What items are we getting from Africa? What product creates the need for these materials today. What were all the furs being used for back then?
Try to organize your discussion around push and pull factors. The pull factors might still be similar as Canada represents freedom for the Irish and Blacks. Today people come here for freedom too. Push factors might be similar too.
Just remember that Charley’s story happens in the US. For conditions in Canada, you might want to look at the book we read about Windsor.
For identity, I think what Canada meant to people in the 1800s is still part of our identity today as a place of freedom. With the fur trade, we picture the wilderness and an economy based off of the land, people still see us this way.
What items are we getting from Africa? What product creates the need for these materials today. What were all the furs being used for back then?
Try to organize your discussion around push and pull factors. The pull factors might still be similar as Canada represents freedom for the Irish and Blacks. Today people come here for freedom too. Push factors might be similar too.
Just remember that Charley’s story happens in the US. For conditions in Canada, you might want to look at the book we read about Windsor.
For identity, I think what Canada meant to people in the 1800s is still part of our identity today as a place of freedom. With the fur trade, we picture the wilderness and an economy based off of the land, people still see us this way.