Lesson · Grade 5 · Social Studies
How Canada's National Symbols Came to Be
- Grade 5
- Social Studies
- 1 min 23 s
- British Columbia
- BC5-SS-01
A timeline fills up one date at a time: O Canada first sung in French (1880), the Maple Leaf flag raised (February 15, 1965), English and French made the two official languages (1969), the world's first official multiculturalism policy (1971), and O Canada made the official anthem (1980). An arc then shows the 100 years from the first singing to the official anthem, and a bracket shows that all four became official within about 15 years.
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The question this lesson answers
How did Canada's national symbols come to be?
We will look at the flag, the anthem, the official languages and multiculturalism.
Transcript
What the lesson says
How did Canada's national symbols come to be?
We will look at the flag, the anthem, the official languages and multiculturalism.
A timeline shows when each one came.
In 1880, the song O Canada was sung for the first time, in French.
The zigzag means the timeline skips over many years.
On February 15, 1965, the red and white Maple Leaf flag was raised for the first time.
In 1969, a law made English and French Canada's two official languages.
In 1971, Canada became the first country to make multiculturalism an official policy.
Multiculturalism means respecting the many cultures of people in Canada.
In 1980, O Canada became Canada's official national anthem.
That was 100 years after it was first sung.
The flag, the two languages, multiculturalism and the anthem all became official within about 15 years.
O Canada is over 100 years old, but all four became official in about 15 years, from 1965 to 1980.
Curriculum
Where this fits
- British Columbia, Grade 5
Social Studies, History and identity: the development and evolution of Canadian identity over timeBC5-SS-01
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