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Social Studies
Kindergarten to Grade 12
 

Websites to Support the New Curriculum

Grade 5: Cluster 4
From British Colony to Confederation (1763 to 1867)

Learning Experience 5.4.1
Early Immigration and the Impact of the Loyalists

5.4.1 ACTIVATING STRATEGIES

Early Canadiana Online, The Making of Canada, The Québec Act:
http://www.canadiana.org/citm/themes/constitution/constitution7_e.html

Early Canadiana Online, The Making of Canada, Map 1774:
http://www.canadiana.org/citm/imagepopups/ena-1774_e.html

National Library of Canada, Canadian Confederation, Map 1791
http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/confederation/023001-2101.3-e.html

Early Canadiana Online, Canada in the Making, Map 1791: http://www.canadiana.org/citm/imagepopups/bna-1791_e.html

National Library of Canada, Canadian Confederation, Maps 1667 – 1999.
http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/confederation/023001-2101-e.html

 

5.4.1 ACQUIRING STRATEGIES

Canadian Encyclopedia, The American Revolution:  http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm
?PgNm=TCE&ArticleId=J0000175&mState=1

Early Canadiana Online, The Making of Canada, The American Revolution:  http://www.canadiana.org/citm/themes/constitution/constitution7_e.html#revolution

United Empire Loyalists Association of Canada, Who Were the Loyalists?
http://www.geocities.com/calgary_uel/loyalist_definition.html

Statistics Canada, Upper Canada and Loyalists
http://www.statcan.ca/english/freepub/98-187-XIE/upcan.htm

CBC History website:
http://history.cbc.ca/history/?MIval=/EpHome.html&episode_id=5&lang=E
(Episode 5 overview and chapter summaries for each segment)

Canadian Museum of Civilization, Arriving in Upper Canada:
http://www.civilization.ca/hist/canp1/ca15eng.html

United Empire Loyalists, A Short Loyalist History:
http://www.uelac.org/PDF/loyalist.pdf Adobe Icon

United Empire Loyalists Association of Canada, United Empire Loyalists:
http://www.uelac.org/

United Empire Loyalists of Canada, The Loyalists: (check these stats) http://cybrary.uwinnipeg.ca/loyalists/loyalists.html

CBC Canada, A People’s History, A Question of Loyalties:
http://history.cbc.ca/history/?MIval=/EpHome.html&episode_id=5&lang=E

Canada’s Digital Collections, Black Loyalists:
http://collections.ic.gc.ca/blackloyalists/

Nova Scotia History, Black Loyalists:
http://museum.gov.ns.ca/blackloyalists/

Canada, A People’s History, A Question of Loyalties, Joseph Brant:
http://history.cbc.ca/history/?MIval=EpContent.html
&episode_id=5&series_id=1&lang=E&chapter_id=5

Molly Brant:
http://www.carf.info/kingstonpast/mollybrant.php#endwar

Canadian Museum of Civilization, Arriving in Upper Canada:
http://www.civilization.ca/hist/canp1/ca15eng.html

The History of Canada, The United Empire Loyalists:
http://www.linksnorth.com/canada-history/theunitedempire.html

Virtual Museums of Canada, Black Loyalists:
http://museum.gov.ns.ca/blackloyalists/hardship.htm

 

5.4.1 APPLYING STRATEGIES

National Library of Canada, Confederation, Upper Canada:
http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/confederation/023001-2001-e.html

Historica, Browse the Heritage Minutes:
http://www.histori.ca/default.do?page=.index

Learning Experience 5.4.2
Sharing the Land

5.4.2 ACTIVATING STRATEGIES

Early Canadiana online, Arrival of the Selkirk settlers, 1812:
http://www.canadiana.org/hbc/_popups/PAMp388_e.htm

Virtual Museum of Métis History and Culture
http://www.metismuseum.ca/main.php

Métis Bison Hunters
http://www.civilization.ca/hist/canp1/ca13eng.html

 

5.4.2 ACQUIRING STRATEGIES

Métis hunting rights, September 2003
http://www.metisnation.org/harvesting/powley_case/news03.html

National Archives of Canada, Scrip System:
http://www.archives.ca/02/0201200103_e.html

National Archives of Canada, Métis scrip registry:
http://www.archives.ca/05/0513/5_0_making_e/05130507_e.html

The Making of Treaty 8: Scrip and Speculators:
http://www.albertasource.ca/treaty8/eng/Peoples_and_Places/
Profiles_of_the_Treaty_Makers/Bands_and_Nations/metis_scrip.html

National Métis Council:
http://www.metisnation.ca/

Métis Nation of Saskatchewan, Métis Homeland:
http://www.metisnation-sask.com/homeland/index.html

Historical Maps:

Métis Resource Center Historical maps
http://www.metisresourcecentre.mb.ca/

Canoe and York Boat routes, Red River Cart Trails:
http://www.metisresourcecentre.mb.ca/maps/routes.htm

Historical Map of Red River Settlement shows English and French settlements:
http://www.metisresourcecentre.mb.ca/maps/rrsettlement1870.htm

Trails and Routes 1811 – 1869
http://www.metisresourcecentre.mb.ca/maps/trails_routes.htm

Métis settlements in Cypress Hills area of Saskatchewan-Alberta (1860s): 
http://www.uleth.ca/vft/cypresshills/human.html

Ross House Museum
http://www.mhs.mb.ca/info/museums/ross/index.shtml

Kildonan Presbyterian Cemetery, second oldest cemetery in Winnipeg, burial site of many of the Selkirk settlers:
http://www.kildonanpresbyteriancemetery.com/

History of Canada, The Selkirk Settlers:
http://www.linksnorth.com/canada-history/theselkirk.html

Hudson’s Bay Company Archives: Lord Selkirk:
http://www.canadiana.org/hbc/person/selkirk1_e.html

Canadian Council for Geographic Education, Red River Colony:
http://www.ccge.org/ccge/english/teachingResources/rivers/
tr_rivers_RRredRiverColony.htm

Agriculture Hall of Fame, History of Agriculture in Manitoba: 
http://www.mts.net/~agrifame/histormb.html

Métis Resource Centre, Grant to Lord Selkirk and settlement routes:
http://www.metisresourcecentre.mb.ca/maps/selkirk_grant.htm

Information on Winnipeg, Historic sites: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Village/1479/historic.html

Canada’s Digital Collections, History of Peguis First Nation:
http://collections.ic.gc.ca/peguis/History.html

Manitobna Hertaige Council Commemorative Plaques, Chief Peguis: http://www.gov.mb.ca/chc/hrb/plaques/plaq0206.html

Chief Peguis and His Descendants – Albert Thompson (written by a great-great-grandson of Chief Peguis), on-line at:
http://www.ourroots.ca/e/toc.asp?id=2583

 

5.4.2 APPLYING STRATEGIES

No websites recommended

 

Learning Experience 5.4.3
Conflict and Reform

5.4.3 ACTIVATING STRATEGIES

No websites recommended

 

5.4.3 ACQUIRING STRATEGIES

Upper Canada: Canadian Confederation
http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/confederation/023001-2001-e.html

Lower Canada: Canadian Confederation
http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/confederation/023001-2002-e.html

The Union of Upper and Lower Canada
http://history.cbc.ca/history/?MIval=EpContent.html&chapter_id=5&episode_id=7

Laura Secord:
http://galafilm.com/1812/e/people/secord.html

Isaac Brock:
http://galafilm.com/1812/e/people/brock.html

Chief Tecumseh:
http://galafilm.com/1812/e/people/tecumseh.html

Parks Canada, Queenston Heights National Historic Site:
http://www.pc.gc.ca/lhn-nhs/on/queenston/index_E.asp

The British at Queenston Heights:
http://galafilm.com/1812/e/events/queen_brit.html

History of Ontario, Upper Canada:
http://www.gov.on.ca/MBS/english/about/history2.html#lines

National Library of Canada, Toward Confederation, Lower Canada:
http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/confederation/023001-2002-e.html

National Library of Canada, Toward Confederation, Upper Canada:
http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/confederation/023001-2001-e.html

Confederation for Kids, Province of Canada:
http://www.nlc-bnc.ca/confederation/kids/h2-1800-e.html#provinceofcanada

Upper Canada Village Virtual Tour:
http://www.uppercanadavillage.com/tourvil.htm

Pioneer Life in Upper Canada:
http://www.projects.yrdsb.edu.on.ca/pioneer/village_life.htm

Canadian Encyclopedia, Upper Canada
http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm
?PgNm=TCE&TCE_Version=A&ArticleId=J0008268&MenuClosed=0

Canadian Encyclopedia, Lower Canada:
http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm
?PgNm=TCE&TCE_Version=A&ArticleId=J0004792&MenuClosed=0

Canadian Museum of Civilization, Canada Hall, Towns and Trade:
http://www.civilisations.ca/hist/canp1/ca16eng.html

National Library of Canada: Susanne Moodie and Catherine Parr Traill:
http://www.nlc-bnc.ca/moodie-traill/index-e.html

Family Compact:
http://www.questia.com/library/encyclopedia/family-compact-in-canadian-history.jsp

Canada in the Making – Responsible Government
http://www.canadiana.org/citm/specifique/responsable_e.html

Canadian Encyclopedia, Robert Baldwin: http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm
?PgNm=TCE&TCE_Version=A&ArticleId=A0000479&mState=1

Canadian Encyclopedia, Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine:
http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm
?PgNm=TCE&ArticleId=A0004461

The 1837 -1838 Rebellions:
http://www.edunetconnect.com/cat/rebellions/index.html

Canadian Museum of Civilization, History of the Vote in Canada:  http://www.civilization.ca/hist/elections/el_002_e.html

Canadian Encyclopedia, Responsible Government:
http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm
?PgNm=TCE&ArticleId=A0006792

National Library of Canada, Canadian Confederation, Key Terms, Act of Union:
http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/confederation/023001-2954-e.html

 

5.4.3 APPLYING STRATEGIES

No websites recommended

 

Learning Experience 5.4.4
Negotiating Confederation

 

5.4.4 ACTIVATING STRATEGIES

Confederation for Kids, Maps, Upper and Lower Canada, 1791:
http://www.nlc-bnc.ca/obj/h2/f1/nlc006838-v6.jpg

Confederation for Kids, Maps, Province of Canada, 1840:
http://www.nlc-bnc.ca/confederation/kids/h2-1701-e.html

Confederation for Kids, Maps, Before Confederation, 1866:
http://www.nlc-bnc.ca/obj/h2/f1/nlc001547-v6.jpg

Confederation for Kids, Maps, Confederation, 1867:
http://www.nlc-bnc.ca/obj/h2/f1/nlc006840-v6.jpg

Atlas of Canada, Historical Maps, Territorial Evolution, 1867:
http://atlas.gc.ca/site/english/maps/historical/territorialevolution/1867

Atlas of Canada, Historical Maps, British North America  circa 1823: http://atlas.gc.ca/site/english/maps/historical/preconfederation/
britishnorthamerica1823

Canadian Heritage Gallery, Fathers of Confederation:
http://www.canadianheritage.ca/reproductions/20024.htm

The Fathers of Confederation:
http://www.canadainfolink.ca/confederation.htm

Archives of Canada, Fathers of Confederation:
http://data2.archives.ca/ap/c/c006799.jpg

Great Sites for Kids - Learning Centre - Library and Archives  Canada.
Student information/activities on times of Confederation
 http://www.collectionscanada.ca/education/008-2011-e.html#d

Confederation for Kids: People
http://www.collectionscanada.ca/confederation/kids/h2-1500-e.html

National Archives of Canada, “Confederation, The Much-Fathered Youngster”:
http://data2.archives.ca/ap/c/c005812.jpg

Canada: Confederation to Present, An Interactive History of Canada [CD-ROM], Dan Lang, Chinook Multimedia
http://www.chinookmultimedia.com/poccd/main.html

 

5.4.4 ACQUIRING STRATEGIES

National Library of Canada, Canadian Confederation, Key Terms, Rep by Pop:
http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/confederation/023001-2990-e.html

Canada in the Making, Rep by pop:
http://www.canadiana.org/citm/themes/constitution/constitution12_e.html#repbypop

Canadian Encyclopedia, rep by pop:
http://www.canadianencyclopedia.ca/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&ArticleId=A0006776

Confederation for Kids, Prelude to Confederation, Why Confederation?:
http://www.nlc-bnc.ca/confederation/kids/h2-1260-e.html

National Library of Canada, Canadian Confederation, New Brunswick:
http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/confederation/023001-2110-e.htm

National Library of Canada. Confederation for Kids, New Brunswick:
http://www.nlc-bnc.ca/confederation/kids/h2-1330-e.html

National Library of Canada, Canadian Confederation, Newfoundland:
http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/confederation/023001-2230-e.html

National Library of Canada. Confederation for Kids, Newfoundland:
http://www.nlc-bnc.ca/confederation/kids/h2-1465-e.html

National Library of Canada, Canadian Confederation, Nova Scotia:
http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/confederation/023001-2125-e.html

National Library of Canada, Confederation for Kids, Nova Scotia:
http://www.nlc-bnc.ca/confederation/kids/h2-1345-e.html

National Library of Canada, Canadian Confederation, Prince Edward Island:
http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/confederation/023001-2200-e.html

National Library of Canada, Confederation for Kids, Prince Edward Island:
http://www.nlc-bnc.ca/confederation/kids/h2-1420-e.html

National Library of Canada, Canadian Confederation, Québec (Canada East):
http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/confederation/023001-2140-e.html

National Library of Canada. Confederation for Kids, Québec:
http://www.nlc-bnc.ca/confederation/kids/h2-1360-e.html

National Library of Canada, Canadian Confederation, Ontario (Canada West)
http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/confederation/023001-2155-e.html

National Library of Canada, Confederation for Kids, Ontario:
http://www.nlc-bnc.ca/confederation/kids/h2-1315-e.html

Atlas of Canada, The Territorial Evolution of Canada, 1867: http://atlas.nrcan.gc.ca/site/english/maps/historical/territorialevolution/1867-1999

National Library of Canada, Great Coalition: 
http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/confederation/023001-2975-e.html

National Library of Canada, Influence of the American Civil War:
http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/confederation/023001-2003-e.html

Canadian Encyclopedia, research keyword “Confederation”:
www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com

National Library of Canada, Towards Confederation, Cartoons and Caricatures:
http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/confederation/023001-2007-e.html
(“Crossroads” Annexation to United States: Political cartoon depicts Joseph Howe and Charles Tupper debating whether to go to Ottawa or the United States)

National Library of Canada, Confederation for Kids, The Road to Confederation:
http://www.nlc-bnc.ca/confederation/kids/h2-1270-e.html

National Library of Canada, Confederation for Kids, Glossary:
http://www.nlc-bnc.ca/confederation/kids/h2-1800-e.html

National Library of Canada, Confederation for Kids, British North America Act
http://www.nlc-bnc.ca/confederation/kids/h2-1800-e.html#britishnorthamericaact

National Library of Canada, Canadian Confederation, The Charlottetown Conference:
http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/confederation/023001-2075-e.html

Canada’s Digital Collections, The Charlottetown Conference: http://collections.ic.gc.ca/charlottetown/index.html

National Library of Canada, Canadian Confederation, George Brown describes the Charlottetown Conference:
http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/confederation/023001-271-e.html

The Canadian Constitution: Introduction to Canada’s Constitutional Framework:
http://www.mapleleafweb.com/features/canadian-constitution-introduction-canada-s-constitutional-framework

National Library of Canada, Canadian Confederation, The Québec Conference :
http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/confederation/023001-2080-e.html

National Library of Canada, Canadian Confederation, The London Conference
http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/confederation/023001-2085-e.html

Early Canadiana Online, Canada in the Making:
http://www.canadiana.org/citm/themes/constitution/constitution12_e.html

British North America Act, 1867 (later called the Constitution Act 1867): http://laws.justice.gc.ca/en/const/index.html
(original text)

The British North America Act:
http://www.nides.bc.ca/Assignments/Canada/Paper11/BNAAct1867.htm

British North America Act, 1867 (original text - later called the Constitution Act 1867):
http://laws.justice.gc.ca/en/const/index.html

Early Canadiana Online, Government in Canada:
http://www.canadiana.org/citm/imagepopups/mod-can-auth_e.html

Canadian Confederation, People at
http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/confederation/023001-2300-e.html

Fathers of Confederation:
http://www.canadainfolink.ca/confederation.htm

National Library of Canada, Confederation for Kids, People:
http://www.nlc-bnc.ca/confederation/kids/h2-1500-e.html

National Library of Canada, Confederation, The Charlottetown Conference, The Fathers: 
http://collections.ic.gc.ca/charlottetown/fathers/

Canada’s Digital Collections, Canadian Portraits:
http://collections.ic.gc.ca/portraits/docs/gov/ecangov.htm

 

5.4.4 APPLYING STRATEGIES

National Library of Canada, Canadian Confederation, The Charlottetown Conference:
http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/confederation/023001-2075-e.html

National Library of Canada, Canadian Confederation, George Brown describes the Charlottetown Conference:
http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/confederation/023001-271-e.html

National Library of Canada, Canadian Confederation, The Québec Conference:
http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/confederation/023001-2080-e.html

National Library of Canada, Canadian Confederation, London Conference:
http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/confederation/023001-2085-e.html