Library of Congress
Loc: Legacy of French Canadian Immigrants in New England
Designed by American Memory Fellows Linda Hamel and Linda Hedrirck, this site explores the settlements of French Canadians in New England in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. It provides teachers complete lesson plans for 8...
York University
York University: African Canadian Online: Music
African-Canadian music encompasses the West Indies, Africa, the United States, South American and the Maritimes. This excellent reference resource provides information about the many kinds of music and the talented individuals who make it.
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: Why Do Americans and Canadians Celebrate Labor Day?
In the United States and Canada, the first Monday of September is a federal holiday, Labor Day. Originally celebrated in New York City's Union Square in 1882, Labor Day was organized by unions as a rare day of rest for the overworked...
University of Groningen
American History: Outlines: War of 1812
As the country prepared for yet another war with Britain, the United States suffered from internal divisions. While the South and West favored war, New York and New England opposed it because it interfered with their commerce. The...
Other
Galileo Educational Network: What Stories Do We Have to Tell?
The teacher of this Grade 1/2 class won the 2006 Governor General's Award for Excellence in Teaching Canadian History for this project. Students explored the history of grain elevators in Alberta and connected their disappearance on the...
Government of Canada
Canadian Military History Gateway: Canadian Military Heritage Vol. 3: Norad
Provides background information and a Canadian perspective on NORAD, the joint defense organization of Canada and the United States.
University of Groningen
American History: Outlines: The Literature of Exploration
Had history taken a different turn, the United States easily could have been a part of the great Spanish or French overseas empires. Its present inhabitants might speak Spanish and form one nation with Mexico, or speak French and be...
Smithsonian Institution
National Museum of American History: Lighthouses Postcards
An online collection of postcards that depict lighthouses from all over the United States and Canada. A history of lighthouses is included.
Other
The Korean War: History
Contains in-depth information about the Korean War. Includes links to Korean War maps, a Korean War timeline, sites discussing the battles of the war, weapons used in the Korean War, and a photo documentary of the war.
Orca Book Publishers
Orca Book Publishers: Bull's Eye Teaching Guide [Pdf]
Bull's Eye by Sarah N. Harvey is about a girl's discovery that her aunt was really her birth mother. She runs away to learn the truth about her family history and has many experiences, both good and bad. In the end, she and the aunt who...
White Pine Pictures
White Pine Pictures: The Wanderer, the Story of Rev. Sang Chui Lee
Reverend Sang-Chui Lee is a Korean immigrant to Canada who had converted to Christianity in response to the Japanese occupation of Manchuria and Korea. He later became a United Church minister. His three daughters married non-Koreans...
Digital History
Digital History: The u.s. Canadian Border
The border between the United States and Canada in the east and Midwest was still not settled in the 1840s. See what happened that precipitated a final decision.
White Pine Pictures
White Pine Pictures: Black Battalion
This site, support material for a documentary film, outlines the history of the No. 2 Construction Battalion, a non-combatant Black battalion established in 1916. It was created to permit Blacks to participate in the war effort. This new...
Other
International Boundary Commission
International Boundary Commission website provides pictures and information on its history, purpose and function as a bi-national organization. Under the 1960 International Boundary Commission Act, the Commission's work is described as...
Other
Manitoba Model Forest Network: Sustainable Forest Management (Grade 11) [Pdf]
This 167-page Science unit on forest management looks at the different ways humans have managed Manitoba forests throughout history. It explains the ways we harvest our forests, the products they provide us with, and what the future...
Immigration and Ethnic History Society
Iehs: Lacroix, the Transplantation of French Canada: A Challenge to Immigration
This article focuses on the migration of French Canadians into the New England area and the impact on the area and the Roman Catholic Church. By the Great Depression, nearly a million Canadians of French descent had settled in the United...
Other
Statue of Liberty Ellis Island Foundation: The Peopling of America Timeline
A history of immigration timeline, which discusses and illustrates periods of U.S. immigration history, pre-1790 through 2000.
University of Prince Edward Island
The Canal Era in Canada: The Maritimes in the Canal Era
Scroll through to find information about canals in the United States and Canada during their development, particularly how it reduced transport time of products.
Other
Human Rights and Canada: Building the Foundation
This site provides background on the history of human rights in Canada and events that influenced their evolution. It explains how the principles of the United Nations Declaration of Human Rights is embedded in Canadian laws that protect...
Other
Italians in Canada
This site gives an overview of the history of Italian immigration to Canada accompanied by historical photographs, letters and news clippings. One section is devoted to the life of Fortunato "Lucky" Rao, an Italian labour leader with the...
Other
Peacekeeping: Suez Crisis
Canada was instrumental at providing peace in the Suez Canal crisis. This page chronicles the events before, during and after, with pictures and links to additional sites.
Curated OER
Italians in Canada
This site gives an overview of the history of Italian immigration to Canada accompanied by historical photographs, letters and news clippings. One section is devoted to the life of Fortunato "Lucky" Rao, an Italian labour leader with the...