Canadian History 1201-2

Students in Canadian History 1201 are being asked to do a major research project on What Does It Mean To Be Canadian?

Is it playing hockey? Or speaking two official languages? Is it having a prime minister? Are we defined by our natural resources? Is Canada increasingly coming to mean providing the world with energy (Ft. MacMurray?)

To this end we watched several video clips- I Am Canadian (Molson Canadian beer commercial); Logdriver's Waltz (Film Board of Canada); The Blackfly Song (Film Board of Canada) and a movie, Being Caribou, also from the Film Board of Canada.All can be found at Youtube.com. Students can certainly include these videos in their project. 

I, as the teacher, have left it up to students to decide what, exactly, it means to be Canadian. However, they will have to present their findings in a report (3-5 pages double spaced), a powerpoint demonstration (10 slide minimum), poster, oral presentation (3 minutes) , film (1-2 minutes), etc. They must conclusively say what it means to be Canadian from their point of view.

These projects are due Monday April 30, 2012. Please forward any and all questions to me at cpeters@stbonaventurescollege.ca

Canadian History 1201 test postponed until Wednesday March 21, 2012 due to scheduling mix-up.

Test on Chapter 7

Tuesday March 20, 2012 Day 5

Matching, Multple Choice, Short Answer, Essay

Content: 7.1, 7.2, 7.3 p. 250-263; 7.5 p.272-274; 7.6, 7.7 p. 275-283; 7.8 p. 284-5; 7.10, 7.11p. 301-314

The following is crucial for Chapter 5 studying in light of the exam Friday December 9, 2011:

vulnerable economy; reliance of staples; reliance on exports; stcks bought 'on margin'; causes of Great Depression page 142; business cycle; Palliser triangle; HOBO; SHANTY TOWNS/ HOBOJUNGLES; riding the rails; inequality and intolerace during the Depression; movies, radio, Dionne Quintuplets- distractions from the Depression; relief camps; On To Ottawa Trek; Bennett coffee- roasted wheat; Communist Party, CCF-J.S. Woodsworth; Social Credit; Union Nationale-Marice Duplessis

Following is considered integral to any study of Chapter 4 for the Canadian History exam on December 9, 2011:

4.2 Boom Times- manufacturing sector grows; 4.4 Barriers for Women- whyweren't women part of the economic 'good times', Charlotte Whitton 

The following material from Chapter 2 is crucial in one's study for the exam, Friday December 9,2011:

Clifford Sifton, open door policy, closed door policy, Doukhobours, rail routes, multiculturalism, Alberta, saskatchewan 1905, changing economy of the early 20th Century, Sam McLaughlin, Max Aitken, urban poor, child labour, discrimination, racism, Home Children, railways, CPR, patterns of settlement, Adelaide Hoodless, Boer War 1899-1902, Naval Issue 1911, Alaskan boundary Dispute  

Test scheduled for Tuesday November 29, 2011 on Ch. 5- The Great Depression.

Format: 20 Multiple Choice, 1 essay question

Material: Vulnerable Economy; stock market crash, reliance on staple products,reliance on exports, weakness of European economies, overdepedence on US as a market, overproduction of goods, drought in Prairies; hard times- the Palliser Trangle destryed by overproduction of wheat in Sasatchewan, Alberta, Dust Bowl; depression less pervasive in Maritimes, British Columbia; hoboes; hobo jungles; riding the ails; looking for work; Canadian helping Canadians; intolerance towards foreigners, Aboriginal peoples, Jews, Blacks, Chinese and Japanese immigrants; destractions from economic plight- movies, Dionne Quintuplets, radio, fairs, exhibitions, Aimee Semple Mcherson; Emil Carr; fighting the depression; private and public relie, R.B. Bennett- public works,relief camps, On To Ottawa Trek, and the respose to it by the government; R.B. Bennett slow response to Depression; 1935 election defeat (first past the post electoral system); New politcal parties- CCF (JS Woodsworth), Communist, Social Credit, Union Nationale, Maureice Duples

Students are asked to have completed, to pass in, questions 2 and 3 on page 154 in their textbooks for Homework.

Essay question. Develop one of the following in 5 paragraph format for wednesday.

-Explore and explain the effects new technology had on World war 1.

- How did the assassinaion of Archduke Franz Ferdinand start WW1 and bring Canada into 4 years of bloody war?

Students in Grade 9 are responsible for the following material on their test on Chapter 3- World War 1:

alliance system, Triple Alliance (Italy, Austria-Hungary, Germany), Triple Entente (France, Britain, Russia), assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand by Gavrilo Princip, war begins of 28 June 1914, Schlieffen Plan, Canada in WW1, Valcartier, Sam Hughes, technology in WW1- trench warfare, aeroplanes, submarines, tanks; Canadian Expeditionary Force (CEF), Ypres, Le Somme, Vimy Ridge, Arthur Currie, Battles at Sea, in the air; War Measures Act, enemy aliens, Conscription Crisis, Robert Borden, Wilfred Laurier, Union Government, Henri Bourassa, Talbot Papineau, Women- suffrage success fig 3.8.d, propaganda, legacy of the war, autonomous nations, Treaty of Versailles 

Students can expect 20 Multiple Choice questions, a choice of 8, of which they develop 5, short answer questions and a choice of 2, develop one essay response.

Please have a look at, and sign up for SBC-Net Canadian History for details on your Major Research Project!  

Students should be preparing for a test on Monday Oct. 3. The test will be made up of 20 Multiple Choice (20 Marks), 5 Short answer (20 Marks) and 1 essay (10 marks)

In themes this chapter breaks up into

1. Immigration- Clifford Sifton, open-door immigration policy; closed-door immigration policy; Doukhobours; mennonites; Westerm Canada; Saskatchewan; Alberta; Ukranians, Russians, Polsh, Germans; Canadian Cultural mosaic; railways; urbanization

2. Changing Economy- Primary sector; farming, fishing, mining, logging; manufacturing and service sectors; corporations; Sam McLaughlin; changing technology- electricity, radios, etc; Max Aitken; labour unions; TLC, Grain Growers association, FPU; child labour; immigrant labour; women's rights; suffragettes, Adelaide Hunter Hoodless

3. Canadian Nationalism- The 20th Century is Canada's- Wilfred Laurier; Alaskan Boundary Dispute; Naval Service Issue; French anger at Britsh imperialism; The Boer War inSouth Africa; Laurier's comprmise

This is the important material for this test.

remember, your essay needs a clearly defined thesis statement. This is turn must be supported by supporting arguments! And your conclusion proves your thesis statement- your main idea- correct. 

Students have read pages 64-66. They are asked to do questions 2 and 4a,b on page 67 as a summarizing exercise. This will e reviewed in class on Wednesday. 

Students are to choose, and develop one of the following two questions in proper historical essay format. Use textbooks for information,plus class notes.

1. Canada was too closely allied with Great Britain and should become its own country. Agree/ disagree

2. Canada was becoming more ethnically diverse and thus a stronger country. Agree/ disagree 

Canadian History 1201

Term 1- 40%

Participation 5%

Essay Writing 20%

Term 1 Major Research Project 20%

Tests 30%

Midterm Exam 25%

Term 2- 60%

Participation 5%

Essay Writing 15%

Term 2 Major Research Project 20%

Tests 30%

Final Exam 30%

If not finished in class read pages 41-43, then answer questions 2, 3,4 on page 44 for review tomorrow.

A short paragraph on Why we should study history, and second t that, Why Canadian History is important (or isn't) is required for tomorrow's class- Wednesday Sep. 7, 2011.