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Reactions to Confederation

Create a special edition, Confederation issue, newspaper that shows how the different groups in British North America reacted to the news of Confederation.


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Specific Outcomes

This critical challenge may address these outcomes:

Specific Outcome 7.1.1 - Students will appreciate the influence of diverse Aboriginal, French and British peoples on events leading to Confederation
Specific Outcome 7.1.2 - Students will appreciate the challenge of co-existence among peoples
Specific Outcome 7.1.6.9 - To what extent was Confederation an attempt to provide the populations of Québec and Ontario with increased control over their own affairs? (PADM, LPP, TCC)
Specific Outcome 7.1.6.10 - To what extent was Confederation an attempt to strengthen the Maritime colonies? (GC, TCC, LPP)
Specific Outcome 7.2.6.1 - What were the reasons for, and consequences of, Newfoundland's joining Confederation? (PADM, TCC, I)
Specific Outcome 7.2.6.2 - How did joining Confederation impact the citizens of Newfoundland? (C, I, PADM)
Specific Outcome 7.S.1.5 - Generate creative ideas and strategies in individual and group activities
Specific Outcome 7.S.2.1 - Analyze historical issues in order to form or support an opinion
Specific Outcome 7.S.2.3 - Explain the historical contexts of key events of a given time period
Specific Outcome 7.S.2.5 - Create a simulation or a model, using technology that permits the making of inferences
Specific Outcome 7.S.7.1 - Develop a position supported by information gathered through research
Specific Outcome 7.S.7.2 - Draw conclusions based upon research and evidence
Specific Outcome 7.S.7.4 - Organize and synthesize researched information
Specific Outcome 7.S.7.9 - Plan and conduct a search, using a wide variety of electronic sources
Specific Outcome 7.S.7.10 - Demonstrate the advanced search skills necessary to limit the number of hits desired for online and offline databases; for example, the use of "and" or "or" between search topics and the choice of appropriate search engines for the topic
Specific Outcome 7.S.7.11 - Develop a process to manage volumes of information that can be made available through electronic sources
Specific Outcome 7.S.7.12 - Evaluate the relevance of electronically accessed information to a particular topic
Specific Outcome 7.S.7.13 - Make connections among related, organized data and assemble various pieces into a unified message
Specific Outcome 7.S.7.14 - Refine searches to limit sources to a manageable number
Specific Outcome 7.S.7.15 - Analyze and synthesize information to produce an original work
Specific Outcome 7.S.9.3 - Students will examine techniques used to enhance the authority and authenticity of media messages
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
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