IMMIGRATION
AND SETTLEMENT
Background
Information
Lesson Plans
Online Activities
Multimedia Items
Related WWW Links
Background
Information
 100
years of Immigration in Canada - Ethnicity
of Saskatoon and Regina - based on Census Data 2001
- Celebrating
the Arrival of the Barr Colonist (2MB). Saskatchewan
History Magazine, Spring 2003.
- Glasglow
to Battleford (719 KB) Excerpts from the narrative of
former Saskatoon Mayor, James Clinkskill (spans timer period
of 1882-1912). Published in the Saskatchewan History Magazine,
Vol I, Number 1, January 1948.
- The
Mounted Police and the Doukhobors in Saskatchewan, 1889-1909
(5MB)by Carle Betke. Saskatchewan History Magazine.
Vol. XXVII, Winter 1974, No.1.
- Soldier
Settlement in the Prairie Provinces (2 MB)by E. C. Morgan.
Saskatchewan History Magazine, Vol. XX1, No. 2, Spring 1968.
-
The
Unenviable Circumstances of Women in Saskatchewan Before 1920
- Learn more about the women who helped settle the prairies.
 How
women won the West: The government barred single women
from owning homesteads, while land was practically given away
to men. Undeterred, Georgina Binnie-Clark initiated the "homesteads
for women" movement and helped lay the foundations for
feminists in Western Canada. (National Post - Tuesday, March
2, 2004 - Page: A10 - Section: News - Byline: Shawne McKeown
- Source: National Post)
- Journals
/ Reflections
 Alice
Rendell Letters.(32 pages)
These letters tell of Mrs. Rendell's experience as a member
of the Barr colony, early days of settlement, and the first
Christmas at Lloydminster. Saskatchewan Archives A-206.
The letters can be printed off individually below.
Lesson
Plans
- Immigration
Trunk (WORD/PDF):
Early twentieth-century immigrants gave up everything from
their original homes to come to Canada. Passengers brought
very little with them because the shipping lines charged them
for every parcel brought on board. Immigrants often bought
or made trunks in which to pack their belongings ...learn
more!
Online
Activities
- Immigration:
A "Choose Your Own" Adventure - Can you survive?
As you move across Canada to make home on the prairies, see
if any of your decisions will prove catastrophic! Can you
avoid death by starvation, fire, or brutally cold weather?
- The
Odyssey of our Ancestors - This activity leads students
to travel along the same migration paths that immigrants to
Canada have taken. They can choose immigrants from different
time periods and follow their journeys to and within Canada.
During the activity the students will make decisions and learn
the consequences of their choices. They can do this activity
alone or with a partner.
- Pack
Up and Go! -This game introduces students to the push-pull
factors that have prompted former immigrants to leave their
country of origin and choose Canada as their new home. Students
will match time periods to the appropriate push and pull factors.
They will also place the arrival of their own ancestors into
a time period and compare their ancestors’ experiences with
that of others in the same time period. Once the online chart
is completed, students can print out their ancestors, place
in time.
- Pioneer
Settlement - Word search (Easier)
- This search contains words related to the settlement of
Saskatchewan.
- Who
Wants to be a Pioneer? (WEBQUEST) - Using information
obtained from the Internet, student teams, known as Colonies,
will construct questions in a style similar to those found
on the television program "Who Wants to be a Millionaire?"
Once the questions are constructed and refined, each Colony
will participate in a trial run of their own game show. With
this experience behind each colony, they will refine their
questions and answers and begin playing the game show again
with a real audience, complete with commercials they have
created and produced.
Multimedia
Items (Photo Galleries, Interviews, Movies)
 Home
Sweet Home: This 14 minute presentation explores the homes
of the early 1900's and looks at the evolution of the prairie
home from soddy to shack. Content and images provided by the
Saskatchewan Western Development Museum. To exit the presentation
at any time, hit ESC. There is also a Word
search based on this presentation.
 Immigration
and Settlement - This
30 minute movie discusses the various reasons why people immigrated
to Canada and on to Saskatchewan. The presentation contains
many excerpts from "real" immigration stories published
on the Pier21.ca website
Saskatchewan
Stories: This web site was created for grade four social
studies and has many videos and additional resources worthy
of viewing. We have included the videos here for you in (French
& English)
Related
WWW Links
- Trekking
to Brittannia - Comprehensive write-up pn the Barr Colonsits.
- Learn
more about the Doukhobors
at Civilization.ca
- Saskatchewan
Ethnic Cultural Network - this site features information
on the various ethnic groups that settled in Saskatchewan.
- Homesteading
- An excellent web page exploring Saskatchewan History through
the decades. It describes how homesteaders worked together
in order to build a future for new generations.
- Early
Days - Homesteaders: Coming to Canada, building a home,
the growth of a small town, activities, and more is covered
in this easy to read site. Immigration
on the Prairies
- The
Last Best West - Advertising for immigrants to Western
Canada, 1870-1930.
- Soddie
(Histor!ca - Heritage Minute)
- Western
Land Grants,
(1870-1930) (ArchiviaNet, National Archives of Canada)
- Settling
the West - A look at Canadian government efforts to
populate the Canadian West in the early 1900s. Part of
the National Archives of Canada exhibition "The Canadian
West."
- Atlas
of Saskatchewan. This web page provides historical maps
and information showing cultural settlements in early Saskatchewan.
Included are ethnic bloc settlements, group settlements, and
changing provincial boundaries. Suitable for grade 5 Social
Studies.
- Pier
21 - Immigration Stories - This site (main
site) has a searchable database. Great place for students
to read first hand accounts of various stories of immigration
from 1928-1971.
- Forging
Our Legacy
- Canadian Citizenship and Immigration 1900-1977. A survey
history, it traces the evolution of Canadian citizenship and
the role played by immigration in the development of Canada
from the turn of the century until 1977, when the last major
amendment to the Citizenship Act was made. (Citizenship and
Immigration Canada)
-
Milestones
of the 20th Century - Citizenship and Immigration Canada.
A photo essay of immigration to Canada in this century. (Citizenship
and Immigration Canada)
- The
Role of Transportation in Canadian Immigration 1900-2000
- This on-line book highlights the role played by transportation
in the history of immigration during the 20th century and
takes a look at the future. It traces the key changes in how
newcomers came here: just as modes of transportation changed,
so did immigration and refugee policy. (Citizenship and Immigration
Canada)
- The
Peopling of Canada: 1891-1921
- Primary source text and pictures outlining immigration in
Canada. (University of Calgary)
- One
hundred years of immigration to Canada (1901-2001) - Table
version
- Colonist
Cars - In order to handle the waves of new immigrants
to the Canadian Prairies that were responding to the advertising
campaigns in Europe, the railways of Canada needed an economic
means by which to transport these new citizens to their future
homes. The solution was to create the 'Colonist' cars.
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