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Charles Tupper Secondary School Social Studies 10

Louis Riel and the Red River Rebellion

Louis Riel was born in ______________ (year) in

____________________________________ (place, region)

He was of _________________ and _____________________ decent

Riel spent his first years of his life ________________________

Riel left to go to
______________________________________________________________________

He was fluent in ____________________and _______________

Riel returned to the Red River in __________________(year) because
________________________________________________________________________________________________

1869

Surveyors were looking at the land for the transfer to Canada and Riel
decided to _____________________________________________________________
Riel formed the _____________________________________________________________

Riels Goal was to
_________________________________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________

What happened at Fort Garry?
_________________________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________________________

Provisional government means: _________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________________________

The Metis were afraid of conflict with the Canadian Party as they were already
arming against the Metis and Riel decided to attack them at
_________________________________________________________________________________________________
and arrest ____________________ (number) of the supporters and bring them to
_________________________________.

One of the captured supporters was __________________________ (name). He upset the
Metis because ________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________.

The Metis decided to ______________________________________.

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The reaction to Scotts death was
___________________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________________________.


The Metis list of rights was
_________________________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________________________

The Canadian government decided to allow the province to join Canada. They called
the province _______________________________________ and it became officially part of
Canada in ____________________________________.

Some of the rights given to this new province included:






Riel left the Red River because ____________________________________________________________.
He went to _______________________________(place) for the next ____________________ (years).

Homework

Read page 158 of the textbook for a refresher on the events leading up to the
rebellion and answer the following question:
Were the Mtis justified in seizing Fort Garry? Write a paragraph defending
this action from the Mtis point of view, and a paragraph describing it from
the Canadian governments point of view

Next Class Project

The execution of Thomas Scott has recently taken place. There are many people
who are upset with Louis Riel over the events during the Red River Rebellion,
especially the execution of Scott. Your group works for a newspaper and must
publish a report on the events. You will either be assigned a group that will need to
publish a pro-Metis and pro-Riel article and picture, or a newspaper that is anti-
Metis and anti-Riel.

Depending on the perspective you will be assigned, you will choose an appropriate
heading, article and photo to add to your article. You will present your information
on a poster to the rest of the class.

Consider the events leading up to the rebellion to properly describe what happened
and why you either condemn or support Riels actions.

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For next class: you already know which perspective you will be taking- come in
with ideas for your group!

If you have markers or pencil crayons, bring them in so you can colour your poster.
I will bring in poster paper for each group.

This is how you will be marked:

Group aspect (10 marks)
Your participation in the group (5 marks)
o On task
o Contributing ideas
o Either facilitating or writing/drawing on the poster
Presentation of your ideas (5 marks)
o All group members should take some role in the presentation
o For those who have anxiety with presentations, please come speak to
me ahead of time***
Self-assessment of your participation in group work and presentation (will
be averaged out with my assessment of your participation)

Poster aspect (5 marks)
Poster includes all of the following
o Title/Heading (1 mark)
o Writing describing the events and clear indication of pro/anti Riel
attitudes (2 marks)
o Some image representing the viewpoint (1 mark)

Individual aspect (10 marks)
After your group has presented the poster, each of you will write a reflection
Your reflection must include
o Your understanding of the causes of the Red River Rebellion
Describe the causes of the Rebellion by discussing the events
leading up to it (3 marks)
o Explanation of how you were able to show anti/pro Riel attitudes on
your poster what words did you use? What image did you decide to
use? How were you able to use bias? (3 marks)
o Your personal opinion on whether Riel was justified in his actions
against the Canadian Party (was the conflict unavoidable?) and
whether you feel the Canadian government was right in wanting to
capture Riel. (4 marks)
o Your individual part will be due next week! (Tuesday for block A,
Wednesday for block H)

This project will be /25 marks altogether. It will go toward your term two mark on
your report card!