Looking at Primary Sources Speeches about Confederation You will be arranged into groups of three (3). Each student will have a specific job to fulfill. Read over the job descriptions for each student and decide in your group who will do which job. If a decision is unable to be made, the teacher will make a decision for you.
Student A: Recorder Your job is to record the thoughts and comments of the other students concerning the speeches. Later in the activity, the recorder will be the speaker for the group. Student B: Questioner ? Your job is to question the elements in the speeches presented. Person B will ask questions around the speeches. The questioner will propose their questions to the class upon recap. Student C: Connector Your job is to connect the elements in the speeches presented with previous material in the texts. Their connections will be requested. Next, Write down the person’s name next to the Job Title
JOBS Student A/Recorder: _____________________________________________________________ Student B/Questioner: _____________________________________________________________ Student C/Connector: _____________________________________________________________
Read the speeches and compare how Joseph Howe and John A. Macdonald describe what Confederation signifies for them. What points does each figure bring up? Joseph Howe’s speech: What points against Confederation are shown?
John A. MacDonald’s speech: What points in favour of Confederation is described?
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B. What questions came to mind?
C. What were the connections between the speech and previous materials?
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