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1700's: Colonization of New France
New France is renamed Quebec and the french colonists were educated by the Roman Catholic Church. Separation between lower Canada (Quebec) and upper Canada (Ontario) form. http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/new-france/ -
1800's Pre-Industrialization
Colonization between English settlers begin and so does the war of 1812. Ottawa becomes the capital of Canada. Louis Riel battles the northwest Mountain Police and is hung. The gold rush begins. http://mentalfloss.com/article/58705/11-ways-school-was-different-1800s -
1840's: Emergence of an Industrial Society
Urbanization within the education curriculum develops thanks to Egerton Ryerson http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/young_egerton_ryerson_13E.html -
1860's: Canadian Confederation
Thanks to the passing of the British North American Act, Canada became a nation. http://www.canadahistoryproject.ca/1867/. -
1890's: Massive Immigration
Thanks to the construction of the Canadian Pacific Railway it united Canada. http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/history-of-education/
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1910's: World War I
The beginning of World War I, lasting until 1918. Scientists such as Darwin, Franklin, and Skinner influenced the education in Canada. Bobbitt emphasized the importance of workers and the new economy during this era.
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1920's: 19th Amendment
With changing the U.S Constitution, women gained the right to vote.
http://education.historicacanada.ca/files/108/Womens_Suffrage.pdf
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1930's: The Dirty Thirties
Although The Great Depression https://www.teachers.ab.ca/Teaching%20in%20Alberta/History%20of%20Public%20Education/Pages/The%20Great%20Depression.aspx bruised Canada's economy, a positive influence was with John Dewey developed a shift in the education system and created a more democratic approach within the curriculum. -
1939's: Word War II
World War II http://wartimecanada.ca/essay/learning/education-during-second-world-war lasted from 1939 to1945 and shaped the education system with a new ear of learning primarily focusing on technology, parenthood, and health. -
1950's: Cold War
Soviets launched Sputnik into space, curriculum changed to math/science based.
http://aerospacereview.ca/eic/site/060.nsf/eng/00045.html For academics, the subjects changed to more Canadian content. Ralph, Tyler http://education.stateuniversity.com/pages/2517/Tyler-Ralph-W-1902-1994.html was more of an (objectiveness) and Benjamin Bloom was a taxonomist http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Benjamin_Bloom -
1960's: The Civil Right Movement
This Act lasted from 1959 to 1968 where minorities spoke about their opinion. Martin Luther King played a crucial roll in this development. One main focus in education was to learn about current events and to think critically about subjects. http://blackhistorycanada.ca/timeline.php?id=1900 -
1960's Residential Schools
First Nations were assimilated into 'white' culture and heritage.
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1970's: Prosperous Times
Other curricular course were fuelled by Alberta's oil field such as drama and art. Paulo Friere's work globalizes society. [http://www.newfoundations.com/GALLERY/Freire.html](Link text](http://www.timetoast.com) and Jean Piaget theory on cognitive development is well recognized. http://www.funderstanding.com/educators/jean-piaget-cognitive-development-in-the-classroom/ -
1980's: A National Risk
Courses such as drama and arts were cut back which Elliot Eisner was in disagreement with. http://www.giarts.org/article/elliot-w-eisner-role-arts-educating-whole-child
Jim Keegstra was fired for not teaching the curriculum. http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/keegstra-case/
In Alberta, diploma exams were reintroduced. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standardized_Testing_in_Alberta -
1994: My Birthday
Today was the day a legend was born. Also on a more important note, Canada, Mexico and the USA launch the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA. http://www.naftanow.org/ -
2000's: New Century
The curriculum increase in standardize testing and places more emphasis on important current topics. http://www.k12.wa.us/esea/NCLB.aspx -
2010's: Technology
Technology has been used in the classroom more than ever, increasing resources available to students therefore improving there learning experiences. https://www.pwc.com/ca/en/industries/public-sector-government/citizen-compass/digital-education.html
