BUILDING
A NATION
Background
Information
Lesson Plans
Online Activities
Multimedia Items
Related WWW Links
Background
Information
- Canadian
Culture - This
will familiarize the students with the settlement patterns
of the early pioneers who settled in Saskatchewan and allow
them to to discuss some of the long-term effects of the settlement
of each category of people: Indian, British, French, American,
Central European, Northern European and Asian.
- Prelude
to Confederation: The Making of Canada
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Please see complete listing at Background
Information
Lesson
Plans
- Building
a Nation: How Did Canada Start? - In
this activity, students will work in research teams to review
the major factors, significant events and key individuals
involved in the creation of the Dominion of Canada in 1867.
Don't forget to use the Sources
Sheet! - activity 1.
- Building
a Nation - the comprehensive site
In this teaching strategy, students learn about Canada (past
and present) as they renegotiate Confederation - nine activities.
Online
Activities
- 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.
- Confederation
Crossword - an interactive crossword puzzle based on important
information about Confederation.
Multimedia
Items (Photo Galleries, Interviews, Movies)
Related
Links
- Canadian
Confederation - Map: 1898 (National
Library of Canada)
-
Alberta
and Saskatchewan Entered Confederation: 1905 (National
Library of Canada)
- The
People of Confederation from Saskatchewan (Library and
Archives Canada)
- Canadian
Confederation - Map: 1905 (National Library of Canada)
- Confederation
for Kids - Federal
site designed to teach students about confederation.
- Canadian
Confederation - General Site (Teacher information)
- The
Kids' Site of Canadian Trains -Trains have played a big
part in Canada's history. Discover Canada's train stories
from the people who were there!
- Canada
and the First World War - Government site on the War.
- Saskatchewan
in Two World Wars - This is a virtual exhibit that features
pictures from the archives and information regarding the outbreak
of war, recruitment, enlistment, training, equipment, overseas
images, home front impacts and much more.
- The
Development of Western Canada - In the unit, The Development
of Western Canada, students explore the development and growth
of the Canadian West. They examine a wide range of changes
and conflicts from the viewpoints of the Canadian government,
the Aboriginal peoples, the Metis, and the early immigrants.
Great
ideas easily modified.
- 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. Suitable for
grade 4 or 5 Social Studies.
- 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.
- Explorers
- A great resource for Grade Five unit on Explorers and
Fur Traders. It describes the role of the canoe in fur trading
and opening up the west.
- 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.
- Teaching
& Learning About Canada is a site for teachers and
students that provides information and links on Canadian Geography,
History, Politics, Society, Culture, Wildlife, Time Zones,
Graphs, Maps, etc. There is a map of Canada that allows you
to click on a province to get links about that province. This
is a good page to start looking for Canadian links especially
history links.
-
The Canadian West - Anticipation
(from the National Archives)
- 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)
- The
Last Best West - Advertising for immigrants to Western
Canada, 1870-1930.
- One
hundred years of immigration to Canada -
Flash presentation
- One
hundred years of immigration to Canada (1901-2001) - Table
version
- 100
years of Immigration in Canada
- PDF file
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