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Educational Resources
Building a Nation
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Student Handouts : 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Sources Sheet
Main Sources:
Library and Archives Canada's Confederation for Kids website
(for ages 9 to 13)
www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/confederation/kids
Library and Archives Canada's Canadian Confederation website
(for ages 12 and up)
www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/confederation/
Other useful sites on Confederation:
Library and Archives Canada's Constitutional Evolution website
http://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/200/301/lac-bac/constitution-ef/0511/0511_e.html
Early Canadiana Online: Canada in the Making
www.canadiana.org/citm/
The Canadian Encyclopedia Online (Historica)
www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=HomePage&Params=A1
- Read the histories of each of the provinces
- Read also the section on Confederation
Discovery School Homework Help: Confederation of Canada
http://school.discovery.com/homeworkhelp/worldbook/atozhistory/c/129160.html
Primary Sources:
The British North America Act of 1867:
laws.justice.gc.ca/en/const/index.html
Search Early Canadiana Online using the subject terms:
- Confederation
- British North America Act
- Constitution
- Politics and Government
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