1. Culture and Lifestyle

2. Today's Agenda Minds On Learning Goals Urbanization
Mass Production and Consumption
New Inventions
The New Women
Native Americans
Immigrants

3. Minds On...

4. Learning Goals By the end of this lesson students will be able to:
identify the changes that occurred within Canadian society
describes new inventions and their impact on society
explain the changes in the lives of women, immigrants and Native Americans

5. Urbanization Within Canada
urbanization: rapid and massive growth and migration to large cities
more Canadians lived in urban areas following the war
drawn by the city life and the need for work

6. Mass Production
Henry Ford developed the assembly line: each worker has a certain task to perform in production
allowed products to be mass produced
Henry Ford

7. Mass Consumption Canada experienced an economic boom in the mid 1920s
more Canadians had money to spend and electricity was cheap
large variety of consumer goods to choose from: electric stoves, refrigerators, vacuums, etc.
mass advertising campaigns

10. New Inventions radio commercial airplanes insulin telephones
automobiles

11. Invention
Description
Radio
Automobile
Insulin
Telephone
Airplanes

12. Jigsaw Activity split up into groups of 5
each group is assigned a invention to examine
write 2-3 key points about your invention
then form groups with the other groups and teach each other about the technologies

13. Invention
Description
Radio
- made the world smaller
- inexpensive entertainment and brought families together
- first broadcast in Montreal
Automobile
- changed people's lifestyle
- made travelling and communication easier
- helped economy greatly
Insulin
- discovered by Fredrick Banting
- Helped with diabetes (high sugar levels)
Telephone
- reduced isolation
- calls were brief and straight to the point
- widespread in Canada by 1929
Airplanes
- Bush pilots: flying supplies to remote areas
- development of commercial flights
- Canadians no longer isolated

14. The New Woman
they maintained jobs in nursing, journalism and elementary-school teaching
socialized more freely
women participated in a variety of sports
increased enrollment in a variety of university programs
first female MP: Agnes Macphail

15. Person's Case Emily Murphy appointed magistrate (judge) in 1916
lawyers challenged her right to preside under the British North America Act (BNA)
she and 4 other women (the "Alberta Five") petitioned women to be seen as "persons" in the BNA
successful: women were persons and now eligible for appointment to the Senate
Emily Murphy

16. Immigrants large influx of immigrants after the war
not always welcomed: jobs scarce
1919 Immigration Act: preferred list, allowed government to limit or prohibit entry of undesirable races and nationalities
exclusion: Mennonites, Hutterites and people from China

17. Native Americans
wanted to preserve their culture
government policy was to assimilate (integrate) them into society
children were placed in residential schools and separated from family
in 1920, Native Americans gained the ability to vote if they wanted to
League of Indians: make a united voice for Native Americans
however, this meant they gave up their Native status and rights associated with it
Frederick Loft