagata Maru (Canadian Encyclopedia)
- The "Incident" (Komagata Maru - Continuing the Journey)
- What Was the Komagata Maru Incident, and Why Does it Matter? (Global News.ca)
- Komagata Maru (History of Metropolitan Vancouver)
- The Komagata Maru Incident (Mysteries of Canada)
- Residential Schools (Canadian Encyclopedia)
- A History of Residential Schools in Canada (CBC News)
- The Residential School System (Indigenous Foundations - UBC)
- Brief History of Residential Schools (1000 Conversations)
- Internment in Canada (Canadian Encyclopedia)
- Japanese Internment: Banished and Beyond Tears (Canadian Encyclopedia)
- Japanese Internment Camps (The Educationally Funkalicious Canadian History Page)
- The War Years (Japanese Canadian History)
- World War II & Internment (Sedai - the Japanese Canadian Legacy Project)
- Canadian Internment Camps (Petawawa Heritage Village)
- First World War internment camps a dark chapter in Canadian history (CTV News)
- Enemy Aliens, Prisoners of War: Canada's First World War Internment Operations, 1914-1920 (Banff National Park)
- Anti-German Sentiment (Canadian War Museum)
- Dark memories endure of Canada’s internment of ‘enemy aliens’ (The Great War)
- Prejudice and Discrimination in Canada (Canadian Encyclopedia)
The Physical Regions of Canada:
- The Many Geographic Regions of Canada
- Canada's Physical Regions
- Canadian Atlas Online - Canada Landforms
- Physical Regions of Canada
- Historica Canada - Physiographic Regions
- Historica Canada - Geological Regions
- Canadian Regional Geography
- Historica Canada - Natural Regions - Contains information on some regions, but you'll have to read through it.
- Canada: Geophysical Regions Quiz - Take the quiz and test your knowledge