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Canada's Residential Schools. Volume 1, Part 1: The History, Origins to 1939; Canada's Residential Schools. Volume 1, Part 2: The History, 1939 to 2000; Canada's Residential Schools. Volume 2: The Inuit and Northern Experience; Canada's Residential Schools. Volume 3: The Métis Experience; Canada's Residential Schools. Volume 4: Missing Children in Unmarked Burials; Canada's Residential Schools. Volume 5: The Legacy; Canada's Residential Schools. Volume 6: Reconciliation
Changes Come to the Canadian Prairies
Focuses on the numbered treaties and their effect on First Nations and the Métis, and the causes and impacts of the North-West Resistance. Intended for Grade 10 Social Studies students.
Chapter from Horizons: Canada's Emerging Identity, 2nd Edition, by Michael Cranny.
Changing Times
Overview of Métis history from the 1840s to 1875. Discusses the collapse of the buffalo hunting economy, the establishment of the community of St. Laurent, passing of laws to establish order, and the arrival of the North West Mounted Police.
Includes questions for students.
Chapter 9: The Métis Rise Up
Focuses on the causes of the Métis Resistances and their implications for the province of Manitoba and Canada as a whole. Intended for use in Grade 7 Social Studies classes.
Chapter from Our Canada: Origins, Peoples, Perspectives by David Rees, Darrell Anderson Gerrits, and Gratien Allaire.
Confederation Debates, 1865-1949: Intermediate/Senior Mini Unit: Manitoba Provincial Edition
After reading background information, brief biographies and primary materials, students engage in a debate between the pro- and anti-Confederation factions. Activities align with Manitoba curriculum guides for Grade 6 Social Studies and Grade 11 History of Canada.
Grade 12 Current Topics in First Nations, Métis and Inuit Studies: A Foundation for Implementation
How Did the Confederation of Manitoba Take Place?
For use with high school students. Excerpt from Shaping Canada: Our Histories from the Beginning to Present by Linda Connor, Brian Hull, and Connie Wyatt Anderson.