Ages: 16-18
Courses
Courses
- British Columbia History
- Canadian History
- British North American Colonial History
- Daily life in the Crown Colony of Vancouver Island around 1858
- Important events in the historical development of British Columbia
- Primary and secondary source analysis including visual sources
- Continuity and change in history
Daily Life in Victoria before and after the Fraser Canyon Gold Rush
All support materials for this curriculum challenge in one PDF (large download).
Primary Documents
- 1 Drawing of Colonial Victoria (PDF)
- 7 Sample Text Document (PDF)
- 9 Pre-Gold Rush Sources (4 images and 5 text documents) (PDF)
- 10 Post-Gold Rush Sources (5 images and 6 text documents) (PDF)
- 15 Victoria Harbour 1860 (PDF)
Background Information
- 5 Colonial British Columbia Before the Gold Rush (PDF)
- 6 Colonial British Columbia Timeline (PDF)
- 14 Document-Based Essay (PDF)
Activity Sheets
- 2 Portrait of Daily Life (PDF)
- 3 Sample Portrait of Daily Life (PDF)
- 8 Reading Around a Document (PDF)
- 11 Looking for Continuity and Change (PDF)
- 13 Progress and Decline in Daily Life (PDF)
Assessment Rubrics
- 4 Assessing Observations and Inferences (PDF)
- 12 Assessing the Rating of Continuity and Change (PDF)
