Assignments for ArcGIS Mapping Canadian Confederation

Mapping Canadian Confederation

Introduction
On July 1 , 1867, Canada became formally recognized as a country. However, Canada in 1867 was very different from the country we live in today. In this assignment, you will learn about some of the important events, issues and people that played a key role in shaping Canadas national, provincial and territorial boundaries. Using ArcGIS Online, you are tasked with creating a map story documenting Canadas geographical expansion through the process of Confederation. Using information and data provided in a ready-to-use Web map, you will add features to the map in order to highlight important historical events, issues, people and boundary changes. Learning Outcomes By completing this assignment, you will be able to: 1. Explain the internal pressures that lead to Canadian Confederation. 2. Identify the issues, events and people involved in Confederation. 3. Analyze the territorial growth and expansion of Canada since Confederation. Skills By completing this assignment, you will become comfortable with the following GIS skills: 1. Working with time-enabled maps. 2. Creating new map features in ArcGIS Online. 3. Adding content to map features in ArcGIS Online.
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Tutorial Connections A Tutorial Connection indicates that there is a tutorial available on a skill that is necessary to complete an assignment instruction. Instructions with a connection to a tutorial are denoted with a tutorials are referenced throughout this assignment. Introduction to ArcGIS Online Creating Features in ArcGIS Online . The following

Data Sources The following data sources were used in the creation of this assignment: Natural Resources Canada: http://atlas.nrcan.gc.ca/site/english/index.html

Production Date The Education and Research Group at Esri Canada makes every effort to present accurate and reliable information. The Web sites and URLs used in this document are from sources that were current at the time of production, but are subject to change without notice to Esri Canada. Production Date: January, 2013

Part A: Getting Started

Before beginning, you must save your own copy of the Web map identified below. You will then save it as your own web map to use for this assignment. 1. Start by typing the URL www.arcgis.com/home/ into your Web browser. 2. Sign In using your ArcGIS Online Personal Account. If you do not have an account, create one. You will need an account to save your map. Tutorial Connection: Introduction to ArcGIS Online 3. In the search box in the top right of the homepage, search for Canadian Confederation. 4. Locate the Web map titled Canadian Confederation: 1867 to Present (Web Lesson) by ESRICanadaEd as shown below.

5. Open this Web map in the ArcGIS.com map viewer. 6. Set the time slider so that both time arrows are set to December 31, 1867 as shown below.

7. Go to Save icon

and click on Save As.

8. Change the title by adding your name: Canadian Confederation: 1867 to Present (Your Name) 9. Click on Save Map.

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Part B: Mapping Canadian Confederation

The following instructions lead you through the evolution of Canadian Confederation from 1867 to the present. You are provided with Web links embedded in map pop-ups to research key issues, figures and events throughout Canadas history. To tell your own story of Confederation, you must answer questions in this assignment directly onto the map. Tutorial Connection: Creating Features in ArcGIS Online (Part B: Adding Features)

The following tips are intended to help you complete the assignment: Use the zoom, pan or search box to find an address or place. Click the Next and Previous buttons on the time slider to update the map content to the appropriate year. You can use these buttons to go backward and forward in order to analyze change visually. Click anywhere within the map where data can be found to read a pop-up for information on the province or territory for any given year. Important: To view map pop-ups, ensure the Edit button is not selected. Utilize the Web link under More Info in the map pop-up to answer the questions. Be sure to review all the content of the relevant Web site including the hyperlinks. Use the Bookmarks icon to zoom quickly or pan to a specific location (e.g. Canada). Save your map often as you work through the assignment.

1867 1. With the time slider set to 1867, zoom to the extent of Canada as it was in 1867. 2. Add a pin near Ottawa, Ontario in 1867. a. In the description, explain what the three major issues leading to confederation were.
Hint: Use the Web sites in the pop-ups for the 1867 provinces to find out more about this topic.

b. Edit the title of the pin to state Confederation Pressures. 3. Add a pin near Charlottown, Prince Edward Island in 1867. a. In the description, explain what the initial purpose was for the Charlottown Conference.
Hint: Use the Web sites in the pop-ups for the 1867 provinces to find out more about this topic.

b. Edit the title of the pin to be Charlottown Conference. 4. Use the Canada bookmark to zoom to Canadas extent. 1870 1. Add a pin near the northern border of the NorthWest Territories as they existed in 1870. a. In the description, explain who originally owned this land and how much they were compensated by Canada for it?

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b. Edit the title of the pin to state Ruperts Land Act. 2. Add a pin inside the 1870 Manitoba boundary. a. In the description, answer the following questions: Who was Louis Riel? What was the Red River Rebellion? Together, how did this person and event help create the province of Manitoba?

b. Edit the title to state The Postage-Stamp Province. 3. Zoom out to Canadas extent. 1871 1. In British Columbia in 1871, add a pin near the city where the Confederation League held a conference in 1868. a. In the description, describe the Confederation League, who was involved, why it was created and what they succeeded in doing. b. Edit the title to state The Confederation League. 2. Zoom out to Canadas extent. 1873 1. Add a pin inside the boundary of Prince Edward Island in 1873. a. In the description, explain why Prince Edward Island did not join Confederation in 1867 and what lead them join in 1873. b. Edit the title to state Terms of Union. 2. Zoom out to Canadas extent. 1876 1. Add a pin inside the boundary of District of Keewatin in 1876. a. In the description, explain who was responsible for creating this District and his/her argument for its creation. b. Edit the title to state District of Keewatin. 2. Zoom out to Canadas extent. 1880 1. Add an Area using the Freehand Area tool to draw a boundary around the Arctic Islands that were transferred to Canada in 1880. Use the Arctic Islands 1880 bookmark to zoom to the area of interest.
Hint: Use the Next and Previous button on the time slider to help draw the boundary.

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2. Zoom out to Canadas extent. 1881 1. Using visual analysis, zoom to the province whose boundary expanded in 1881 and add a pin inside the expanded boundary. a. In the description, describe the geographical extent of the new boundary in relation to its present day boundary and in relation to its previous boundary. b. Edit the title to state First Expansion 1881. 2. Zoom out to Canadas extent. 1885 1895 1. Use the 1885 1895 bookmark to zoom to the area of interest. Add a pin inside each province or territory that expanded between 1885 and 1895. There should be three (3) pins added. a. Edit the title for each pin based on the name of the province/ territory that the land was transferred to. 2. Zoom out to Canadas extent. 1898 1. Add a pin inside the boundary for Yukon Territory in 1898. a. In the description, explain how the Gold Rush was instrumental in the creation of this new territory. b. Edit the title to state Klondike Gold Rush. 2. Zoom out to Canadas extent. 1905 1. Add a pin along the shared border of the newly created provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan in 1905. a. In the description, explain two factors that lead to the creation of Alberta and Saskatchewan. b. Edit the title to state Alberta and Saskatchewan 1905. 2. Add a pin to the location on the map where another important change happened in 1905. a. Edit the title appropriately. b. In the description, describe the change that happened. 3. Zoom out to Canadas extent. 1912 1. Add a pin to each province that expanded its boundary in 1912. Add the pin in the area that the province expanded into. There should be three (3) pins added.

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a. Edit the title for each pin to state the name of the province that expanded. b. In the description for each pin, comment whether the boundary in 1912 had or had not reached the present day boundary.
Hint: With the Details tab open, under Contents, alter the transparency for the Canadian Confederation: 1867 Present layer to see the Basemap with the current Canadian boundaries underneath.

2. Zoom out to Canadas extent. Last Province 1. Move the map to the year when the last province joined Canada. Add a pin inside this provinces boundary. a. Edit the title to state The Last Province to Join. b. In the description, note the year this province joined Canada and explain the factors that lead to its inclusion. 2. Zoom out to Canadas extent. Nunavut 1. Move the map to the year Nunavut was created. Add a pin inside this territory. a. Edit the title to state Nunavut Created. b. In the description, describe the two main reasons for the creation of Nunavut. 2. Zoom out to Canadas extent. Save your map.

Extension Exercise
Three provinces or territories that are presently part of Canada have had their name changed since they joined Confederation. 1. Add a pin within their boundary for each name change. a. Edit the title for each pin to reveal their names
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In the description for each pin, note the year the name changed and state both its current and former name.

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