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High Int · CLB 7–8
Exercises 8
Reading
90 min
Canada
Culture
Whose stories make it into official history, and whose are left out? This lesson starts with that question and uses the Government of Canada’s own words about Black History Month to explore it. Students work with an authentic text that admits something uncomfortable: the role of Black Canadians has largely been ignored in Canada’s history. They reconstruct a 30-year campaign for recognition (from a 1978 society in Ontario to the Senate in 2008) and ask why it took so long. Along the way they learn academic vocabulary (amplify, enrich, heritage, proclaim, unanimously, descent), meet the people behind the campaign and tackle true/false/not given questions that demand precise reading. The final speaking task lets students choose: summarise the article, compare how history is taught in their own country, or play activist Rosemary Sadlier in 1993 and answer a sceptical politician’s objections. A strong choice for classes that enjoy discussion and debate. Answer key included.
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