This course is a survey of Canada's political, economic, and social development from before European contact to 1867.
Credits: 3
Hours: 45 (Lecture Hours: 3)
Total Weeks:15
Prerequisites:
None
Non-Course Prerequisites:
None
Co-Requisites:
None
Course Content:
Understanding Politics
This course will cover the following themes:
I. European Contact to 1760
- First Peoples
- European Exploration and Contact
- European Colonization: Newfoundland
- European Colonization: New France, 1604-1632
- New France: Traders and Missionaries, 1632-1663
- New France: Royal Rule and Administrative Reforms
- New France: Immigration, Settlement, and Development
- New France: Society in the 18th Century
- Imperial Rivalry and Conflict
II. British North America, 1760 – 1867
- Canada Under British Rule, 1760-1774
- The American Revolution and the Loyalists, 1775-1791
- Lower Canada: Road to Rebellion, 1791-1840
- Upper Canada: Family Compact, Reform, and Rebellion, 1791-1840
- The Maritimes to 1860
- The Northwest to 1860
- The Pacific Coast to 1860
- The Union of the Canadas: Political Developments
- The Union of the Canadas: Economic Developments
- Toward Confederation
Learning Outcomes:
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
- Identify the major First Nation groups in Canada before contact
- Explain how contact affected native peoples differently
- Describe the arrivals of the European explorers
- Identify the different goals of English and French newcomers and account for how that affected their attitudes to the land
- Account for and describe how different wars between France and England affected Canada
- Describe and analyze the Expulsion of the Acadians
- Describe British Conquest of New France
- Explain how the American Revolution changed the structure of Canada
- Describe the War of 1812
- Explain what social, political and economic themes influenced the 1837 Rebellions
- Analyze why the four colonies decided to join in Confederation
Attitudes:
- Demonstrate a willingness to work in a group, and to listen in a courteous manner to opposing arguments, while still voicing individual ideas.
Skills:
- Identify arguments in historical texts
- Contrast and compare historical arguments in texts on similar topics but with different arguments
- Write essays using academic language and structure
- Present a group work before the class
- Prepare a powerpoint presentation
Technologies:
- Become familiar with the web-based program, Desire2Learn, and access, download, and upload documents.
Grading System: Letters
Passing Grade: D (50%)
Percentage of Individual Work: 100
Additional Course Comments:
The essay assignments must be submitted through the d2L dropbox, which automatically also screens the text using Turnitin, a text-matching program that detects faulty paraphrasing. In order to avoid plagiarism charges, students will have opportunity to screen their essays through Turnitin before submitting for marking.
Textbooks:
Textbooks are subject to change. Please contact the bookstore at your local campus for current books lists.