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The Labour History Project is a group of committed BC teachers — currently teaching and retired — who prepare lesson content on labour history for the BC school curriculum.

This project operates in partnership with the BC Teachers’ Federation.

Lessons based upon Knowledge Network series Working People: At History of Labour in British Columbia

The Labour Movement in British Columbia 1840-1914 | Le mouvement travailliste are an introduction to the Working People series.

Clicking on an image below will direct you to the video page, where there is a further link to corresponding lesson plans.

SJ 12 – Labour Studies Unit Lesson Plans

Clicking on an image will direct you to the corresponding lesson plan on TeachBC, a website of teaching resources from the BC Teachers’ Federation.

New Lesson Plans

: Social Studies 9 – Explores indigenous labours’ role in early economy

: Explores the Spanish Flu in Canada

: Social Studies 10/Social Justice 12 – union organizing among women workers

Workplace Health & Safety Lesson Plans

: Work is Hazardous to Your Health

: Workplace Safety: Asbestos Case Study

: Workplace Safety: Stave Lake Quarry Case Study

: Workplace Safety: Burns Lake and Lakeland Mill Explosions Case Study

: April 28 Day of Mourning Teaching Resources

Legacy Lesson Plans

: Labour History PSA journals 1977-1982. Includes articles and lesson ideas on labour history.

: Youth, Unions and You (2001) A Secondary Teacher’s Guide to Labour Studies for BC Schools

: These Were the Reasons Teaching Manual

: These Were the Reasons Video (copyright 2011 Overtime)