• History: Development of Western Canada
  http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/curriculum/elementary/sstudies.html
  Cursor down to the history curriculum, Grade 8
  
  
  
  

• Canada: A People's History
  http://history.cbc.ca/histicons/
  Included in the banner is a clickable timeline.
  • Episode summaries
  • Teacher Resources: elementary, secondary, copyright rules for classroom viewing. There are printable resources- password required, free use with password. Free password for MARC records for downloading.
    
   
• Census of Canada
  http://www.statcan.ca/english/freepub/98-187-XIE/1800s.htm
  Cursor down to the statistics for Western Canada.
  
  
• Immigration to Western Canada
  http://www.civilization.ca/educat/oracle/modules/ckitzan/page01_e.html
  
  
• The Canadian West
  http://www.archives.ca/05/0529/052901_e.html
  Exploration and development of the west.
  • Contact: Making the West Canadian
    • Aboriginal Claims
    • Federal Administration
    • Immigration
    • Homesteads
    • Transportation
      
      
• The Last Best West
  http://www.civilization.ca/hist/advertis/ads1-01e.html
  Advertising for immigrants to Western Canada, 1870-1930. 
  • Visit the Early Years 1870-1897 and answer:
  • Who devised a plan to settle west? Who which companies assisted with the plan?
  • What was involved in the plan?
  • Who were the immigrants?
  • What was offered the new farmers by the government?
  • How were the new immigrants misled by false advertisements?
  • Who was Clfford Sifton and what role did he play in the settling of the west?
  • How did he entice settlers to come to Western Canada?
  • Who did he want to settle the west and why?
  • What were the employment opportunities in the west?
  • Explore the Possessions of immigrants to Canada.
  • Review the different advertisements on this site and then design your own poster in one of the styles of the day. Consider who you are targeting as immigrants, text and/or pictures, content- misleading information or accurate information. Have some fun with this!

   

• Canada Hall- The Journey Continues West
  http://www.civilization.ca/hist/phase2/ch2_inte.html
  Pictures and brief text describing the settling of the west.
  • The Railway Era - Canadian Pacific Gallery
  • King Wheat- Saskatchewan Grain Elevator
  • Many Voices — Language and Culture in Manitoba
  • Fun and Games in a Cold Country — Prairie Curling Rink
  • Enduring Hardship — Chinese Hand Laundry
  • Living Traditions — Ukrainian Church
  • Spiritual Tapestry — Varieties of Religious Expression
  • Frontier Resources — Alberta Oil Rig
  • Tides of Life — West Coast Communities
  • Expanding Horizons — The Pacific Rim
    
    
• The Peopling of Canada- 1891-1921
  http://www.ucalgary.ca/applied_history/tutor/canada1891/
  Text and primary source pictures outlining immigration in Canada.
  
  
• Immigration and Transportation
  http://www.nlc-bnc.ca/2/10/h10-218-e.html
  The importance of transportation in the settlement of Canada.
  
  
• Canadian Pacific Railway
  http://www.cprheritage.com/history.htm
  Links of text and primary sources outlining the importance of the railway to the settling the west. Click on Image Gallery to view the CPR past.
  
  
• Hudson Bay Company at Fort Victoria
  http://bcheritage.ca/fortvictoria/
  Fort Life, the people, then and now.
  
  
• The Gold Rush Town of Yale
  http://bcheritage.ca/yale/
  Tour the area with on-line maps, meet the people who mined for gold and learn about transportation on the area during that time.
  
  
• The Cariboo Gold Rush
  http://bcheritage.ca/cariboo/index.htm
  The journey, gold mining, people, women, gold claims, towns, supplies, timeline, maps and more...
  
  
• Riel House
  http://www.pc.gc.ca/lhn-nhs/mb/riel/index_E.asp
  • History about The Metis and key Metis historic people
  • On-Line guided tour of Riel House
    
    
• Louis Riel and the Metis
  http://www.umanitoba.ca/canadian_wartime/grade6/
  The seven modules tell of the life of Louis Riel and the impact of his life on Manitoba.
  Primary source documents are included- pictures and maps. (Note: The grade seven designation is for the Manitoba curriculum for whom it was originally written. The materail is appropriate for grade 8 in Ontario).
  The Grade 4 modules provide a shorter verions.
  
  
• The Northwest Resistance
  http://library.usask.ca/northwest/background/backgrd.htm
  • Chronology of Events: Biographies of Key Participants
    
    
• Indian Treaties
  http://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/205/301/ic/cdc/treaties/code/default.htm
  Digitized copies and transcripts of the treaties.
  
  
• Canadian First Nations Treaty Map Index
  http://www.kstrom.net/isk/maps/cantreat.html
  Clickable map takes you to the treaty and its critique. 
  
  
• A Little History
  http://www.alittlehistory.com/
  Primary source documents of the settling of the west from 1874. Essays, pictures, and accounts with bibliographies cited.
  
  

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Pat Elliott, Library Specialist
Thursday May 15, 2008 10:50 PM