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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
- Explores the Spanish Flu in Canada
- Social Studies 10/Social Justice 12 – union organizing among women workers
Workplace Health & Safety Lesson Plans
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