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 ![]()
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