Webquest Objectives
Students will investigate the history of the Northwest Mounted Police during the time period between 1873 and 1904. They will write letters from the point of view of new members of the NWMP embarking on their march west and to the Yukon during the gold rush.
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You are a young man living in 1874 in Winnipeg, Manitoba. You have always enjoyed adventure and riding horses. On the way home from church one Sunday, you happen to see a sign about the Northwest Mounted Police. They are recruiting members! Free food, riding horses and carrying a gun- this sounds like a lot of fun for a young man.
After you sign up to be a member of the Northwest Mounted Police, you go home to tell your mother. Of course she is worried. She has heard that the NWMP are about to leave Winnipeg on a long journey. Your mother is concerned about your safety. You have never been outside of Winnipeg. You promise your mother that you will be safe in the police force and will write letters to her explaining all that you see and encounter.