Canada's Fathers of Confederation Grades 4-8 Biographies and Follow-up Worksheets

About this curriculum

Students will learn about each of the father's of confederation. This group of individuals helped bring about Canada's confederation. Each of their different backgrounds and personalities influenced the development of Canada, and the trials they endured to bring about the joining of these diverse geographical areas. On July 1, 1867, Upper and Lower Canada, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia entered into a union known as a confederation and became the country now known as Canada. At the end of this unit of study, students will: understand the meaning of the term "Fathers of Confederation" know who the Fathers of Canadian Confederation were and what they did understand the reasons for their actions demonstrate knowledge of the political situation in Canada at the time of Confederation be able to analyze the reasons used for forming a union of British North American colonies understand the significance of Confederation on their own lives Information with Follow-up worksheets on the following Fathers of Confederation: Sir John A. Macdonald George Brown Sir Adams George Archibald Sir Alexander Campbell and Sir Frederic Carter Sir George-Etienne Cartier and Edward Barron Chandler…