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Assimilation or Accommodation?

  • To what extent was the specified action prescribed by the national government consistent with the principles of a pluralistic society?
  • Write a historical diary or journal entry that reflects how one of these actions affected an immigrant group or founding nation.

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Specific Outcomes

This critical challenge may address these outcomes:

Specific Outcome 7.2.1 - Students will recognize the positive and negative aspects of immigration and migration (GC, LPP, C, I)
Specific Outcome 7.2.2 - Students will recognize the positive and negative consequences of political decisions (PADM)
Specific Outcome 7.2.3 - Students will appreciate the challenges that individuals and communities face when confronted with rapid change (I, CC, LPP)
Specific Outcome 7.2.4.3 - How did the Government of Canada's response to the Red River Resistance and the second Métis uprising solidify Canada's control of the West? (TCC, PADM)
Specific Outcome 7.2.4.4 - To what extent were the Red River Resistance and the second Métis uprising means to counter assimilation? (PADM, I, C)
Specific Outcome 7.2.4.5 - What were the Métis, First Nations, French and British perspectives on the events that led to the establishment of Manitoba? (TCC, PADM, I, CC)
Specific Outcome 7.2.4.6 - How was the creation of Manitoba an attempt to achieve compromise between the Métis, First Nations, French and British peoples? (TCC, PADM, I, LPP)
Specific Outcome 7.2.4.7 - To what extent were the Manitoba Schools Act and evolving educational legislation in the Northwest Territories attempts to impose a British identity in western Canada? (I, PADM, TCC)
Specific Outcome 7.2.5.1 - What factors led to the purchase of Rupert's Land in 1869? (TCC, PADM, LPP)
Specific Outcome 7.2.5.2 - How did the National Policy determine the economic and demographic aspects of Canadian expansion? (TCC, ER, PADM, LPP)
Specific Outcome 7.2.5.3 - How did changing demographics resulting from Clifford Sifton's immigration policies affect the collective identity of Francophones in communities across western Canada? (I, TCC, PADM)
Specific Outcome 7.2.5.5 - In what ways did the building of the Canadian Pacific Railway affect the growth of Canada? (TCC, PADM, ER, LPP)
Specific Outcome 7.2.5.6 - What was the role of the North West Mounted Police in the development of western Canada? (PADM, TCC)
Specific Outcome 7.2.5.10 - How did communities, services and businesses established by Francophones contribute to the overall development of western Canada (i.e., health, education, churches, commerce, politics, journalism, agriculture)? (ER, TCC, CC, PADM)
Specific Outcome 7.2.5.11 - How did immigrants from eastern Europe contribute to the development of western Canada (i.e., health, education, churches, commerce, politics, journalism, agriculture)? (CC, ER, TCC, PADM)
Specific Outcome 7.2.5.15 - How were the needs of varied populations considered through the creation of Alberta and of Saskatchewan? (LPP, TCC, PADM)
Specific Outcome 7.2.5.16 - What were the underlying reasons for the negotiation of the numbered treaties? (C, I, LPP, TCC)
Specific Outcome 7.2.6.4 - What challenges and opportunities have emerged as a result of increases in the Aboriginal population in western Canada? (LPP, CC, C, I)
Specific Outcome 7.2.6.5 - How has the Official Languages Act contributed to bilingualism in Canada? (PADM, C, I)
Specific Outcome 7.2.6.6 - How have Canadian immigration policies contributed to increased diversity and multiculturalism within the Canadian population? (PADM, GC, C, I)
Specific Outcome 7.2.6.7 - What strategies and conditions are needed for the Franco-Albertan community to counter assimilation? (CC, I, PADM)
Specific Outcome 7.2.7.4 - What effects have La Société Radio-Canada (SRC) and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) had on Canadian identity? (I)
C Citizenship
ER Economics and Resources
CC Culture and Community
I Identity
LPP The Land: Places and People
GC Global Connections
TCC Time, Continuity and Change
PADM Power, Authority, and Decision Making
Last updated: July 1, 2014 | (Revision History)
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