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Item is part 2C of a grade eight social studies lesson plan consisting of two sections, "Part C" which is an introduction and "The Great Dominions and Ireland" which covers the history and geography of the British Commonwealth of Nations. The second section is further subdivided into six topics which include: "The Dominion of Canada," "The Union of South Africa," "India," "Australia," "New Zealand" and "Ireland." Three newspaper clippings have been placed in between pages in the lesson plan.

(Articles from identified newspapers include: "No Union in Ireland: Partition There to Stay, N.Y. Times Writer Finds," The Globe and Mail, March 10, 1948, p. 17)

(Articles from unidentified newspapers include: "India, Pakistan Involved in New Areas of Conflict" and "Chile Sets up 2nd Base Over British Protests.")

Item is part 2D and part 2E of a grade eight social studies lesson plan. Part 2D covers the smaller units within the British Commonwealth of Nations and is split into seven sections which include: "Part D" [an introduction], "Smaller British Possessions," "British Possessions in Africa and African Waters," "British Possessions in Asia and Asiatic Waters," "Oceania," "British Possessions in North America and North American Waters" and "British Possessions in South America and South American Waters." Part E consists of an overview of the British Empire and repeats much of the information covered in the grade eight social studies lesson plan parts 2C and 2D.

Item is one volume of a handwritten lesson plan on botany, including plant descriptions of the root, leaf and inflorescence, as well as the organ number, cohesion, adhesion and form (if the plant flowers). Notes on any fruit that may grow on the plant are also given, as well as the classification of that fruit. Hand drawn or traced diagrams are included throughout the item.

Item is one volume of a handwritten and typewritten Canadian History lesson plan. The notes cover Indigenous pre-European contact, the first European explorers, European settlement of North America, the Fur Trade, the expulsion of the Acadians, the Siege of Quebec, the American Revolution, the United Empire Loyalists settling in British North America (Canada pre-1867), the settlement of Upper and Lower Canada, the struggle for Responsible Government, Louis Riel and the North-West Rebellion, building the transcontinental railway, Confederation, the growth of the Dominion of Canada, Canada's relationship with Britain and Canada's part in the Boer War (South African War) from 1899-1902. Tucked within the pages of the lesson plan are handwritten notes on historical people and events, a copy of the 1936 Canadian History Easter Examination Outline, a handwritten note from M. Barlow to C.R. Judd regarding supplies that had been ordered, and newspaper clippings.

(Articles from identified newspapers include: “4 Hundred Years Ago Today Jacques Cartier Set Sail,” The London Advertiser, April 20, 1934 and “Centuries-Old Indian Skeletons Still Grasp Arrows in Hands,” Simcoe Reformer, September 6, 1934)

(Articles from unidentified newspapers include: “Unpublished Diary Tells Desperate Tale of Assault on Quebec,” “Ten Premiers Have Handled Ontario Government Helm,” “4 Hundred Years Ago Today Jacques Cartier Set Sail On First Voyage to Canada,” “Recall Mission of Fr. Brebeuf,” “The Fathers in Conference,” “Home-School Club Like Smoothing Iron” and “Sees Need of Humor in Teaching History.”)

Item is Part A 2 of a grade eight social studies lesson plan consisting of nine sections that cover world geography. The nine sections include: "General Notes," "The Earth as a Whole," "How the Sun Lights and Heats the Earth," "The Atmosphere, Winds and Rain," "Weather and Climate," "The Ocean," "The Moon," "Eclipses" and "Migration." Tucked within the notebook is a newspaper clipping ("Underwater Photos and Surface Weatherdromes," The Star Weekly (Toronto, Ontario), October 15, 1949, p. 10.)

Item is one volume of a handwritten lesson plan about World History between 1800 and 1920. Topics include the unification of Germany, the rise of Nationalism, the relationship between "the Great Powers" (i.e. Russia, Italy, France and England), British colonization and growth, progress made in medicine since 1800, 19th century English Literature, Responsible Government in British North America (Canada pre-1867) and the basics of Socialism. World War I is featured in depth, including the causes of war, details of famous battles and the circumstances surrounding the signing of the Treaty of Versailles in 1919.

Item is volume one of a handwritten Canadian History Outline lesson plan. Subjects included in the lesson plan are: Indigenous pre-European contact and post-European contact, European explorers (including the Vikings), European settlement of North America, the Founding of New France, the Huron missions, the Hudson Bay Company, the Acadians, the Expulsion of the Acadians, the Quebec Act, the American Revolution and the United Empire Loyalists. Tucked within the notebook are three copies of a typed, sixty line Canadian History in verse, two typed copies of a Canadian History Review with forty-eight questions and answers, a typed poem in verse entitled "Wolfe" by Grade 8 student James Yeates in 1938, two hand drawn maps, various handwritten history notes and a newspaper clipping ("Historian Calls Cabot Follower, Not Finder," Globe and Mail, March 4, 1961, p. 9).

One image of the Capreol Public School teachers in Capreol, Ontario. In the back row, from left to right, are: Jessie McLean, Mary McQuarrie, Edna Faulkner and Dot Purdy. In the front row, from left to right, are: Margurite Barlow, Stewart Armstrong, C.R. Judd and Irene Murphy.