Relationships with People: External Events + Government Policy

1. Relationships with People:External Events + Government Policy “How do historically significant external events and government polices impact identity and the interaction of different groups in 19th Century Canada*?”

2. Objectives • What is the concept of historical significance? • What are the major external events of the 19th century Canada that could have impacted the formation of a Canadian identity and how groups interacted with each other? • What are the major government policies of 19th century Canada that could have impacted the formation of a Canadian identity and how groups interacted with each other?

3. Historical Significance • Why could each of the following events or people be considered “historically significant”? • World War II • Canadian Confederation • Patriation of the Canadian Constitution and the Charter of Rights and Freedoms • The Magna Carta • Martin Luther King, jr. • Rosa Parks • Louis Riel • Archduke Ferdinand • 9/11 Terrorist Attacks

4. Historical Significance • An event, idea or person may be historically significant if: • Reveals patterns • Previously hidden? • How entrenched? • Still exist today? • Results in change • How profound a change? • For whom and how many? • How lasting was the change? • Part of the cultural narrative • Is it questioned? • How widely held? Implications: “It is significant because it is in the history book,” and “It is significant because I am interested in it,” are inadequate explanations of historical significance. “Poor, rural and female. Could this person’s life have any historical significance? In the past, most historians would have said no, but recently, definitions of historical significance have changed.”

5. Posters • With a group of 2 or 3, sign up for one of the external events or policies. • Read about your subject in the text and using online resources of your choosing. • Create a poster that contains: • 5 important facts about the event or policy. • Statement regarding how the subject impacted the formation of a Canadian identity. • Statement regarding how the subject impacted the interaction between groups in Canada in the 19th century. • Statement regarding the historical significance of your subject. • List of sources used.

6. Subjects • Events • Immigration Waves (New France, Loyalist, British, Eastern Canadian http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/articles/immigration and http://www.mccord-museum.qc.ca/scripts/explore.php?elementid=15__true&tableid=11&contentlong ) • Revolutions (French, American) • US Civil War (104) • Internal Canadian conflicts(1837/8 Rebellions 73-78), Red River Resistance 152-160+ NW Uprising181-189) • Government Policies • Immigration Laws (272-275, • National Policy (197-198) • Indian Act (page 180) • Numbered Treaties (175-179) • Pages You Are Responsible For: • 57-61 • 73-78 • 104 • 152-160 • 175-189 • 197-198 • 272-275

7. Prep • Review images of posters online • Pages You Are Responsible For: • 57-61 • 73-78 • 104 • 152-160 • 175-189 • 197-198 • 272-275 • Practice using the highlight and note tool. Look for 2 notes from your teacher.