The National Dream

Now that Canada had all that land in the West, they needed to solidify their ownership. They also were trying to entice British Columbia into Canada. The solution they came up with was to build a railway to enable setters to come to Western Canada to farm and ship their wheat around the world. The railway would also enable B.C. to be connected to the rest of Canada. Much of Canada's history has been resisting the pulls North and South. The people of the Maritimes on the East coast traded North and South with their ships. The people on the prairies travelled North and South on the prairies. The people on the West coast travelled North and South, having the Rockies as a barrier to going East. 

For homesteading to happen, the people presently living on the prairies had to be dealt with. This was the numbered treaties as mentioned in a previous blog.  More information here about our history

1. Manitoba Confederation, B.C. Confederation, the signing of the treaties then the engineering feet of the railway across Canada. This is all done for what? (hint-sett___  to fa__)

-More details here on the railway that helped  to erase the buffalo and make wheat king, and that also tied the country together East to West.

2. More about  the Canadian Pacific Railway here.  How did the railway make a difference with how the Canadian government treated Riel's led rebellions of 1870 and 1885?









More here about the treatment of the Chinese workers. 


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More about the CPR here

3. Besides money, how would you compensate the CPR for building the railway? Think of what Canada has lots and lots  to offer (hint, where Ingenious  used to live).



Then the wave of immigration 

Attracting Homesteaders

Canada advertised for immigrants as soon after Manitoba joined confederation  Britain was place where they advertised. Canada also advertised in other parts of Europe. People coming from many different countries posed some worries here in Canada. To combat those worries, settlers from the United States were preferred 

Be sure to do the readings and look at the pictures in the blog posting below. Now in your own KidBlog account, post an advertisement from above that is clearly trying to attract homesteaders from

1. Britain

2. France or Belgium

3. A part of Europe that isn't English or French

4. The United States

Find an advertisement that is trying to attract

5. City dwellers
6. Women

Find an advertisement that is

7. After 1905
8. Before 1885

When done,  Go to this link here and play the available homesteading games. IMPORTANT, click on the Info button that comes with each game and carefully read the information provided. Questions to follow. 

Life as a Homesteader

. Go to this link and look at the picture at the top of an early homestead.

1.Make at least 5 observations in your about  the picture.

 Have someone in the group read the letter that follows a little below the picture of the early home, at #3.
2. What would be different taking a picnic today, a hundred years later.

3.What would be still the same?

 Now have someone read about clearing land.

Read number 9 and number 10, about life on the homestead, in your groups.

4. What advice does the women give that applies today to people looking for relationships online?

5. An acre is about the size of a soccer field. How long would it take to break it? How much would this cost if you hired someone?

6. What food would homesteaders here on the prairies eat come April?

The Treaties

First there were the Friendship treaties. The Bison roamed the prairies, the european settlers were still new to the land and needed help to survive. The Peguis-Selkirk treaty is below.  Then came the numbered treaties, when the country Canada existed and wanted to make room for European settlers. Paying attention to our class discussion and the links above, and this link,

In 1871, the first of the numbered treaties were signed, which we will talk about much more as the course goes on. British Columbia joins Canada, but only after a promise has been made, and all the the HBC land is now in Canada's hand.

Looking at the map and knowing that land agreements are being signed with the 1st Nations, what is Canada now poised to do?

Today

Answer some questions in Edmodo. Please feel free to use your notes. If done early, start the reading and questions found in the blog post below. 

1870-Manitoba Enters Confederation

The Manitoba List of Rights is here, which Riel and his followers created and became the Manitoba Constitution upon entering Canada.  More detail on Manitoba entering Canada is here.  Here is some information about the effects on the Metis of Confederation. 

From reading the Manitoba List of Rights (first link above, and remember our class discussion), which became our Constitution, answer the following questions.

1. Laws must be printed in what languages? (hint, check 13.)

2. From reading 19, could 1st Nation people vote?  Could someone newly arrived from the Ukraine vote? Could Women vote? 

3. Number 31 is the promise of 1.4 million acres to the Metis. It was to be handed out to Metis families. Was this promised fulfilled? Read here for more details. 

4. Though upon its entry, the Manitoba Constitution was clear on the protection of French and English rights and the land rights of the Metis. What happened in the following years?

A Standoff

Hanging of Riel

Wolseley portaging Kakabeka falls.

Trench Warfare

After our class talk, try this game out about the conditions of the First World War

Remembrance Day this Week

Remenbrance day 2018 from St. James-Assiniboia School Division

If finished your Manitoba Note Frame and the Halloween questions

Remembrance Day is coming up, and a hundred years ago Canada was a leading participant in what is called The 100 Days Offensive.   Try your hand at this activity from Canada's War Museum. and

Some questions from the above adventure, the answers can be found in the links given in the game.
What is a Platoon?
What is a Duck Board used for?
Where is No Man's Land?
What was a Trench?
Do you have Webbing like a soldier in the First World War?
What does it mean to Stand Down?

Halloween

Halloween is coming up. Here is some of the history of Halloween in Canada and below you will find some video clips about Halloween.  Blog your answers where it says comments below

1. Many countries don't have trick or treating. They do things like wash tombstones. What connection does Halloween have with the Christian Church?
2.Blog an interesting fact that you found
3.Blog another interesting fact
4.Blog something about how Halloween was celebrated in the past.
5. Trick or Treating was something that became widespread in Canada starting in the 1950s, which isn't that long ago. How do you think Halloween will be celebrated 50 years from now in Canada? Give a reason for your prediction.

Manitoba Enters Confederation, or does it?

Manitoba

Entered Confederation: 1870

Before 1870, the Hudson's Bay Company owned a huge area in the western part of what is now Canada. This area contained Rupert's Land and the North-Western Territory. The people of the Red River Colony in the southern part of Rupert's Land were Métis. They wanted their own government for one main reason: To protect their righrts.

• When the Canadian government bought Rupert's Land and the North-Western Territory, see map from earlier post, people were already living on the land. Some had been on the land for generations and thousands of years. 
• The Canadian government was interested in changing how the land was used and changing the people who lived on the land

Winnipeg in 1871

To protect their rights, the Metis chose a man named Louis  Riel to lead them. He set up a government in the Red River Settlement and from there prevented the Government of Canada from taking control of the new Territories that they had just bought. Riel wanted to make sure that the Métis would be consulted. Riel sent people to Ottawa to make an agreement with the Canadian government. They decided to make Manitoba a province.

"We are rebelling against the Company which wants to sell us, and Canada which wants to buy us. We are not rebelling against the British government."

Below are the people that were counted that lived in what is now Winnipeg and the surrounding area (Red River Settlement) 

sources-https://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/confederation/kids/023002-2050-e.html

The Election is tomorrow

You are only a couple of elections away from being able to vote. Voting is an important civic duty, and one that in some countries, like Australia, people are fined for not voting.

If you could, who would you vote for tomorrow. Take a few minutes and browse about the candidates.

Start browsing here for Mayor
Here is information about the people running for Mayor


Here is information about the people running for City Councillor in our riding of St. James.


Here is information about the people running for school trustee in our area of Silver Heights-Booth.

Confederation

Review your notes for some of the motivation. Some points that should jump out at you
-Trade
-British withdrawing support
-Civil War
-Manifest Destiny
-Geography




British North America before the creation of Canada (before confederation). Who do they disregard when they map settled areas? note-Most of the Grey is the North Western Territory, which was also owned by Hudson Bay.

Canada in 1867-What 4 provinces made up Canada?

Canada in 1870, which province and Territory has been added?

Confederation

A review of some of the major points.

What is now Canada was a collection of British colonies and land held by a British company.
Protection
The United states was becoming more powerful and hostile.

Economy
The United States and Britain was making trade with them difficult

Canada in 1867

Look at the map above, and with our class discussion and/or this reading, do the following. 

1-On your handout sheet, label numbers 1-6

2-Now label Prince Edward Island (P.E.I)

3-Newfoundland

4-The United States

5-Highlight, circle or in some other fashion, mark the territories that make up Canada in 1867

Course Outline

Edmodo Code trhgku

Kidblog Code cg6pvu5

The Provincial Curriculum is here. The course is the history of Canada from 1867 to present, which is a lot of material, so much our history may only be briefly touched upon or not covered at all. What will be important is understanding the major forces that shaped our Nation, that still influence us today, and the values we wish to carry on into the future. The four main outcomes for Social Studies in Manitoba and what we will be focusing on during the school year are:

1. Communication
2. Managing Ideas and Information
3. Critical and Creative Thinking
4. Democratic Citizenship

The first two outcomes are important skills to have as the student moves through school and life. The last two skills are vital to produce the kind of society we want to live in and avoid something like this or to deal with this before it is too late.

Cluster 1: Building a Nation (1867 to 1914) 
Cluster 2: An Emerging Nation (1914 to 1945)
Cluster 3: Shaping Contemporary Canada (1945 to Present) 
Cluster 4: Canada Today: Democracy, Diversity, and the Influence of the Past 

As we jump from one period of cluster to another, the class will be asked for their interests and class lectures and activities will be tailored to those interests. During the year we will also be making use of project based learning so that the students can focus on parts of history that they find to be the most interesting.

The course is taught out of a computer lab and we will be learning 21st century skills. Assignments,tests and projects will mainly be handed out and submitted digitally and will not be focused on memorization, but on the student's ability to access and use information. The class webpage is http://grade6enrichment.blogspot.ca 

The Great Depression

The Movie below is keyed up to start at the 35 min. mark if you just press play.



Soup Kitchens being offered by Charitable Organizations

Protests

 Many People 'rode the rails' looking for opportunities

1. As talked about in class, their was no government safety net during the Depression. Think of all your possessions, all that you have. In Kidblog, record all the things that you absolutely need to exist. 

2. If we were in the situation that many here in Manitoba faced during the Depression, little to no means of income for you and for most of the people in your family and for most of the people you know, how would you exist? What ways would you find to get the things you need. What ways would you find the extras, like entertainment and gifts? Record this in Kidblog. Use At Least 200 Words!