1791-1840 # 35: The demands and struggles of nationhood: Rebellions of 1837-38
Essential Questions:
Were the Rebellions of 1837-38 about nationalism or liberalism?
Why do we fight?
Note: This map is used to demonstrate the location of various documents contained already in the texts and document collection at bottom of the page at
https://secondaryhistory.learnquebec.ca/1791-1840/rebellions-of-1837-38 The map could be duplicated and augmented if used for the mapping activity suggest in that collection:
Task:
Student organize available documents in terms of time and/space:
Students begin by reading through and selecting relevant facts/documents for each of the two rebellions. They follow source links to view original sites and to gather information on the context of the fact/person/event described.
Groups could use printed versions of the documents, to sequence them each into two separate timelines of sorts, one for each rebellion.
Using a mapping tool like Cartograf, students could locate key documents for facts/people/events and located them a map.
Students compare maps of the two rebellions and explain the differences between the two rebellions in terms of people, location, causes, etc.