Depending on a number of factors, you may wish to expand certain elements of this unit. The following are some aspects you could include or increase, to that end.
In
Crossing the 49
th
Parallel
, Bruno Ramirez shows the importance of Anglo-Canadian migration to the U.S. in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, despite popular opinion that the migration was largely French Canadian. In fact, the ratio of Anglo- to Franco-Canadians was pretty squarely 2:1. (26) I would advise against making it a 2:1 representation so as not to undercut the importance of the French Canadian experience. Most Anglo-Canadians immigrated to the Mid-West, so you could have some students take on the role of Anglo-Canadians, and look at settlement patterns there. (27)
Canada actively recruited immigrants from the British Isles as well as from central-eastern and southern European countries. In developing this concept, the roles that students wear could reflect these more varied ethnicities, as many of those immigrants to Canada then re-immigrated to the United States. (28)
When using the identities of explorers or other historical figures in role-play activities, you could add the identities of their family members into the mix.