Learning from Labour: Lesson Plans for Intermediate Learning based on the Ontario Curriculum has been written by ETFO members to support student learning about the agency and actions of workers in Canada. This 125 page document, available as a free download from the ETFO website, features an overview unit plan and a series of nine lesson plans based on overall expectations of the Ontario Grade Seven or Eight Ontario History or Language Arts curriculum. Student worksheets in French and English are also included. Lessons from Learning from Labour will engage students in learning about the work of the labour movement to improve working conditions from various perspectives. Depending on the lesson(s) selected, students will examine labour events and issues through the lens of human rights, child labour, urban and rural labour, labour day, labour standards and immigration and racialization. The lessons can be used individually or as a unit of study. The lessons are based on 45 minute instructional periods and are designed to be flexible; they can be extended and adapted to meet the needs of learners and the time available.

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Introduction -- Unit Plan -- Unit Plan -- Lesson Overview -- Vocabulary -- Lesson -- The Rights and Responsibilities of Workers and Employers -- Lesson Plan -- Independent Inquiry Questions Worksheet -- Internet Resources -- Formulaire de questions pour enquête indépendante -- Internet Resources -- Lesson -- Every Day is Labour Day! -- Lesson Plan -- Every Day is Labour Day! Worksheet -- Chaque jour est la Fête du travail! Feuille de travail -- Lesson -- The Labour Day Critical Design Challenge -- Lesson Plan -- The Labour Day Critical Design Challenge -- The Labour Day Critical Design Challenge Rubric -- Le défi d’un design crucial pour la Fête du travail -- La rubrique du défi pour un design crucial pour la Fête du travail -- Lesson -- Child Labour -- Lesson Plan -- Child Labour Worksheet -- Le travail des enfants Feuille de travail -- Contents -- Lesson -- Human Rights as Workers Rights -- Lesson Plan -- Journal Response Rubric -- Journal Réponse rubrique -- Lesson -- Immigration and the Racialization of Work -- Lesson Plan -- Workplace Improvements Worksheet -- Life of the Immigrant Worker Jigsaw Comparison Chart -- Life of the Immigrant Worker Worksheet -- Workplace Demands Rubric -- Améliorations du lieu de travail Feuille de travail -- Tableau comparatif -- Jigsaw de la vie d’un travailleur immigrant -- La vie d’un travailleur immigrant Feuille de travail -- Workplace Demands Rubric -- Lesson -- Immigration and Ruralization: Urban vs. Rural -- Lesson Plan -- Lesson: Women and Labour: Lesson Plan -- Lesson: What’s Next for the Labour Movement? -- Examining Union Websites to Determine Next Steps: Lesson Plan -- The Labour Movement Today -- Bibliography.