This pathfinder shows various types of resources available for the study of Canada's Confederation (Pathfinders feature online resources combined with McMath library resources) ONLINE RESOURCES Canadian Confederation http://www.collectionscanada.ca/confederation/023001-2000-e.html Features pre-Confederation debates through to the various conferences immediately prior to Confederation. On the road to Confederation http://www.canadiana.org/citm/themes/constitution/constitution12_e.html Includes history from 1850-1867, including some primary source documents. Becoming a Nation http://www.canadiana.org/citm/themes/constitution/constitution13_e.html Begins in 1867 and looks at the growing pains of the new country. Canadian Confederation http://www.collectionscanada.ca/confederation/index.html Provides a history of Confederation from the Constitutional Act of 1791 to the Act of Union in 1841 to BNA Act in 1867.  Available in English and French. Stepping back in time: The Confederation debates http://members.shaw.ca/waxford/index.htm A webquest designed for the study of the events leading up to Canadian Confederation. Nova Scotia Separatism http://www.uni.ca/ns_sep.html Provides details on the earliest separatist movement, taking place in Nova Scotia in 1867 with the voting out of Charles Tupper, a pro-confederation premier.  Includes highlights of the speech that Joseph Howe made in the House of Commons supporting Nova Scotia’s separatism. Sir John A. Macdonald: Canada’s First Prime Minister http://macdonald.egate.net/sirjohn/sir.html Features a brief biography of Sir John A. Macdonald.  Includes a picture and a tribute to Macdonald ‘condemning’ Canada for not recognizing the achievements of Macdonald in the same way as the US recognizes their first Presidents. Charlottetown conference, September 1-9, 1864 http://www.collectionscanada.ca/confederation/023001-2075-e.html History of Confederation http://www.foundershall.ca/confed/ Includes information on the Fathers of confederation and the Quebec conference. The Great Enterprise - Charlottetown Conference http://history.cbc.ca/history/?MIval=EpContent.html&episode_id=8&series_id=1&lang=E&chapter_id=4 New Brunswick Fathers of Confederation http://www.gnb.ca/legis/publications/tradition/legtrad9-e.asp BOOK RESOURCES IN McMATH LIBRARY 342.71 MOR              Shaping a nation : a history of Canada's Constitution            971 COU                 Canada's prime ministers, governors general, and Fathers of                                                                     Confederation 971.04 MOO              1867 : how the Fathers made a deal 971.049 BLI             Confederation : a new nationality 971.05 BAL              Confederation and the West          VIDEO RESOURCES IN McMATH LIBRARY VHS 971.04 CAN  Canada 125 and Howe VHS 971.04 CON  Confederation VHS 971.04 GRE  A Great Dream, The Charlottetown Conference, 1864  VHS 971 CAN             Canada: A people’s history, volume 8 SEE ALSO        Canadian history in the 19th Century • General history of Canada books in 971 • your textbooks • Check out biographies of some of the key people using the Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online link                from the library homepage. • the Canadian Encyclopedia online  (accessible from the Library homepage) Created and maintained by Ms. B. Knoepfel (Teacher-Librarian), McMath Secondary School.   Updated March 2007.