Grades: 5-12
Courses
Courses
- British Columbia History
- Pre-Confederation Canadian History
- British North American Colonial History
- Aboriginal History Pacific Northwest
- The creation of the Colony of British Columbia
- The Fraser Canyon and Cariboo Gold Rushes
- Primary and secondary source analysis
- Historical causation
What Were the Real Reasons for Creating the Colony of British Columbia?
All support materials for this curriculum challenge in one PDF (large download).
Primary Documents
Background Information
- #2 Immediate and Underlying Causes of the Accident (PDF)
- #3 Factors in the Creation of the Colony of British Columbia (PDF)
- #6 Sample: Reading Around a Document (PDF)
- #8 Sample: Identifying Evidence about Causes (PDF)
- #11 Writing a Despatch to the Colonial Office (PDF)
Activity Sheets
- #1 Looking for Causes (PDF)
- #5 Reading Around a Document (PDF)
- #7 Identifying Evidence about Causes (PDF)
- #9 Relative Importance of the Causes (PDF)
Assessment Rubrics
Other Resources
