Path To Freedom

Black History & Geographic Inquiry Programs

Grade 7 - 8

We discuss Canada’s involvement in the underground railway.  This program also includes the five themes of geographic inquiry and patterns of migration as escaping slaves came to settle in Ontario.  Students create a coded poem or song to guide people along the underground railway, and find historic sites on a map of Owen Sound.

Grade Level:                          Grade Seven (7) and Grade Eight (8)   

Subject:                                  Geography (7) (8)

                                               Language (7) (8)

Curriculum Strand:                The Themes of Geographic Inquiry (7)

                                                     Migration (8)

                                                     Writing (7) (8)

                                                     Oral Communication (7) (8)

Specific Expectations and Program Components:

Grade 7: The Themes of Geographic Inquiry

Explain the geographic concept of Place, Region, Interaction, Movement and Environment

• Create and use maps for a variety of purposes

 Grade 7 and 8: Writing

Identify the topic, purpose and audience for more complex writing forms

• Regularly use vivid and/or figurative language and innovate expression in their writing

 Grade 7 and 8: Oral Communication

Use appropriate words, phrases and terminology

Grade 8: Patterns in Human Geography (8)

Identify the push and pull factors that influence people to move

• Identify barriers to
• Describe the effects that migration has had on the development of Canada - Students briefly consider the impact this wave of migration had on Canada;
• Use thematic maps to identify patterns in migration

Duration: 1 hour 45 minutes