The Battle of Seven Oaks: A Metis Perspective
Looks at the Battle of Seven Oaks and provides biographies of the Métis participants.
Looks at the Battle of Seven Oaks and provides biographies of the Métis participants.
Meant for use with the textbook Voices and Visions: A Story of Canada by Daniel Francis; contributing authors Angus Scully and Jill Germain.
Power point and slide notes.
For use with article Last Battle of Seven Oaks, written by Heather Wright and illustrated by Celia Krampien found on p. 30 of the special issue "How Furs Built Canada" of Kayak: Canada’s History Magazine for Kids. Suitable for Grades 2-6.
Intended for use with elementary school students. Some language is outdated due year of publication (1980).
Argues that the Métis were not an impediment to Euro-Canadian development and that their fight to be recognized as a "New Nation" played a significant role in the creation of Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta.
Hands-on activity about how the Métis solved transportation issues, including the Red River cart and the York boat.
For elementary students.
Created for Grades 10-12.
For use with Grades 4-9.
Designed for Grades 4-9.
Designed for Grades 10-12.
Simulation game designed to teach students how loss of land at the hands of the federal government contributed to the Metis Resistance of 1885.
Highlights the life of a North West Company voyageur and his Indigenous wife that bore Métis children.
Sources of information include survey, conversational interviews, document analysis and literature reviews.
Created for Grade 4.
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.