SS 10 LA Confederation (Sidney)
Station 1: Political Cartoons – Archives Canada
Read through the books at this station and look at the examples provided.
You can also find more political cartoons about Confederation at the archives Canada website:
http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/confederation/023001-6000-e.html
Create your own political cartoon! You can draw it by hand OR use the computer program “Comic Life” which is on the library computers.
Pick one of the following topics:
· A political leader ( Lord Durham, George Brown, Sir Francis Bondhead, William Lyon Mackenzie, Lord
Elgin, John A MacDonald)
· Quebec Conference
· London Conference
· Charlottetown Conference
Station 2: Crossword on the Railways
Read “A Mountain of Grief” on pages 236-237 of your textbook “Horizons: Canada’s Emerging Identity”.
Read through the books on the Railways that are provided.
Then go to one of the websites listed below:
http://puzzlemaker.discoveryeducation.com/CrissCrossSetupForm.asp
http://www.puzzle-maker.com/CW/
Create a crossword based on the content of your reading. You should have between 10 -20 words & clues.
Station 3: Write a Letter
Immigration boom posters
http://canadachannel.ca/HCO/index.php/5._The_Immigration_Boom_1895-1914
Clifford Sifton
What?
• Minister of Interior in 1896
• Decided on "Open-Door" Immigration Policy
Historical Significance
• Helped Canada's population soar to 2 million in the first decade of the 20th Century.
• Advertisements attracted Germans, Americans, Swedes, British, Ukrainians, Dutch, Icelanders, Norwegians, Russians and many others to Canada.
• Increased the diversity and population of Canada, making it more Multicultural.
What to Do?
1. Look at some of the immigration posters. On the left hand side of your page describe what was advertised to European settlers. Use the sub-categories: transportation, food, shelter, hardships, and friends.
2. Next, read some of the pioneer letters from the University of Waterloo. (This can be done as a read-aloud)
http://jubilation.uwaterloo.ca/~marj/genealogy/reports/report1868l.html
http://www.usgennet.org/usa/sd/topic/letters/ AND
Read “Adjusting to Life on the Prairies” on page 254 of your textbook “Horizons: Canada’s Emerging Identity”. Make notes on the right hand side of your page of what life was really like for immigrants to Canada.
3. Finally, using the notes you made, compose a letter where you are a new settler to the Canadian West and you are writing back to your family and friends back in Europe.
Station 4: Publish Your Own Newspaper Article
Read the examples of newspaper articles from the time of Confederation.
Read the article “The Confederation Debate” on pages 225-226 of your textbook “Horizons: Canada’s Emerging Identity”. Fill in the handout that compares the arguments for and against confederation.
· Create a newspaper article about confederation that could have run during this time frame. Be sure to argue one side or the other the debate.
Try using one of the following online, free programs to create your own unique newspaper article:
The Newspaper Clipping Image Generator
Funny Newspaper Generator (with photo)
Newspaper Headline Generator
Read through the books at this station and look at the examples provided.
You can also find more political cartoons about Confederation at the archives Canada website:
http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/confederation/023001-6000-e.html
Create your own political cartoon! You can draw it by hand OR use the computer program “Comic Life” which is on the library computers.
Pick one of the following topics:
· A political leader ( Lord Durham, George Brown, Sir Francis Bondhead, William Lyon Mackenzie, Lord
Elgin, John A MacDonald)
· Quebec Conference
· London Conference
· Charlottetown Conference
Station 2: Crossword on the Railways
Read “A Mountain of Grief” on pages 236-237 of your textbook “Horizons: Canada’s Emerging Identity”.
Read through the books on the Railways that are provided.
Then go to one of the websites listed below:
http://puzzlemaker.discoveryeducation.com/CrissCrossSetupForm.asp
http://www.puzzle-maker.com/CW/
Create a crossword based on the content of your reading. You should have between 10 -20 words & clues.
Station 3: Write a Letter
Immigration boom posters
http://canadachannel.ca/HCO/index.php/5._The_Immigration_Boom_1895-1914
Clifford Sifton
What?
• Minister of Interior in 1896
• Decided on "Open-Door" Immigration Policy
Historical Significance
• Helped Canada's population soar to 2 million in the first decade of the 20th Century.
• Advertisements attracted Germans, Americans, Swedes, British, Ukrainians, Dutch, Icelanders, Norwegians, Russians and many others to Canada.
• Increased the diversity and population of Canada, making it more Multicultural.
What to Do?
1. Look at some of the immigration posters. On the left hand side of your page describe what was advertised to European settlers. Use the sub-categories: transportation, food, shelter, hardships, and friends.
2. Next, read some of the pioneer letters from the University of Waterloo. (This can be done as a read-aloud)
http://jubilation.uwaterloo.ca/~marj/genealogy/reports/report1868l.html
http://www.usgennet.org/usa/sd/topic/letters/ AND
Read “Adjusting to Life on the Prairies” on page 254 of your textbook “Horizons: Canada’s Emerging Identity”. Make notes on the right hand side of your page of what life was really like for immigrants to Canada.
3. Finally, using the notes you made, compose a letter where you are a new settler to the Canadian West and you are writing back to your family and friends back in Europe.
Station 4: Publish Your Own Newspaper Article
Read the examples of newspaper articles from the time of Confederation.
Read the article “The Confederation Debate” on pages 225-226 of your textbook “Horizons: Canada’s Emerging Identity”. Fill in the handout that compares the arguments for and against confederation.
· Create a newspaper article about confederation that could have run during this time frame. Be sure to argue one side or the other the debate.
Try using one of the following online, free programs to create your own unique newspaper article:
The Newspaper Clipping Image Generator
Funny Newspaper Generator (with photo)
Newspaper Headline Generator
