Examining bias in articles is covered in most history texts. Flashback Canada, pp.167-170, covers this skill while examining this time period in Canadian history. Appendix P.2 Teaching Learning Strategies 1. Students watch the television program Due South and record references made during the program about differences between and stereotyping of Canadian and American law enforcement . Students prepare interview questions to ask the Royal Canadian Mounted Police officer following the presentation.
Students cover the following topics through the officer's presentation, text resources, and videos.
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police Past and present of the Force 4. Using a wide variety of written resources, students locate relevant information in order to evaluate the importance and impact that the force has had in encouraging settlement in the Canadian West. Through discussions the teacher should stress how the force has influenced Aboriginal peoples, Metis, and settlers to the area. Students practise picking out words that create bias. Lieutenant-Colonel A.G. Irvine Sam Steele prepare information items for the backboard show examples of letters or diary entries that could have been written by young Mounted Police during the march west.