Unit 4

After Confederation - Part 2

Activity

1. Download the lesson summary, Canada Today.
   Please save your work to a file on your desktop so you will have a copy to refer back to.


2. Click on one of the links provided to download the document.
   
• You will then be able to view the Canada Today worksheet.
  
  



Read

1. Complete the questions in the lesson summary as you read the assigned textbook pages and watch the video for this lesson.


2. Read pages 312 to 330 in your textbook.
   
• In the 1960s, the government stopped favouring immigrants from Britain, Europe, and the United States and opened its borders to immigrants from other countries. Canada needed new immigration to maintain economic growth.
• Aboriginal populations began to rise in the 1920s, and today First nations are among the fastest growing population groups in Western Canada.
• First Nations are eager to find their own solutions to the challenges facing them. They want to implement self-government that would allow them to make many decisions and control institutions in their communities.


• Nearly 60 000 people whose first language is French live in Alberta. How have they tried to maintain their culture in Alberta?
  
  
• Urbanization has occurred as large numbers of people moved into cities throughout Canada. Why have so many people moved to the cities instead of staying on farms?


3.  Watch the video, "Living and Learning in a Bilingual Country" (in the green box below).
   
   
4. Submit your completed lesson summary on the next page.