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= Social Studies Pathfinder = Home Children

The Social Studies Curriculum was recently revised with some very big changes. Some topics have shifted to different grades and some new topics have been introduced. I know that the teachers at my school are frustrated by the prospect of having to teach a new curriculum without any new resources or guides. For this pathfinder I have chosen one of the brand new strands that appear in grade 6. While this pathfinder would certainly be useful to a grade 6 student doing research it is primarily intended for teachers looking for resources to support the following framing questions and curriculum expectations:

Strand A. Heritage and Identity: Communities in Canada, Past and Present

Framing Questions What experiences have shaped the stories of different communities in Canada? How do we determine the importance of certain developments or events? Why might an event or development be important to one group but not to others?

Gr. 6 “Who were the ‘Home Children’? Why did they come to Canada?” A3.1 identify the main reasons why different peoples came to Canada //(e.g., political or religious freedom; political allegiances; available land; economic opportunity; family ties; poverty, famine, or political unrest in their country of origin; forced migration of slaves and “Home Children”)//

Gr. 6 “What are the differences between the life of a child living in poverty in nineteenth-century Canada and in the present day?” A3.6 identify key differences, including social, cultural, and/or economic differences, between two or more historical and/or contemporary communities in Canada //(e.g., differences in gender roles between First Nations and French settlers in early Canada; social and economic differences between upper-class and working-class people in industrializing cities; differences in lifestyle between people on the frontier and those in established towns and cities; differences inthe religious background of residents in different communities or at different times)//

Here is the new grade 6 section in the Social Studies Curriculum revised 2013

Resources from our school's library homepage
Search terms: Home Children, British Home Children, Migrant Children

Encyclopedias

//Children, Lost and Found//, article //Immigrant Children,// article Good place to start. Both articles have great overview of subject introducing the main institutions and individuals involved.
 * The Canadian Encyclopedia**[[image:mssatbess/canadianencyclopedia2.png width="52" height="52" align="right" link="@http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=HomePage&%20Params=A1"]]

Online Data Bases

//Thomas John Barnardo//, reference //British Home Children//, periodical
 * Middle Search Plus[[image:middlesearchplus.png width="49" height="49" align="right" link="@https://mytdsb.on.ca/+CSCO+1h756767633A2F2F6A6A6A2E6771666F2E62612E706E++/libraries/-CSCO-3h--sub.asp?schoolNo=1412&subId=20001"]]**

**Canadian Reference Centre** EBSCO HOST “home children” yields several periodical and newspaper articles, a few book reviews, and a few transcripts from TV and radio clips.

“british home children” yields 5 results, one of which is //Father's Past as a home child let to novel chance discovery at// //Pier 21 changed everything author knew about her dad// Duplicated in Canadian Reference Centre Newspaper article advertises a speaking engagement for Author Sandra Joyce and describes her motivation for writing The Street Arab: The Story of a British Home Child, a book not currently in our collection.
 * Canadian Points of View**

 Images and Media

Select Educational Resources //1. An Early Canadian Photo Album: A teaching strategy for use with the Images Canada website// //2. Using Pictures to read the past: A teaching strategy for use with the Images Canada website// Intended for use with middle school grades but can be adapted for grade 6. While this site doesn't have images related to Home Children, it has some interesting lesson plans that can be used with photos found at the **Institute for Research and Innovation in Social Services** or and to Barnardo's are in the public domain and can be used for educational purposes.
 * Images Canada[[image:imagescanada.png width="49" height="49" align="right" link="@http://imagescanada.ca/index-e.html?PHPSESSID=q906hmphna4udircf8geqtokd0"]]**
 * Lori Oschefski** sites listed in the section below, Some interesting websites. The photos licensed to Quarriers

icons taken from TDSB Virtual Library, 16 July 2013

Books
At Our Library Fiction **Home child** by Barbara Haworth-Attard, F HAW **The tin-lined trunk** by Mary Hamilton, PB HAM

Non-Fiction **Charlie: a home child's life in Canada** by Beryl Young. 363.2092 HAR YOU

At TDSB Libraries Fiction **Orphan at my door: the home child diary of Victoria Cope** by Jean Little, F LIT **The mountain that walked** by Katherine Holubitsky, F HOL **Flower** by Irene Watts, F WAT **Mary Janeway: the legacy of a home child** by Mary Pettit, F PET **Promise song** by Linda Holeman, F HOL **Hoping for home: stories of arrival** by Lillian Boraks-Nemetz ...[et al.]; illustrations by Greg Ruhl, F HOP

Non-Fiction **The little immigrants: the orphans who came to Canada** by Kenneth Bagnell, 325.71 BAG **Nation builders: Barnardo children Canada** by Gail H. Corbett, 305.230971 COR **Labouring children: British immigrant apprentices to Canada, 1869-1924** by Joy Parr, 331.31 PAR

Some useful websites
some virtual exhibits and articles that include references to home children.
 * The Canadian Museum of Civilization** has an introduction to youth immigration and also

Brief description of home children with links to a database with passenger lists, juvenile inspection reports, and other records
 * Library and Archives Canada**

Check out the exhibition tab which has thorough information on the circumstances around Scottish home children, and the historic photo album tab which has fabulous images that can be used with the Early Canadian Photo Album and the Using Pictures to Read the Past teaching strategies mentioned above.
 * Institute for Research and Innovation in Social Services** has a site called The Golden Bridge

British Home Children in Canada is an extremely comprehensive website compiled by genealogical researcher, **Lori Oschefski.** Everything ranging from artifacts, newspaper clippings, lists of historical fiction and non-fiction, photo galleries. Check out the photos under the tab farm life.


 * Geni** has a good introduction to The Children’s Friend Society which was a philanthropic organization that helped relocate British children to the colonies. The site is also a wiki with links to information about home children who were sent to Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa.


 * Young Immigrants to Canada**, a genealogy site sponsored by the University of Waterloo, has a good introduction to Barnardo Homes, an institution of workhouses and orphanages, and a good introduction to Annie Macpherson, the founder of the Children's Friend Society.


 * Social Policy in Ontario** has an interesting newspaper article about Annie Macpherson and her desire to help poor children.

Video and podcasts

 * Library and Archives Canada** podcast and transcript of interview with historian John Sayers and genealogist Marthe Seguin-Muntz.


 * BBC** news clips about British Prime Minister's intention to apologize to British Child Migrants, Australian Prime Minster's actual apology to Forgotten Australians, and a brief backgrounder.

On **Youtube,** an individual's historical photo and video collage of her grandfather and uncle who were home children.

Invitation to collaborate
Members, please add any comments or feedback in the space provided below. To members of this wiki, please add any references you think will be useful to this pathfinder.