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Warm ups 10.03.2016*Use three adjectives (descriptive words) to describe the Northern Territories of Canada.
*Use three adjectives to describe the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence provinces.
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Lesson Objective:*identify historical roots of Canada’s major cultural groups
*describe Canada’s policy of welcoming diversity while promoting unity
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Canada’s National Identity*many people identify more with their regional or ethnic culture, rather than the nation as a whole
*most have British or French ancestors (about 40% and 27%, respectively)
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First Canadians*the ancestors of the Inuit were the first people to migrate to North America thousands of years ago
*these people adapted to a wide range of environments
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How Did They Get Here?*the most commonly accepted theory is that the first humans in North America arrived from Asia via the Bering Land Bridge
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Diversity of First Nations
*some settled in along the Pacific Coast, some were nomadic hunters in the Arctic North, while others established permanent settlements along the Great Lakes and grew crops
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Diversity of First Nations
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Colonial Rivalries*the French and British fought each other in four different wars between 1689 and 1763
*the final one was the French and Indian War, sometimes referred to as the Seven Years War
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French and Indian War
*What was the end result of the war?
*This war also had a role in leading the U.S. into rebelling against England
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Ties to Britain*Canada remained under direct British rule until they were given the right to form their own government in 1867
*Canada became totally independent in 1931, although the British monarch is still their symbolic ruler
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Conflict Between Two Cultures*when France lost its empire in what is now Canada, around 70,000 French colonists remained in the area
*since then, the French-Canadian population has grown to make up about 25% of Canada’s population
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Multiculturalism*the British government passed laws in 1774 to ensure that French Canadians could maintain their own laws, language, and culture
*this continued when Canada became independent, but today many French-Canadians feel discriminated against by the English speaking majority
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Separatism*many people in Quebec (the province with the majority of French-Canadians) wanted to separate from Canada and become their own country
*the vote narrowly kept them a part of Canada (50.58% voted to remain in Canada, and 49.42% voted to become independent)
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Pros and Cons of Separatism*Let’s brainstorm a list of pros and cons of the Quebecois separatist movement.
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Welcoming Diversity, Promoting Unity*Canada has a history of welcoming immigrants from all over the world
*their practice of multiculturalism and being welcoming of other people is something that they take great pride in
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Welcoming Refugees*Canada has agreed to welcome 35,000 Syrian refugees
*their goal is to take in 57,000 refugees from various countries in 2016
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Welcoming Refugees*to compare that, the U.S. has agreed to accept 10,000 Syrian refugees, but is well behind that number
*Do you think that the U.S. should take a more welcoming stance toward refugees, like Canada does?
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Islamaphobia in the U.S.?*Questions to ponder:
Does keeping refugees out keep our society safer?
Or, would being a more open and welcoming society help build better relationships with other cultures around the globe?http://www.cnn.com/2016/09/23/us/islamerica-secret-costs-islamophobia/index.html