Lesson Details

The Seven Years War and Lord Amherst Journal

2017-2018

F. Social Studies 94

Date

Oct. 2, 2017

Additional Info
Read through these slides on The Seven Years War and Jeffrey Amherst:

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1vk665iSGPF5rS-UKVDV5bV1cfe2CKt8oqlKbOtsoa0w/edit?usp=sharing

Journal: Do you agree with the following statement? Why or why not?:
By awarding, promoting, and naming places after people like Amherst, we tell indigenous peoples that what they suffered is less important than celebrating EuropeanÕs colonization of Canada.

Should places be named after Amherst? Why or why not? What message does this send to First Nations people?