Saturday, February 14, 2009

Lesson 13: A Treaty, A Rebellion and A Proclamation

Ottawa Tribal Chief, Pontiac


A. The First Winter under the British
1) Primary Texts:
MFHC: 11.1 (&2)
Canadian History for Dummies, p. 131-133, "Aftermath," "Canada under British Military Rule," and "1763: The Treaty of Paris"

2) Map(s): Compare this map, "Boundaries as claimed in 1754 at Beginning of French and Indian War," to this map "British Era, 1763-1775." What land was given to the British by the Treaty?

3) Activities: none

4) Time-line Figure or image: James Murray from The Encyclopedia of Canada
placement: 1760

5) Supplemental readings:
Non-Fiction:
A transcript of the Treaty of Paris at the Ohio History Central website.

A nice table depicting the swap of territories in the Treaty of 1763.

Canadian Encyclopedia, youth edition:

book(s) from library:

More books (not previewed. Some may be out of print).


B. Pontiac's Rebellion
1) Primary Texts:
MFHC: 11:3
Canadian History for Dummies: pp. 133-134 "The Pontiac Rebellion"

Video: Episode

2) Map(s): The map mentioned above "British Era, 1763-1775" also shows the Forts captured by Pontiac.

3) Activities: Play Lacrosse. How-To from Wiki how

4) Time-line Figure or image: Pontiac
placement: 1763

5) Supplemental readings:
Non-Fiction:
From Google Books: The Child's History of Canada by Henry H. Miles Ch. 43 (or google pdf pages 122-124)

From Canada: Peeps at History by Beatrice Home THE EARLY YEARS OF THE ENGLISH DOMINION IN CANADA (this selection proceeds rather rapidly to the war of 1812. A slower, more leisurely account of Pontiac's war can be found in Indian History for Young Folks, by Francis S. Drake: PONTIAC'S WAR.

Enchanted Learning has a nice little biography of Chief Pontiac.

Canadian Encyclopedia, youth edition:


book(s) from library:

More books (not previewed. Some may be out of print).

C. The Royal Proclamation
1) Primary Texts:
Canadian History for Dummies: pp. 134-135 "The Royal Proclamation,"
pp. 136-137, "Canada Under Civil Rule"


2) Map(s): Once again, the map mentioned above, "British Era, 1763-1775".

3) Activities:

4) Time-line Figure or image:
placement:

5) Supplemental readings:

Canadian Encyclopedia, youth edition:

book(s) from library:

More books (not previewed. Some may be out of print).

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