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Day 1 - Sept 8

1. Course expectations 

2. Sign up for remind - follow these instructions 

  • please note if your cell provider is any of the ones listed below, you can't receive messages, follow these instructions

    • Download the free Remind app on the iOS App Store, on Google Play, or at rmd.me/a. If you don’t already have a Remind account, create one using the phone number where you receive Remind texts. Make sure to enable push notifications from Remind on your phone.​

    • Rogers

    • Fido

    • Chatr

    • Cityfone

    • 7-Eleven Speak Out Wireless

    • Cansel Connect

    • good2go Mobile Canada

    • KORE Wireless

    • Petro-Canada Mobility

    • Zoomer Wireless

3. Complete student survey (https://bit.ly/CHC2P216)

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Day 2 - Sept 12

1. Set up Google Drive

b. sign up for textbook - you will be given a code - go to MyNelson website to register.

2. History vs the past activity - click here to view worksheet

 

Day 3 Sept 14

1. Finish up definition of history  

2. Understanding sources for history - primary vs secondary. View activity.

Homework:

3. check your understanding of what makes history with this video.

4. Introduction to historical thinking - view video.

5. get ready to focus on significance - view video

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Day 4 Sept 16​​

1. Practice Historical Thinking: Significance - use this worksheet

- Another handout to help you with historical significance is this one > your master sheet. 

- Review significance - view video

2. Introduction to Course Culminating Task - is Canada a country you can be proud of?

  • create criteria for what makes you proud

  • what would Canada have to be in order for you to be proud of it?

  • share as a class

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Day 5 Sept 20 ​

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1. Lesson #1: Canada Before WWI​

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Day 6 Sept 22

Introduce ongoing assessment - Key Terms

1. Introduce Historian's Handbook ongoing assignment - evaluated at end of each unit

2. Continue Lesson #1:

  • compare Canada today to Canada in 1911 a few years before WWI - use this article (or use link bit.ly/1911canada)

  • work in groups to research comparisons and differences, then share findings with others (Thinking concept: Change and Continuity)

  • complete Entry from Historian's Handbook (based on this lesson)

  • this lesson focuses on change and continuity - review the concept here

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Day 7 Sept 26

1. Lesson #2 on cause and consequence - how do we think about cause and consequence?​ View lesson here!​

2. Work on causes of WWI organizer matching events with each cause

  • sorting activity of causes into proper categories

  • video reviews of the causes of WWI

  • consolidation: write your own paragraph on the causes of WWI using the template provided. 

  • you will write your paragraph in Google Classroom

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Day 8 Sept 28 and Day 9 Sept 30

1. Continue to build your paragraphs on the causes if you have not submitted it

  • Review causes - militarism, nationalism, alliances, imperialism

2. Review short term cause of WWI -- chain of friendship on smartboard

3. Finalize your paragraph in your rough notes in your Drive and go to Google Classroom to submit final version 

4. Begin lesson #3 on Canada responds to WWI - view the lesson here!

Are you proud of Canada's response to WWI - fill in your course summative tracker.

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Day 10 Oct 4

1. Lesson #4: Begin trench warfare 

a. Artifacts of WWI - complete your Fact of Fiction analysis

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Day 12 Oct 6

1. REVIEW: WWI culminating assignment - view the assignment by clicking here.

Best Resources to Consult:

a. Canada's War Museum (covers everything to do with WWI and the homefront) Just browse through the links on the left hand side.
b. Canada's War Museum battles pages
c. Life at the Front - trench conditions, food, weapons
d. Collections Canada WWI site
e. Videos (primary source) - Battle of the Somme; Canadian Soldiers Train
f. A People's History - scroll down for major issues 

2. Complete Canada responds to WWI lesson (lesson 3)

*did Canada make good decisions at the beginning of the war that you can be proud of?

CHECK IN - in your Unit 1 folder, add to your Course Summative tracker

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Day 13 Oct 12

1. Complete Canada Responds to WWI lesson (lesson 3)

*did Canada make good decisions at the beginning of the war that you can be proud of? Are you proud of Canada's response to WWI?

CHECK IN - in your Unit 1 folder, add to your Course Summative tracker

 

 

Day 14 Oct 14

1. Lesson 4: WWI Trench Photo Analysis - complete and share for feedback

b. at home or in class time permitting -->watch this video with speakers - WWI virtual reality audio

c. at home --> Play game: Over The Top by clicking here. (email me the certificate for bonus stamps)

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Day 15 Oct 18

1. Begin Lesson #5 battles of WWI - use this organizer

  • first we will do the battle of Ypres and the Somme (see also this British video) - there will be a digital quiz on this content when we are done (check of understanding)

2. Key Terms check and Organization check

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Day 16 Oct 20

1. Complete Battle of Vimy Ridge (see also this video) and Passchendaele (see also this British video) --> complete these two battles as independent work in class 

2. Battles online quiz on Monday!   

3. Add battles to your key terms. 

4. Share your work today with me at the end of the period (vautoud@tcdsb.ca)

 

Day 17 Oct 24

​1. Review battle of Vimy Ridge and Passchendaele - use these textbook pages​.

2. Battles online quiz

2. Historical Significance - Battles - open up your copy.

  • work on this independently or with a partner if not already completed

  • HISTORIANS HANDBOOK ENTRY 2 will be based on this worksheet- WHICH BATTLE WAS THE MOST HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT?

3. HOMEWORK Summative check in - lesson #5: how proud of Canada are you in terms of Canadian participation/contribution to WWI battles?

HOMEWORK: Add the 4 battles to your key terms. 

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Day 18 Oct 26

1. Battles online quiz

2. REMINDER: HANDBOOK ENTRY ON CANADIAN BATTLE (ENTRY #2)

3. Complete battles key terms

4. Summative check in - lesson #5: how proud of Canada are you in terms of Canadian participation/contribution to WWI battles?

5. PLEASE NOTE: start planning/thinking about your WWI culminating. Start working on the planning sheet and share it for feedback. You will work on this in class later this week.

6. Continue lesson #6 Treatment of Canadians overseas - how were different soldiers treated? (use these sources)  You can also review instructions here.

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Day 19 Oct 28

PLEASE NOTE: start planning/thinking about your WWI culminating. Start working on the planning sheet and share it for feedback. You will work on this in class later this week.

2. Continue lesson #6 Treatment of Canadians overseas - how were different soldiers treated? (use these sources)  You can also review instructions here.

3. Course summative check in (are you proud?)

4. ADD TO KEY TERMS FOR THIS UNIT

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Day 19 Nov 2

1. Finish enlistment and treatment of Canadians overseas

2. Course summative check in (are you proud?)

Day 20 Nov 8 - Course summative check in (are you proud?)

1. Begin lesson #7 Home Front issues.  Here are the instructions for this lesson.

  • Conscription Crisis

  • Internment of Enemy Aliens

  • Halifax Explosion

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Day 21 Nov 10

In class: work on group slide deck after you are assigned one of the events.

  • Conscription Crisis: Candy, Carly, Shoshana, Grace

  • Internment of Enemy Aliens: Elizabeth, Emil, Olivia, Alejandra

  • Halifax Explosion: Camilla, Nina Reyes, Melanie, Jelo

  • Conscription Crisis 2: Minnie, N Walker, Olivia, Nina

  • Internment of Enemy Aliens 2: Shen, Gwyneth, Brianna, Kylie

  • Halifax Explosion 2: Denise, Christine, Janice, Lingcui

2. Review home front issues instructions - work on your slide decks

 

Weekend homework: Complete rough plan for WWI - go to Google Classroom and build your ideas, be ready to submit in class on Monday!

TIPS if you want to create something visual for your WWI culminating (instead of written)

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Day 22 Nov 14

1. Finish up Homefront Slide decks

2. Begin Lesson 8:  Women in WWI - did they achieve advancements as a result of the war? Review the instructions here.

2. Complete lesson on women in WWI - submit assessment to Google Classroom

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Day 23 Nov 16 and Day 24 Nov 18

1. Complete planning of WWI culminating (submit by Nov 17 at 11:59pm) and begin creating the final product. 

YOUR WWI CULMINATING IS DUE  SUNDAY NOV 20th AT THE LATEST.

5% BONUS IF COMPLETED BEFORE THEN.

2. Work on WWI culminating. 

3. Complete KEY TERMS for WWI. 

YOUR WWI CULMINATING IS DUE NOV 20th at 11:59pm (LAST DAY TO SUBMIT)

4. Wrap up Unit 1 - Is Canada a country you can be proud of?

 

Day 25 - Nov 22 and Day 26 - Nov 24

1. Complete and hand in Unit 1 key terms

2. Complete and submit Unit 1 Culminating

3. Wrap up Unit 1 - Is Canada a country you can be proud of?

Start Unit 2

Make a copy of Unit 2 key terms

Go to Google Classroom to view your copy of Unit 2 Are you Proud tracker (Summative)

  • The unit 2 culminating is a focus on change and continuity from the perspective of different Canadians- view it here

4. What were the consequences of WWI - use this organizer

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Day 26 - Nov 24

Start Unit 2

Make a copy of Unit 2 key terms

Go to Google Classroom to view your copy of Unit 2 Are you Proud tracker (Summative)

  • The unit 2 culminating is a focus on change and continuity from the perspective of different Canadians- view it here

4. What were the consequences of WWI - use this organizer

5. Historian Handbook Entry - Was the War Worth it for Canada and/or the world?

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Day 27 - Nov 28

1. Historian Handbook Entry - Was the War Worth it for Canada and/or the world?

2. Consequences of War and Winnipeg General Strike 

  • Winnipeg Strike - complete organizer

  • key terms: Bloody Saturday, OBU or union (either one)

Coming Up: Evaluation: paragraph response OR fill in the blank newspaper article)

 (INDEPENDENT LEARNING: THIS CBC VIDEO IS VERY USEFUL)

Please note, this video covers the events of the Strike!

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Day 28 - Nov 30

**review end of WWI and first part of  Winnipeg Strike work 

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Day 29 - Dec 2 Christmas market 

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Day 30 - Dec 6

1. Complete Winnipeg General Strike organizer independently in class - all the way to the end. 

2. Watch this video and add any details. This video should help with either of the two tasks below as well.

3. Do either of the following:

  • Go to Google Classroom and complete the fill in the blank news report

  • Go to your Historian's Handbook in your folder and complete the entry on the Strike.

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Note: Historian Handbook entry must be complete by next class on Thursday or fill in the blank news report

  • Next class: Check in - proud of how Canada and Canadians reacted to and acted during the Winnipeg General Strike?

 

Day 31 - Dec 8 and Day 32 - Dec 12

1. Review Winnipeg General Strike
  • make any edits to news report or historian handbook entry
  • Check in - proud of how Canada and Canadians reacted to the end of WWI and how they acted during the Winnipeg General Strike? (add to Unit 2 tracker)
2. Review: The unit 2 culminating is a focus on change and continuity from the perspective of different Canadians- view it here

3. Prohibition - cause and consequence organizer. Complete in class together. 

4. Bonus stamps: Al Capone article - share with me when complete.

**add key terms to your key terms worksheet - Al Capone, prohibition, WCTU​

Check in - are you proud of how Canada carried out prohibition? Add to your summative tracker.

 

Day 33 Dec 14

**add key terms to your key terms worksheet - Al Capone, prohibition, WCTU​

Check in - are you proud of how Canada carried out and reacted to prohibition? Add to your summative tracker.

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Day 33 Dec 16 and Day 34 Dec 20

1. Start organizer Did the 1920s really roar to prepare for next historian handbook entry.
2. Good Times of 1920s - Video quiz:
3. Good times of the 1920s textbook work
  • Canada's road to independence (do one political cartoon together)
  • New Inventions
  • Economic Boom 
3. VIEW EXAMPLES OF MOVIES, RADIO SHOWS AND FASHION FROM THE 1920s.

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Day 35 - Reindeer Games

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⛪🤶🌟Merry Christmas and Happy New Year🎅❄️👼

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DAY 36 Jan  10/DAY 37 Jan 12

1. Complete good times of the 1920s worksheet - add to organizer, Did the 1920s really roar

 

Day 37 Jan 16

1. Bad side of 1920s - textbook work - can work in groups or independently

2.  Take up Bad Side of the 1920s

3. Add to organizer, Did the 1920s really roar

 

DAY 38 Jan 18

1. Work on Did the 1920s roar historian handbook entry.

2. Unit 2 culminating - complete at least two entries by now

  • Key Terms Check In - 1920s key terms

  • Are you proud check in - 1920s

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Day 39 Jan 20
1. Lesson 6- residential schools

  • use this worksheet to keep track of your learning in this lesson

  • enrichment: watch Secret Path

  • Key Terms: residential schools, assimilation

  • Work on culminating independently

 

Day 40 Jan 22 and Day 41 Jan 24

1. Continue residential schools lesson
2. Timeline challenge
 
Day 42 Jan 26
1. Residential schools - survivor story and timeline challenge
 
Day 43 Jan 30
1. Review - residential schools
2. Take up timeline challenge
3. Finish residential schools
Homework: complete 4 characters for Unit 2 culminating; do not do Canadian woman
 
Day 44 Feb 6
1. Women in 1920s - Famous Five historical significance using this reading AND this organizer

Watch video overview of Famous Five and another one that explains their contributions.

  • Key Terms - add Famous Five/Persons Case

2. 1920s culminating activity - add Canadian woman
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Day 45 Feb 8

1. Work on 1920s culminating activity - finish 5 characters and final paragraph. 

2. Add to PROUD/NOT PROUD organizer for Unit 2. 

3. Finish 1920s culminating by Feb 10

View sample proper paragraph here to help you finish the paragraph in this assignment.  

4. Submit key terms by Feb 14

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1. Unit 3 starts: Overview of the causes of the Great Depression using this organizer and pages 78/79 of the textbook. 

Start Unit 3 Key Terms: stock market crash.

2. Make sure 1920s unit culminating assignment is complete. 

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DAY 47 FEB 16

1. Continue causes of Great Depression - coming up: journal entry consolidation

(ENTRY #7: Summarize TWO of the main causes of the Great Depression that you understand the best. 

Criteria: You must use EXACTLY 10 words to summarize each one. Not less than 10 words and not more.)

 

DAY 48 FEB 22

1. Finish causes of GD - journal entry completion

2. Group work on Canadians during the Great Depression

  • you will select one Canadian to write from his/her perspective to show your understanding of what Canadians experienced during this time.

Farmers: pg 82-83

Families: pg 80-81; pg 85

Workers: pg 84

Unemployed Men: pg 88-89

3. Look at some examples of letters as samples.

Use this video to help you write your letter. Here are the starting times for the clips you can use.

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DAY 49 FEB 24 - BRING EARPHONES

1. Review experiences of Canadians during the Depression

Letter homework: complete the worksheet on the letters to Bennett to prepare for the letter assignment. 

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DAY 50 FEB 28

 

DAY 51 MAR 2

Finish Great Depression letter if not already completed

Begin work on causes of WWII. 

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DAY 52 MAR 6

**unit 3 culminating explained

1. Unit 3 Lesson 4 Causes of WWII - use this organizer on causes of WWII.

  • rise of dictators, Failure of League of Nations, appeasement, Nazism

  • enter dates on timeline for causes

2. Add to key terms for Unit 3

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DAY 53 MAR 8 and Day 54 Mar 10

1. Causes of WWII - appeasement, Failure of League of Nations

  • enter dates on timeline for causes

  • key terms: League of Nations, appeasement/Munich Conference

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DAY 55 MAR 20

Review Munich Conference and appeasement: watch "Munich" (start 11:44)

1. Rise of Nazism - steps activity in partners

  • Complete analysis of how Nazis controlled and ensured support from Germans leading up to WWII (partner work - see causes lesson in Google Drive> rise of Nazism folder)

  • Rise to power chart - you will identify/group/categorize how the Nazis gained control and rose to power leading up to declaration of war in 1939. 

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DAY 56 MAR 22

1. Review rise of nazism - Finalize rise to power chart 

2. How did Canada and Canadians respond to Hitler and to the increasing persecution of Jews and other 'undesirables' that the Nazis victimized? 

Watch "Hitler and Mackenzie King" video clip

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DAY 57 MAR 24 and Day 58 MAR 28

STEPS OF THE HOLOCAUST​ - GROUP WORK

1. LEARNING STATIONS IN CLASS - ACCESS ALL VIDEOS HERE

Station One: Segregation
Station Two: Identification
Station Three: Persecution
Station Four: Deportation and Ghettos
Station Five: Final Solution

Use this handout to keep your thinking visible and organized. 

2. Journal Entry #8:

"All it takes for evil to succeed is for a few good people to do nothing."

  • How does this quote from a 19th century philosopher relate to what you have learned about the steps of the Holocaust? 

  • Provide examples and evidence to support your answer.

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DAY 59 MAR 30

1. Continue Holocaust and finalize Journal Entry. 

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DAY 60 APR 4

1. Finish Holocaust lesson

  • what was Canada's reaction?

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DAY 61 APR 6

1. WWII Artifact Stations - investigate six sets of artifacts and complete the WWII Artifact Exploration worksheet

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DAY 62 APR 12 and DAY 63 APR 14

1. Are You Proud Check in for Unit 3 tracker

  • Lesson 1-3 Consequences of the Great Depression:

  • Lesson 4: Causes of WWII

  • Lesson 5: Holocaust

2. Key Term check

3. Watch Canada Prepares start at 18:53, end 29:40

4. Compare reaction to WWI and WWII - Venn diagram

5. Review WWII artifacts - themes and contributions of Canadians?

 

DAY 64 - APRIL 18

(LITERACY TEST?)

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DAY 65 - APRIL 20

1. Review Battles of WWII - what role did Canada play in the war? What major contributions did Canadians make overseas? Battle work stations (note: each of the battles is a key term)

  • Battle of Britain

  • Battle of Hong Kong (113)
    Dieppe (113)
    Ortona (Italian Campaign) (116)
    D-Day (Juno Beach) (117)
    Liberation of Netherlands (117)

2. Review WWII artifacts - themes and contributions of Canadians?

3. Work on Unit 3 key terms

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DAY 66 - APRIL 24

1. Pacific War continued - Nanking Massacre

2. Review battles

3. Battles exit quiz online

 

DAY 67 -  APRIL 26

1. War in the Pacific: impact on Canada and consequences for Japanese Canadians (pg 124-125)

  • complete worksheet to learn background information

  • Internment of Japanese Canadians photo analysis

  • use this handout to record your inferences and to complete chart on causes and consequence

  • end of lesson journal entry #9: If you had to choose one image from this lesson to help tell the story of Japanese Canadians during WWII, which one would you choose? Why? 

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  • What were the causes and consequences of the Japanese Canadian internment?

2. Consequences for Canada: Northern communities (start at 54:21, end at 1:00:04)

 

DAY 68 -  APRIL 28 and DAY 69 - MAY 2

1. Continue Japanese Canadian internment - complete historian handbook entry

2. Consequences of war for Canadian women - COMPLETE WOMEN IN WWII HANDOUT AND QUESTIONS FROM TEXT. (pg 118)

3. Complete WWII key terms

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DAY 70 -  MAY 4

1. Submit WWII key terms

2. Work period on Unit 3 culminating

Unit 3 Culminating due May 10

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DAY 71 -  MAY 8 and DAY 72 MAY 10

1. Investigation of the impact of WWII on Canadian women

2. Comparison of women's rights over time - change and continuity (WWI, 1920s, WWII)

Homework: complete Unit 3 culminating; read and answer questions about the atomic bomb

complete Unit 3 tracker! Is Canada county I can be proud of?

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DAY 73 - May 12

some people will need to finish Unit 3 culminating

others who are ready for Unit 4:

1. End of WWII - atomic bomb and beginning of Cold War

2. Overview of Cold War (Unit 4 Lesson 1)

3. Cold War inquiry group work

*make a copy of key terms - in this unit, you will create your own list of what you think are 10 key terms

*begin to take notes on Unit 4 Tracker to get ready for your summative task: Is Canada county I can be proud of?

SUBMIT UNIT 3 CULMINATING

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DAY 74 - May 14

1. End of WWII - VE Day , atomic bomb and beginning of Cold War

2. Overview of Cold War (Unit 4 Lesson 1)

3. Cold War inquiry group work

*make a copy of key terms - in this unit, you will create your own list of what you think are 10 key terms

*begin to take notes on Unit 4 Tracker to get ready for your summative task: Is Canada county I can be proud of?

COMING UP: Assessment - cartoon analysis

  • Historian Handbook Entry: Did the Cold War change Canada for the better?

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DAY 75 - May 18

Field Trip to Holocaust Museum (Bathurst and Sheppard)

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DAY 76 - MAY 24 and MAY 26 DAY 77

1. Cold War inquiry group work

COMING UP: Assessment - cartoon analysis

  • Historian Handbook Entry: Did the Cold War change Canada for the better?

2. Work on key terms and Unit 4 tracker for 30% Summative task  

3. Next: Canada's changing immigration policies after WWII: Can I be proud of Canada’s response to refugees?

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DAY 78 - MAY 30

1. Canada's changing immigration policies after WWII: Can I be proud of Canada’s response to refugees? (Unit 3 Lesson 3)

2.Complete last Historian Handbook Entry: Can I be proud of Canada’s response to refugees?

 

Time Permitting: How did Canada's society change in the 1950s-1970s? (Unit 3 Lesson 4)

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TO DO: SUBMIT UNIT 4 KEY TERMS; COMPLETE AND REVISE ALL HISTORIAN HANDBOOK ENTRIES; PLAN COURSE SUMMATIVE

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JUNE 2, JUNE 6, JUNE 8 - WORK PERIODS ON 30% SUMMATIVE TASK (IS CANADA A COUNTRY I CAN BE PROUD OF?)

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JUNE 9: SUBMIT COURSE SUMMATIVE AND HISTORIAN HANDBOOK FINAL VERSION

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