Chapter 5 Lesson 5 Inquiry

Inquiry

How did horses, the North West Mounted Police, and the railroad

change the ways of life in the Interior Plains?

 The CPR

This is a lesson with multiple resources that will take more than a day to complete.

1. Textbook
• Read page 137.
• Read pages 139 - 141.
• Read pages 142 - 143.
  
  
2. Websites
   
• Why the North West Mounted Police were Formed
• North West Mounted Police
• Collections Canada: Transportation
• RCMP Canada
• History of the RCMP
  
• Sam Steele
• NWMP Uniforms
• Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan: Canadian Pacific Railway
• Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan: Transportation
  
  
3. Videos
• Heritage Minute radio minute: Sam Steele
• Canadian Pacific Railway
• Fort Walsh National Historic Site, Saskatchewan
  
  

Compare the requirements to join the NWMP and those to join the RCMP today, given on page 141 of your textbook.  Are there many differences?

Notebook

Click here to download, save to your Unit 5 Notebook, and use the Interior Plains Changes Chart to keep track of your observations as you pursue this inquiry.

• Click here for the printer-friendly version of the file. 

 Digging Deeper

You may enjoy reading about Sam Steele in library books:

Sam Steele: The Wild West Adventures of Canada’s Most Famous Mountie by Holly Quan

On the Case by Frieda Wishinsky

Footsteps in the Snow: The Red River Diary of Isobel Scott by Carol Mattas (Scholastic 2002).

When you feel confident about the information you explored in this inquiry, complete the Lesson 5 Self-Check on the following page.