Rebellion in Upper Canada Student Activities

Design your own wanted poster for the arrest of Mackenzie.

Draw what you think Montgomery's Tavern looked like.

Both sides revealed various degrees of incompetence. List some example of military blunders committed on both sides. Can you account for these mistakes being made? How significant were they in the final account? Why?

Design and draw the banner that the rebels might have used in their march down Yonge Street.

Draw a map that the rebels might have used in planning their initial attack.

Create a PowerPoint presentation on the Rebellions of 1837 in Upper Canada.

Identify six individuals, three on each side, research them and then write a personality profile of each.

If you had have been Mackenzie's chief military advisor, what counsel would you have given him?

Write a rap song about the Rebellions in Upper Canada.

Write the diary entry that Mackenzie might have written on the eve of the first attack.

Debate, either as a class or in triads, the following resolution: Resolved that the Upper Canadian reformers were justified in resorting to violence.

Did the rebels ever have a chance of military success? Why or why not?

How do you think most of the general population reacted to the outbreak of violence? Why?

Locate the famous picture of "the Caroline going over the Falls." To what extent is this an accurate depiction? Explain.

Write a eulogy for either Mackenzie or Bond Head.

Write an editorial entitled "The Rebellions in Upper Canada: A Military Failure But a Political Success."

Write and deliver the speech that Mackenzie might have made attempting to enlist the support of Americans in his cause.

Why did Mackenzie want a republican style government?