Manitoba Enters Confederation
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Manitoba Enters Confederation
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Learning Experience: Manitoba Enters Confederation
Identify the roles of Father Noël-Joseph Ritchot and Archbishop Alexandre-Antonin Taché in Manitoba’s entry into Confederation. Identify factors leading to the entry into Confederation of Manitoba, Northwest Territories, British Columbia, Prince Edward Island, Yukon, Saskatchewan, Alberta, Newfoundland and Labrador, and Nunavut, and specify the year of entry. Value the diverse stories and perspectives that comprise the history of Canada. Description of the Learning Experience Manitoba, initially formed as a provisional government of the people in the Red River Settlement under Louis Riel, negotiated to enter Confederation as a province in 1870. Students research and discuss events leading to Manitoba’s entry into Confederation, considering diverse points of view about Canadian expansion and its effects on the people living in the Northwest.
Alternate Activity: "The Last Best West" - Advertising That The Métis And First Nations' People Might Have Sent Out Look at the Blog and add to the Social Studies Project Blog. Before you begin your own advertisements, make sure that you read the advertisements that the Canadian Government sent out to encourage settlement in the west. Resources: "The First Shot Rang Out": A virtual museum exhibit of "The Battle of Duck Lake"; a battle between the Métis and the North West Mounted Police. "Back to Batoche": A virtual museum exhibit of the resistance of 1885 in Batoche, as well as modern-day Batoche. "A Line Through the Wilderness": the development of the Canadian Pacific Telegraph Line |