November 25

1. Please get into groups
 Group 1: (Front Left) Jake, Maggie, Sammie, Josh N
 Group 2: (Front Middle) Carson, Shaye, Maddy, Amanda
 Group 3: (Front Right) Josh D, Jarred, Shaylin, Kiana
 Group 4: (Middle) Jaedyn, Marin, Zach, Kiel, Kevin
 Group 5: (Back Left) Ella, Alyssa, Anika, Sam, Simon
 Group 6: (Back Middle) Tanya, Thomas, Dawson, Brendan
 Group 7:(Back Right) Kaitlyn, Mary, Charlie, Clare

2. Métis Movement and the National
Policy

3. The National Dream.
• John A.
Macdonald’s
dream: Canada
from the Atlantic to
the Pacific Ocean.
• 1871 BC joins
Confederation.
• Macdonald’s
.
National Policy is
his formula to build
Canada.

4. Follow the formula to build a Country
 The National Policy has 3 pieces
 1. Protective Tariffs
 2. Western Settlement
 3. The Canadian Pacific Railway

5. Protective Tariffs
Protect
Canadian
industry from
American
goods
 Eastern
Manufacturing

6. Western Settlement
Farmers in the
prairies grow
crops for export
back East.
The west needed
to farm so the
East could
develop its
manufacturing.

7. The CPR: at all costs
 A huge part of the
National Policy
 Needed to
transport goods
across the
country
 Most important
item on the
political agenda

8. After the Manitoba Act
 Métis were promised 1.4 million acres when
Manitoba joined Canada.
 They were NOT given title to the lands they were
on.
 Instead in 1876 they got SCRIP, a piece of paper
that could be sold for cash, or registered for
land… in square plots, not along the river.

9. Métis move West
 Why were the Métis
leaving?
 Didn't value (or
understand) scrip.
 Land speculators took
advantage. Bought scrip
at low prices from Métis

10. Métis start again
 Head to Saskatchewan to join existing
Metis communities.
 Gabriel Dumont is a leader is this new
community

11. Surveyors Again !!???!!?!?!?!
Canada sends
surveyors to plot out
land for MORE
western settlers and
the Railway.
 On the British grid
system threatens
how they do things.

12. Comic Book Time: On Your Own.
 You have 20 min to
read and summarize
the comic strip.
 Ask yourself what
happened in the
comic?
 These will be collected
after you share them
with your group.

13. Discussion Group Work
 In your group talk about your summaries. Then as a
group come up with 2 questions that we will go over
as a class. You will have 10 min.
 One question Must be BIG PICTURE
Example: Did the Merger of the HBC and NWC make
relationships better or worse for the Metis in Red River?
 The other must be FACTUAL
Example: What was the Pemmican Proclamation?
When you are done write your questions on the
board.

14. Check your Understanding
Are you RIELatively confident?
 Which parts of
the National
Policy are at
work here?
 Can you identify
any causes for
the Northwest
Rebellion?