A Performance View of Multiple Understandings

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A Performance View of Multiple Understandings

• Concept Connect failed British attempts to
  assimilate New France with rising issues in the
  13 Colonies and the move to bi-culturalism with
  the Quebec Act of 1774 and its connection with
  the current Canadian political landscape.
• (In other words explain how the American
  Revolution contributed to our current issues with
  Quebec in Canada.)

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A Performance View of Multiple Understandings

• Attention
• Social Split the class into groups, one to
  discuss the pros of assimilation and of
  bi-culturalism as it relates to the work that
  Governors Carlton and Murray were tasked to
  carry out.
• Aesthetic Have the class read the poem
  Evangeline and discuss the issue of forced
  assimilation and how it relates to British
  decisions impacting the Quebec Act.

• Activity
• Social Have the class look at the concessions
  that Murray and Carlton made during their terms
  and how their experience could have impacted
  Englands approach to the Quebec Act in light of
  agitation in the 13 Colonies.
• Aesthetic Have students draft a Resolution as
  their own version of the Quebec Act to try and
  meet the goals of bringing the French onside and
  containing the American colonies.

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A Performance View of Multiple Understandings

• Assesment
• Students can clearly relate the change in British
  policy toward New France with the need for
  shoring up alliances in North America in light of
  a possible uprising in the 13 Colonies.
• In a class discussion students can verbally
  demonstrate the connection between the American
  Revolution (and the reasons behind the Quebec
  Act) and our bi-cultural roots as they relate to
  issues in Quebec today. Bi-lingualism,
  separatism etc.