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