History (HIST) 224
History of Canada to 1867

This version of HIST 224 closed Sept. 12/02. To current version.

Delivery modes: Individualized study or grouped study
Credits: 3 - Humanities
Prerequisite: None
Precluded course: HIST 218 (HIST 224 may not be taken for credit if credit has already been obtained for HIST 218.)
Centre: Centre for State and Legal Studies
Challenge for Credit: HIST 224 has a Challenge for Credit option

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Overview

HIST 224 is designed to give students an overview of what life may have been like during various periods for different groups of residents who occupied the region we now know as Canada. The "may have been" is important here—while this course presents numerous facts, it also pays close attention to the debates among historians about how to weave the facts together.

Some of the course materials focus on the powerful decision makers in society, while others focus on the lives of ordinary people. Still others look at the interaction of the ruling elites and the masses. Throughout the course, issues of race, gender, and social class receive considerable attention since these categories played an important role in determining the life chances of individuals.

Outline

  • Unit 1 First and Second Peoples
  • Unit 2 Canada in the Period of French Colonialism
  • Unit 3 British Conquest
  • Unit 4 Establishing a "British" North America: The Atlantic Colonies and the West
  • Unit 5 Establishing a "British" North America: The Canadas
  • Unit 6 A Changing Social Order: Industrial Revolution and Confederation

Evaluation

To receive credit for HIST 224, students must achieve a course composite grade of at least 50 percent and a grade of at least 50 percent on the final examination. The weighting of the course assignments is as follows:

Exam 1 Essay Final Exam Total
20% 40% 40% 100%

Course Materials

Textbooks

Conrad, Margaret, Alvin Finkel, and Cornelius Jaenen. 1993. History of the Canadian Peoples: Beginnings to 1867. Toronto: Copp Clark Pitman.

Gaffield, Chad, ed. 1994. The Invention of Canada: Readings in Pre-Confederation History. Toronto: Copp Clark Pitman.

Other Material

The course materials include a student manual and a study guide.

Athabasca University reserves the right to amend course outlines occasionally and without notice.
Courses offered by other delivery methods may vary from their individualized-study counterparts.

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