The purpose of this reenactment is to help students gain a better understanding of HOW people in early Canada were affected by political, economical and military events. The following are questions that are from the Program of Studies that will be answered either during the research process and the post reenactment. Each student will be required to complete their own answers based on the research they found on the topic, as well as the reenactment.
What was the role and intent of Chief Pontiac in controlling British forts?
How was the Royal Proclamation of 1763 an attempt to achieve compromise between the Aboriginal peoples, the French and the British?
How did the Québec Act of 1774 contribute to the foundations of Canada as an officially bilingual country?
What was the role of Chief Tecumseh in the War of 1812?
How did the War of 1812 contribute to British identity in Canada?
How did the War of 1812 contribute to defining Canada's political boundaries?
The object of the game is to take over as much territory as possible
There are going to be a number of locations around the campground that can be claimed.
To determine who “owns that land already”, there will be a flag that corresponds to the group that owns that land. If there is no flag on the pole, then it is free for the taking.
After your team has claimed land, someone must be close to guard the territory or else the team may lose that land.
Every team will have a number of elastics that are life -- 1 elastic = 1 life
You are dead after all your lives are gone (elastics are gone)
When you are tagged, there are 3 possible outcomes
Go to jail with the person who tagged you - 1 hand touch
Lose one life, give up an elastic - 2 hand touch
You die and need to go to the medic to be brought back to life - If all your elastics are gone
To gain your life back, you must have someone take you back to your campsite and you will need to get one new elastic.
If team A takes Team B’s elastic, team A can either:
keep the elastic and add it to their lives
Give the elastic to someone on their team who has lost their life on the field or is close to losing all their lives
Give it to the medic to keep for when others, on their own team, lose their lives.
Each team has created their own strategy to take over more land/area.
How was the Great Migration of 1815-1850 in Upper Canada and Lower Canada an attempt to confirm British identity in the Province of Canada?
How was the Act of Union of 1840 an attempt to resolve the issues raised by the 1837 and 1838 Rebellions in Lower Canada and Upper Canada?
To what extent was Confederation an attempt to provide the populations of Québec and Ontario with increased control over their own affairs?
To what extent was Confederation an attempt to strengthen the Maritime colonies?