The Country-Born in the Red River Settlement, 1820-50
Theses
Author/Creator
John Elgin Foster
Description
History Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Alberta, 1973.
Discusses how the two men's writings illustrate the two views points about the best option for Red River settlement's future: those who were in favour of annexation by Canada and those who felt that it would not be in the settlement's best interests since terms and conditions of it's future would be dictated by eastern Canadians.
Excerpt from The Great Lone Land, originally published in 1873.
Role playing game which involves John A. Macdonald asking students to become spies and send information back to the government. Suitable for Grades 5-11.