C OMPLETING C ONFEDERATION BC: Gold Rush…

T AKE AWAYS …  General historical overview of the locales, main events, and major participants involved in the Cariboo Gold Rush.  Various socio-political, economic, and technological issues related to the Gold Rush are also introduced. Society and Culture: Canada from 1815 to 1914 It is expected that students will:  identify the influence of immigration on, and the contributions of immigrants to, the development of Canada Environment: Canada from 1815 to 1914 It is expected that students will:  construct, interpret, and use graphs, tables, grids, scales, legends, contours, and various types of maps  analyse how geography influenced the economic, historical, and cultural development of western Canada Comprehend and Respond It is expected that students will:  make generalizations, supported by specific details and examples, about the key concepts, characters, and themes of written, oral, and visual works  interpret details and draw conclusions about the information presented in a variety of illustrations, maps, charts, graphs, and other graphic forms

A WINDOW INTO …  personal experience: expatriation, travel  societal change : population growth, immigration, impact on and role of Aboriginal peoples  transportation technology: steamboat and/or stagecoach travel  mining technology: gold pan, sluice box  governmental supervision : licensing, provision of law and order  secondary economic activities: retail trade, provision of transportation  immigration : growth of towns and facilities  infrastructure changes: road building, construction of houses and public buildings  communications : newspapers established

T IME C ONTEXT …

G LOBAL C ONTEXT …  T'ai Ping Rebellion - famine and war in China  Great Exhibition in London - inventions of the Industrial Revolution  Crimean War - Florence Nightingale reforms nursing  British Empire continues to grow under Queen Victoria's reign  India becomes a colony of Britain  Suez Canal opens in Africa  American Civil War  Franco-Prussian War  Gold Rush in Australia and New Zealand  Gold Rush on Fraser River and Cariboo; Colony of British Columbia  Famine in Ireland  Dominion of Canada established  Meiji Period in Japan -industrialization and parliament;  German Empire created Major events in world history providing an overview of why people came to the goldfields...

P HYSICAL C ONTEXT …

T HE V ALUE OF G OLD …

C ONSEQUENCES OF THE G OLD R USH E RA  economic boom-and-bust cycle  immigration from diverse sources; increased non-native population with whom the Aboriginal peoples come into contact  demands for infrastructure (road building, construction of housing)  short-term rapid rise in prices of all basic commodities, housing, and land  political ferment as population expands  short-term economic growth opportunities: accommodation, transportation  eventual movement towards confederation with the Dominion of Canada  growth of large public debt to provide services and infrastructure, especially the Cariboo Wagon Road  demands on government services and the bureaucracy

ECONOMIC  economic boom-and-bust cycle  short-term economic growth opportunities: accommodation, transportation  demands for infrastructure (road building, construction of housing)  short-term rapid rise in prices of all basic commodities, housing, and land  growth of large public debt to provide services and infrastructure, especially the Cariboo Wagon  Road POLITICAL  political ferment as population expands  eventual movement towards confederation with the Dominion of Canada  demands on government services and the bureaucracy SOCIAL  immigration from diverse sources; increased non-native population with whom the Aboriginal  peoples come into contact C ONSEQUENCES OF THE G OLD R USH E RA

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