Relationships with People:Demographics + Daily Life

“What are the patterns and exceptions of daily life in 19th Century Canada?”

Class ObjectivesEstablish familiarity with major political, social and economic events and movements of 1815-1914.Establish familiarity of major demographic indicators of the period.Establish the sense of multiple experiences based on gender, ethnicity, social status.

“What are the patterns and exceptions of daily life in 19th Century Canada?”

TimelineUsing the text, general knowledge or any other resources of your choice, complete a timeline of the major Social, Political and Economic events of the time.You may add events/trends to the list.You should find a way to code whether the events were social, political and/or economic.

Political Context

Colony

Colonialism

Power and Dominance

Pg 45

Demographics TodayDemographics are: “statistical data relating to the population and particular groups within it.”

Demographics TodayDemographics are: “statistical data relating to the population and particular groups within it.”

Using Statistics Canada, find evidence of the above.

http://www.statcan.gc.ca

What are the major population indicators of Canada today?

- Gender- Total population- Ethnic identification

Demographics of 19th Century

Demographics are: “statistical data relating to the population and particular groups within it.”Keep in mind this is a period of dramatic change.

Demographics Trends of Canada

Demographics are: “statistical data relating to the population and particular groups within it.”

Growth through immigration (internal and immigration)AgingDiversity

Source: http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/91513/Canada/43287/Demographic-trends

In a jigsaw, you are part of two groupsYour Home Base Group (44-45)Your Expert Group

Steps1. Get into your Home Base Group. Divide

up reading roles so that everyone goes to a different Expert Group.

2. Leave your Home Base Group, and go find your Expert Group. Do the task. Become an Expert.

3. Come back to your Home Base Group and share what you became an expert in.

JigSaw Reading

Expert Groups:1. Upper Canada/Colonists

49-502. Immigrant experience

57-593. Black Canadians

60-614. Immigrant women

62-645. Aboriginal peoples

93-966. Fur trade

126-287. Metis

138-142

What are the patterns and

exceptions to Daily Life in Canada* in the

19th Century?

Patterns

Exceptions

Who is not included here?

Questions

JigSaw Reading

Expert Groups:1. Upper

Canada/Colonists2. Immigrant

experience3. Black Canadians4. Immigrant women5. Aboriginal peoples6. Fur trade7. Metis

What are the patterns and

exceptions to Daily Life in Canada* in the

19th Century?

PrepRead pages 42-64 with the guiding question:“What are the patterns and exceptions of daily life in 19th Century Canada?”