1. Relationships with People: External Events + Government Policy
“How do historically significant external events and government polices impact identity and the interaction of different groups in 19th Century Canada*?”

2. Objectives What is the concept of historical significance?
What are the major external events of the 19th century Canada that could have impacted the formation of a Canadian identity and how groups interacted with each other?
What are the major government policies of 19th century Canada that could have impacted the formation of a Canadian identity and how groups interacted with each other?

3. Historical Significance
Why could each of the following events or people be considered “historically significant”?
World War II
Canadian Confederation
Patriation of the Canadian Constitution and the Charter of Rights and Freedoms
The Magna Carta
Martin Luther King, jr.
Rosa Parks
Louis Riel
Archduke Ferdinand
9/11 Terrorist Attacks
Text box one- list of events… point is to get them to generate their own working defintion of historically significant
Box two- space to write answers

4. Historical Significance
An event, idea or person may be historically significant if:
Reveals patterns
Previously hidden?
How entrenched?
Still exist today?
Results in change
How profound a change?
For whom and how many?
How lasting was the change?
Part of the cultural narrative
Is it questioned?
How widely held?
Implications:
“It is significant because it is in the history book,” and “It is significant because I am interested in it,” are inadequate explanations of historical significance.
“Poor, rural and female. Could this person’s life have any historical significance? In the past, most historians would have said no, but recently, definitions of historical significance have changed.”
Components as outlined by the Historical thinking project

5. Posters
With a group of 2 or 3, sign up for one of the external events or policies.
Read about your subject in the text and using online resources of your choosing.
Create a poster that contains:
5 important facts about the event or policy.
Statement regarding how the subject impacted the formation of a Canadian identity.
Statement regarding how the subject impacted the interaction between groups in Canada in the 19th century.
Statement regarding the historical significance of your subject.
List of sources used.

6. Subjects Events Government Policies
Immigration Waves (New France, Loyalist, British, Eastern Canadian and museum.qc.ca/scripts/explore.php?elementid=15__true&tableid=11&c ontentlong )
Revolutions (French, American)
US Civil War (104)
Internal Canadian conflicts (1837/8 Rebellions 73-78), Red River Resistance NW Uprising )
Government Policies
Immigration Laws ( ,
National Policy ( )
Indian Act (page 180)
Numbered Treaties ( )
Pages You Are Responsible For:
57-61
73-78
104

7. Prep Review images of posters online Pages You Are Responsible For:
57-61
73-78
104
Practice using the highlight and note tool. Look for 2 notes from your teacher.
Pg 58: We can talk about "push" and "pull" factors when it comes to migration. Think about what these categories might mean and some concrete examples from 19th century migration.
Page 179: What do we consider "progress"? Think about whether there are assumptions that farming, permanent settlements and European-based institutions are an indication of progress. Why is this?