A New Nation: The Métis
Chapter 9 of People and Stories of Canada to 1867 by Michele Visser-Wikkerink and E. Leigh Syms. Recommended by Manitoba Education, Citizenship and Youth as a Manitoba Grade 5 Social Studies learning resource.
Chapter 9 of People and Stories of Canada to 1867 by Michele Visser-Wikkerink and E. Leigh Syms. Recommended by Manitoba Education, Citizenship and Youth as a Manitoba Grade 5 Social Studies learning resource.
Power point looks at how the conflict between the Hudson's Bay Company and the Northwest Company influenced events in the Red River Settlement which ultimately led to the Battle of Seven Oaks.
Black line master designed for use with chapter Manitoba Enters Confederation in the Grade 6 Social Studies textbook Canada: A Country of Change (1867 to Present) by Graham Broad and Mathew Rankin.
Looks at Canadian government's military response to the potential uprising and how perceptions of the conflict have changed over time.
Originally appeared as Thunder on the Prairies in the February-March issues of Canada's History.
Discusses the Battle of Seven Oaks involving Cuthbert Grant, Governor Semple and Lord Selkirk.
Includes key definitions, questions and answers. For use with Chapter 8: The Metis from the textbook Voices and Visions: A Story of Canada.
Nine modules: Origins and Connections to the Land; Pre-Contact Cultures; Early European Exploration and Colonization; Nouvelle-France and Cultural Integration; French-English Rivalry; Refugees, Warriors and Reformers; Negotiating Confederation; Furs, Farms and the Métis; and Treaties, War, and the Changing West.
Integrates Dene, Inuvialuit and Inuinnait perspectives on history.
"Territorial Pilot 2011-2012".
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.
Excerpt contains overview about teaching Indigenous topics, and lesson one on Métis culture.
Lists significant dates from 1811 to November 16, 1885.
Recommended for Grade 10 Social Studies.
Chapter 8 from Flashback Canada by J. Bradley Cruxton and W. Doug Wilson.
Can be used in conjunction with Spy Mission: The Trouble at Red River.
Discusses the US government's wanted treaties in order to gain control of land, the treaties signed within Montana, tribal strategies for survival, and clashes between government troops and Indigenous warriors.
Chapter from Montana: Stories of the Land by Krys Holmes.
Related material: Amplify Core Knowledge Language Arts Reader.
Discusses the importance of First Nations peoples' involvement in the conflict and the consequences for them once the war concluded.
Recommended for Grades 6 to 9. Story about two friends, one of Tsimshian/Caucasian descent, the other of Japanese descent, and how they react to the Japanese internment in Canada during World War II.