Fathers of Confederation Grades 4-8

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.

Study the group of individuals who helped bring about confederation, the different backgrounds and personalities that influenced the development of this great nation, and the trials they endured to bring about the joining of these diverse geographical areas.

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 didunderstand the reasons for their actionsdemonstrate knowledge of the political situation in Canada at the time of Confederationbe able to analyze the reasons used for forming a union of British North American coloniesunderstand the significance of Confederation on their own lives

Information with Follow-up worksheets on the following Fathers of Confederation:

Sir John A. MacdonaldGeorge BrownSir Adams George ArchibaldSir Alexander Campbell and Sir Frederic CarterSir George-Etienne Cartier and Edward Barron ChandlerJean-Charles Chapais and George ColesJames Cockburn, Robert Barry Dickey and Charles FisherSir Alexander T. Galt(Lt. Col.) John Hamilton Gray, John Hamilton Gray and Thomas Heath HavilandWilliam Alexander Henry, Sir William Pearce Howland and John Mercer JohnsonSir Hector-Louis Langevin, Andrew Archibald MacDonald and Jonathan McCullyWilliam McDougallThomas D'Arcy McGeePeter Mitchell and Sir Oliver MowatEdward PalmerWilliam Henry PopeJohn William Ritchie and Sir Ambrose SheaWilliam Henry Steeves and Sir Etienne-Paschal TacheSir Samuel Leonard Tilley and Sir Charles TupperEdward Whelan and Robert Ducan Wilmot