Unit 3

After Confederation

  Skill Builders Targets

Chapter 8 Overview


At the end of Chapter 8, you should be able to answer the following questions:

  1. In what way did the MĂ©tis have an effect on the development of Western Canada?
  2. What issue did the MĂ©tis uprisings in the West raise for Canada?
  3. What consequences did Canada’s response to the uprisings have for Canadian society?
You will use Chapter 8: The MĂ©tis from the textbook, Voices and Visions: A Story of Canada
  • Lesson 1: pages 168 to 176
  • Lesson 2: pages 177 to 184
  • Lesson 3: pages 185 to 186
  • Lesson 4: pages 187 to 192

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Would you like to know what “The Forks” were? How about Fort Garry?

Read about this and more about the disappearing way of life for the MĂ©tis at the First Peoples of Canada website.