Canada's+History

**First Canadians** Notes:  Essay Question answers:  =First People of Canada Website := http://firstpeoplesofcanada.com/index.html

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Canada Explorers
A brief history of Canada's explorers: =Explorers that you should know about:= The Vikings Christopher Columbus John Cabot Giovanni da Verrazano Jacques Cartier Samuel de Champlain

French and Indian War:

 * Cause || Effect ||
 * ==== 1. France and Britain had a long history of being enemies. ==== || ====French and British are going to fight in North America.==== ||
 * ====2. France and Britain claimed the same land in Canada.==== || ====Led to fighting for land and competition in the fur trade.==== ||
 * ====3. British took Huron land.====

France and Britain became allies with the Native Indians.
|| ====Native Americans attacked rival tribes and settlers====

(Huron and French) (Iroquois and British)
|| =BrainPop : French and Indian War=

War of 1812:
Americans and British Face off in War of 1812

<span style="color: #0081ff; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 18px;">Canada Views <span style="color: #0081ff; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 18px;">The Fight For Canada (1min)

The War of 1812 government website

<span style="color: #0081ff; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 18px;">US views <span style="color: #0081ff; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 18px;">Crash Course <span style="color: #0081ff; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 15px;">(7:45-8:30, 9:45-11:05)

<span style="color: #0081ff; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 18px;">The War of 1812 in a minute

<span style="color: #0081ff; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 18px;">This is The War of 1812 (6min)

<span style="color: #0081ff; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 18px;">PBS America, The War of 1812 (2min)

<span style="color: #0081ff; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 18px;">War of 1812 results (2:20)

<span style="color: #0081ff; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 18px;">Reenactment

EVENTS <span style="color: #7cda74; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 1.033em; line-height: 1.5;">( <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" style="color: #7cda74; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 1.033em; line-height: 1.5;">green <span style="color: #7cda74; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 1.033em; line-height: 1.5;"> s <span style="color: #7bda74; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 1.033em; line-height: 1.5;">hee <span style="color: #7cda74; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 1.033em; line-height: 1.5;">t notes)

<span style="color: #7cda74; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 130%;">Rebellions of Upper and Lower Canada

<span style="color: #7cda74; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 130%;">Rebellion in Lower Canada

<span style="color: #7cda74; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 130%;">The Durham Report

<span style="color: #7cda74; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 130%;">British North America Act

<span style="color: #7cda74; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 130%;">British North America Act movie project

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Study Guide questions: Study Guide with answers:

Essays and sample responses:

CURRENT EVENTS/Other events in History: Halifax Explosion Canada: biggest man made explosion before the atomic bomb! Halifax Explosion video Halifax Explosion History Channel Book: __Blizzard of Glass__

Video: __Shattered City: The Halifax Explosion__

Quebec Sovereignty Movement

Free Trade: p169-170, p174-175, 177 NAFTA Fast Facts

Separatist Movement

Suffrage: US: [|Ratification of 19th Amendment, Tennessee] August 24, 1920

Canada: 1918

Canada Introduction

'Oh Canada' National Anthem with lyrics English Version French Version

= Six Physical Regions = Physical Regions Map assignment Physical Regions practice map and key

Canada Geography Assessment Rubric

** Appalachian Highlands Region **
(<span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">watch first 45 <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">sec ... shows what <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">landscape looks like in the region - forests, hills...)

<span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 170%;">Characteristics:
<span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 170%;"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">eastern part of Canada <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 170%;"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">small region <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 170%;"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">along Atlantic Ocean <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 170%;"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">smaller mountains, hills and valleys <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 170%;"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">fishing is a main business <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 170%;"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">many fishing villages, like areas in the New England states <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 170%;"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">natural resources: forests, minerals and fishing

Bay of Fundy @http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfhNjpu_IU4&feature=related @http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EnDJ6_XpGfo&feature=related @http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OP0cpXpw8yk&feature=related Reversing Falls (<span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">show from 0-1min, then again from 6:40-8. Watch to see how high the water gets as well as the direction the water goes)

Great Lakes/St. Lawrence Lowlands Region
Canal and Lock System
 * Great Lakes and a ship (minutes 4-6 are good)**
 * Erie Canal and a Yacht**

<span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 31.8167px;">Characteristics:
<span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 27.2px;"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">small, narrow region <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 27.2px;"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">many large cities <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 27.2px;">Canada's richest farmland <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 27.2px;"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">along a major river <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 27.2px;"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">easy water transportation to Atlantic Ocean

Canadian Shield

<span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 31.8167px;">Characteristics:
<span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 27.2px;"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">largest region <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 27.2px;"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">wraps around Hudson Bay <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 27.2px;"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">horseshoe shaped <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 27.2px;"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">little soil because glaciers scrapped it off <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 27.2px;"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">not much soil so no farming <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 27.2px;"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">has minerals and water to make hydroelectricity

Interior Plains

<span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 31.8167px;">Characteristics:
<span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 27.2px;"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">large region <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 27.2px;"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">east of the Rocky Mountains <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 27.2px;"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">flat, wide open areas <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 27.2px;"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">cattle raising <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 27.2px;"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">farmland (grains) in south <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 27.2px;"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">forests in the north. <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 27.2px;"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">jobs : cattle ranches, logging & mining of oil, natural gas & coal

Western Mountain Region

<span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 31.8167px;">Characteristics:
<span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 27.2px;"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">furthest west <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">in Canada <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 27.2px;"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">along western coastline <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 27.2px;">Rocky Mountains <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 27.2px;"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">plateau between 2 mountain ranges <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 27.2px;"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">mountain streams with many types of fish (salmon)

Arctic Islands

<span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 31.8167px;">Characteristics:
<span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 27.2px;"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">most northern <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">region <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 27.2px;"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">glaciers and <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">long cold winters <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 27.2px;"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">long stretches of barren land, much covered with ice <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 27.2px;"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">many minerals - hard to get and transport because of <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 27.2px;"> <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">extremely cold temperatures most of the year

Canada's Natural and Historic Treasures

**<span style="color: #e61414; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 200%;">Province / Territory Review **
<span style="color: #991e1e; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 51.2px;">B <span style="color: #991e1e; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 170%;">ritish Columbia <span style="color: #991e1e; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 51.2px;">A <span style="color: #991e1e; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 170%;">lberta <span style="color: #991e1e; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 51.2px;">S <span style="color: #991e1e; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 170%;">askatchewan <span style="color: #991e1e; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 51.2px;"> M <span style="color: #991e1e; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 170%;">anitoba <span style="color: #991e1e; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 51.2px;">O <span style="color: #991e1e; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 170%;">ntario <span style="color: #991e1e; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 51.2px;">Q <span style="color: #991e1e; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 170%;">uebec <span style="color: #991e1e; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 51.2px;">N <span style="color: #991e1e; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 170%;">ewfoundland & Labrador
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<span style="color: #991e1e; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 170%;">Nunavut is 'all of it'

<span style="color: #991e1e; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 170%;">Provinces are on the bottom row <span style="color: #991e1e; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 170%;">Territories are on the top row

Tip to remember the order of the Great Lakes from left to right
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 * = Lake Superior ||  ||= Lake Michigan ||   ||= Lake Huron ||   ||= Lake Erie ||   ||= Lake Ontario ||

Province / Territory Review Games @http://www.purposegames.com/game/396 @http://www.yourchildlearns.com/canada_map.htm
 * Provinces/Territories**

@http://pm.gc.ca/grfx/games/flash/capital_scramble_e.html @http://www.ilike2learn.com/ilike2learn/Canada/Canada%20Capitals.html
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=Canada Extensions= Empire of the Bay

Canadian Mysteries - - Where is Vinland?

Heavens! My Ship!

Iditarod