There are numerous follow-up activities for you, the student, to. The website: http://www.HistoryTelevision.ca/ contains a variety of games and lessons that you can use for further projects. Also, make sure that you videotape or buy the series Canada: A people's history. It is a great documentary, designed by the government of Canada, which tells of how we became a country. You can view more details at: http://history.cbc.ca/history/ A great exercise you could do is stage a play showing how Canada became a country. Have classmates play the roles of the Fathers of Confederation or any other key figure. Design it so that it could become a comedy, showing the satirical side of history.
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