British North America Mid-1800s Rural and Urban Life. British North America Mid-1800s
Rural Life: Field Work http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/022/f1/a117285.jpg
Hard Work Economic Empowerment: Cattle – cows, horses, sheep, pigs. Crops – plowed, tilled, planted and harvested crops using animals and manual labour. Life: Smaller communities – people socially close to one another to help support themselves. Environment: clean air, few job opportunities besides farming.
Urban Life Life: Crowded – houses, streets. Poverty – illnesses, poor food, many recent immigrants, unemployment. Many cultures, many clashes (discrimination). Economic Life: Industrial work – factories Environment – dirty air, garbage and human waste,
Montreal mid 1800s McCord University Archives. Web Tour of Montreal. Montreal 1850-1896: The Industrial City Images: 1, 4, 5, 11, 19, 20, 22.
“Think It Through” Page 81 Your task: Write a different job description from a different regions in BNA. Step 1: Brainstorm. Step 2: Write a paragraph describing your first job description. Remember to indent, spelling, punctuation, etc. What job are you describing? Who would work that job? Where they would work (rural, urban, PEI, NB, NS, etc)?