4C & 4D had a great time walking to Vivo and participating in swimming lessons this week! Bowling forms also went home on Tuesday for our upcoming trip to the Bowling Depot on Friday, May 24th—completed forms and the $10 payment are due by next Thursday. In humanities, students continued to learn about the settlement of the West. The building of the railway saw the mass killing of the buffalo on the Prairies—the main source of food for the First Nations people. With many starving, the government thought the problem could be solved if First Nations people changed to a farming way of life. The government began talking to the First Nations about making treaties—if they would move onto reserves, the government promised to provide food, health care, farm equipment, and schools. Students learned that three treaties were signed in Alberta (Treaty 6 in 1876, Treaty 7 in 1877, and Treaty 8 in 1899). We discussed different perspectives of the treaties—First Nations viewed a treaty as a solemn and sacred promise, and the government viewed them as legal documents. With the treaties, there was a loss of culture, language, and identity for the First Nations peoples. The Métis were offered scrip—a coupon that they could exchange for land or money. The system was not explained well so many Métis didn’t realize that by taking scrip they were letting the government take over their lands for settlement. Many Métis were taken advantage of by others and were left with no land and no money. Students answered questions based on our discussion using the textbook to assist them. We also discussed the government’s efforts to attract new immigrants to the vast amounts of land in the West. The government decided to offer free land to some of the people who agreed to immigrate. They sent posters to be displayed in different parts of the world, telling people about the land in Canada’s West. In return for the free land, settlers had to agree to live on it for 3 years, to build a house there, and to prepare the land for farming. All that the settlers had to pay was a $10 registration fee. By the mid-1890s, thousands of settlers were coming to Alberta. We watched a short storyboard animation from the National Film Board, about living in early Canada (attached below). It traces a family’s resettlement from Ontario to south-west Manitoba in the 1890s, and shows the many challenges they faced in their first year as new homesteaders. We also continued with the book talk presentations and will finish up with them next week! Have a wonderful weekend! —Ms. Jagger
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