Spring 2018 - HIST 424 D100

Problems in the Cultural History of Canada (4)

ChildrenChildhoodCanada

Class Number: 12919

Delivery Method: In Person

Overview

  • Course Times + Location:

    Jan 3 – Apr 10, 2018: Mon, 9:30 a.m.–1:20 p.m.
    Burnaby

  • Prerequisites:

    45 units including nine units of lower division history. Recommended: HIST 101, 102W.

Description

CALENDAR DESCRIPTION:

Selected problems in Canadian ideas and attitudes on such topics as the arts, religion, education, minority and native cultures, nationalism, and Canadian historiography. Content may vary from offering to offering; see course outline for further information. HIST 424 may be repeated for credit only when a different topic is taught.

COURSE DETAILS:

Children and Childhood in Canada

What does it mean to be a child? How has this meaning changed for children in Canada over the past two centuries? This seminar will explore evolving definition of children and childhood through an analysis of situations that children encountered in early childhood, at school, and as adolescents. Through an examination of primary and secondary sources, students will learn how children’s histories converged and diverged depending on their gender, class, and relationship to the settler-colonial state. We will consider how children’s voices are filtered through visual and textual sources, discuss how to interpret children’s agency, and produce educational materials to convey the history of children and childhood to twenty-first century children.

Grading

  • Seminar participation: verbal contributions and informal writing 25%
  • Primary source presentation 25%
  • Creative project: Analyzing Dear Canada series 25%
  • Essay: Situating residential schools in the history of childhood in Canada 25%

Materials

REQUIRED READING:

Weekly readings will be available on Canvas

Registrar Notes:

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