Canada is a huge country full of many different nations and communities. On July 1st, 1867 the colonies of New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, West Canada and East Canada came together to form the Dominion of Canada. 

What does nationalism mean for people around Canada?

Confederation Simulation 

Our class broke up into groups of 6 colonies New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, West Canada, East Canada, Prince Edward Island and New Found Land. My group was Nova Scotia. Each group had to make a list of demands that they wanted out of the confederation. Our demands were 

• Shared currency (to allow for easier trade between colonies)
• Bilingualism (The French language becomes an official language, taught in all elementary schools)
• Military power (The US is a threat to Nova Scotia so we would need military protection)
• Equal power in the government (Nova scotia wants equal seats in the government to every other colony so we don’t get overlooked)
• A railway (Nova Scotia wants a railway connecting to Halifax to allow for resources to be sent to us) 

We also want a fishing arrangement with Prince Edward Island to allow us to both use the waters in between us for fishing and ship building, 

The final agreement 

We were able to get a railway connecting all the colonies, shared currency, military power and we got seats in the government based on population capping at 20%.

The process of creating a board game 

Step 1:  Brainstorming 

We came up with a lot of ideas but ultimately we decided to go with a game we’re you had to recreate the confederation. To win you must get everyone to join the confederation by trading resources with each other. 

Step 2: Creating the game 

Firstly we had to design many different types of cards.

Resource cards:

Save cards:

Raid cards:

Natural disaster cards:

 

Then we had to make the game board. The game board had a map so you know where your colony was located and it had places for all the cards to sit. Lastly we had to make coins, to trade you had to pay for either a train ticket (to travel across land) or a boat (to travel across the ocean). 

Step 3. Game Rules

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