Manitoba Education, the provincial department responsible for the development of curricula focusing on history, has relevant content on its Social Studies website:
It is here that introductory pieces, curriculum documents, supporting internal website resources and related links can be located that will inform community heritage projects with a potential focus on school-age students.
The following entries highlight the historical content focus for Grades 5, 6 and 11, whose curriculum has relevance for local heritage activities:
Grade 5: People and Stories of Canada to 1867
Cluster 1- First Peoples
- ways of life (daily life, leadership, culture, beliefs, interactions between communities)
- mapping (major physical regions, vegetation zones, bodies of water, traditional territories)
- stories (pre- and early contact interactions)
Cluster 3- Fur Trade
- daily life
- mapping (places and regions of historical significance to the fur trade and the Metis)
- interactions between First Peoples and Europeans
- western and northern exploration
- settlement (Selkirk and Metis
- stories (coureurs de bois, Radisson, Groseilliers, LaVerendrye, Kelsey, Fraser, McGill)
- Metis Nation
- Hudson's Bay Company and North West Company
- historical significance of Canadian place names
- cultural diversity
- interactions between First Peoples, Metis and Europeans
- daily life
- Selkirk Settlers
- Confederation
- Immigration
- mapping (four provinces in 1867, traditional Metis lands and communities of western Canada)
- treaties and reserves
- immigration and hardships
- cultural diversity
- daily life
- interactions/relationships between groups (First Nations, Inuit, Metis, Anglophones, Francophones, Cdn. Government)
- individuals and events of this time
- entry of Manitoba into Confederation
- 1885 Resistance
- North West Mounted Police
- Canadian Pacific Railway
- Prime Ministers (1867 -1914)
- mapping (major landforms, bodies of water, major settlements of Rupert's Land, original provinces in 1867)
- Remembrance Day
- World Wars (Canada's involvement-First Nations, Inuit, Metis contributions)
- Winnipeg General Strike
- the Depression
- Women's Suffrage
- urbanization, and technological developments
- Prime Ministers (1914-1945)
- Historical Thinking Strategies
- Establish Historical Significance
- Use Primary Source Evidence
- Identify Continuity and Change
- Analyze Cause and Consequence
- Take Historical Perspectives
- Understand the Ethical Dimensions of History
- Annotated Webography
Cluster 4- From British Colony to Confederation (1763-1867
Grade 6: Canada: A Country of Change (1867 to Present)
Cluster 1- Building a Nation (1867-1914)
Cluster 2- An Emerging Nation (1914-1945)
Grade 11 History of Canada (30F)
The curriculum is organized chronologically into the following five clusters, with each cluster including a series of Learning Experiences. These outlines can be printed on-demand.