Textbook-Canada Face of a Nation
Course Textbooks will be distributed by Friday Sept. 07
PP. 4-13 Read and Summarize Main Ideas, Peoples and Events.
P. 12-13 No. 2, 4, 5, 6.
Thursday Sept. 06th
Unit 1 Forming Canada's Idenity
On Thursday you will have class time to begin a short writing activity about the importance of forming a nations identity. A handout will be distributed with activity expectations. Due Tuesday Sept. 11, 2012
Important Terms To Understand For September 7:
ReplyDeleteSir Wilfrid Laurier
*Clifford Sifton*
Canada in 1905 Map on Page 5
Aboriginals
Assimilation and Paternalistic
Immigrants
Doukhobours
Canadian Pacific Rail
P. 12 No. 2, 4, 5, 6 Possible Responses
#2) Clifford Sifton was immigration minister under the Laurier government. He wanted hard working immigrants to help with farming across the Western landscape. He recruited mainly from the British Isles and eastern europe. Many young people from Britain migrated to Canada during this time and became servants for Canadian families. Those individuals who came from eastern europe were good at farming. Today there are other requirements the Canadian government looks for in immigrants. Visit http:/cicnet.ci.gc.ca to inquire further.
#4) The Canadian government needed more land in order to stop American expansion and build a national identity through immigration. The problem was much of the land was owned by Native communities. The Canadian government also tried to force assimilation on new arrivals. Today, immigrants are allowed to celebrate their diversity in religion, language and customs etc.
#5. Some groups that opposed immigration to some parts of Canada were the Aboriginals. A reason being is that Native communities who lived along rivers were becoming displaced by advances in technology such as the railway cutting through their villages.
#6. Locate a news article (online) that discusses relations between the Canadian Gov't and any Aboriginal group in Canada.