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It is expected that students will:
D1 Assess the impact of Macdonald’s National Policy on Canada
Students who have fully met the prescribed learning outcome are able to:
- describe the elements of Macdonald’s National Policy, including:
− protective tariffs (a current relevent commentary)
− CPR
− settlement of the West
- describe the goals of the National Policy, including
− expansion of agricultural production
− creation of new markets for manufactured goods
− expansion of trade
− protection of the national economy
- analyse the positive and negative consequences of the elements of the National Policy in terms of protective tariffs, the CPR, and settlement of the West
Resources:
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D2
Analyse the influence of the following on Canada’s economy from 1815 to 1914
− resource development and decline
− technological innovations
- analyse the impact of the rise and decline of the fur trade and gold rushes on Canada’s economy
- analyse the effects of technological innovation on settlement and employment patterns within regions of Canada, including
− transport technology (e.g., steamships, railway, canals)
– communications (e.g., telegraph, newspapers)
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D3 Describe the development of British Columbia’s economy from 1815 to 1914
- identify the emergent resource-based industries in British Columbia,(brief overview) including
− logging (Capilano Timber Company Collection at UBC) ( Macmillan Bloedel Archives)
− mining (coal)
− fisheries
− agriculture (virtual tour of historic fishing and farming in Steveston)
- describe the shift in British Columbia’s trade patterns from north-south (USA) and overseas (Britain) to east-west (within Canada)
RESOURCE
Working Lives is an integrated, cross-curricular, multi-level resource package with materials focusing on the economic history of B.C. during the province’s first 100 years of growth and development. Ten traditional and original folk songs tell the personal stories of workers involved in the mining, forestry, fishing and transportation industries.
