Day 77: Provincial exam review

Course/teacher evaluation forms.

Library for online provincial exam practice.

Link to the BC Provincial Exams

Excellent job this semester - you were a very enjoyable class to teach.

Good luck on the provincial exam.

Bring your textbook + 2 pens (black or blue) and pencils

Day 76: essay write

Timed essay write.

Self and peer evaluation.
Marked according to the Provincial Exam specs.

Handout: study notes (yellow sheet)

Day 75: Review

Review MC worksheet

Look at history and pulp culture: WE DIDN'T START THE FIRE (By Billy Joel)

Handout: social changes

Review handout

Essay write on Thursday.

Day 74: Miscellaneous

Chapter 8: matching review sheet

Handout: First Nations and Beyond

Collect journal write

Time to discuss WW1/WW2 provincial essay question.

Refer to DAY 3 of the blog this semester to print out the Prescribed Learning Outcomes.
Use this as a guide for studying.

Inclass essay write on Thursday.  Please prepare your outline/mindmap.  One of the following topics will be selected:

1. Discuss Canada's involvement in the Cold War between 1945-1989
2. How have French-English relations helped shape Canada since 1960
3. How has Canada been influenced negatively by WWI and WWII.  Provide examples from both sides.

Day 73: We Were Children

Journal write: Identify 2 scenes/events in the movie that you found most disturbing/emotional.  Why?

A look at Stephen Harper's official government apology on the Residential Schools.

Watched "We Were Children."

Make essay outline for next Thursday's in-class essay write.

Day 72: In class debate

In class debate.

Well done everyone!

Self/peer evaluations.

First Nations notes.

Watched first 10 minutes of, "We Were Children"

Day 71: First Nations /Aboriginal peoples

Current events: 25 year anniversary (June 4, 1989) of the Tiananmen Square Massacre.

First Nations: Residential Schools.
Analyzing images.
What makes you unique? What if these were taken away?

Handout: First Nations

• Cultural Extinction
• Land Rights
• In WW1
• Struggle to preserve identity
• During the Great Depression
• Communities in Transition
• Case study - high Arctic Relocation
• Decades of Action

Debate prep and organization into teams.
Pick your opening and closing speaker.  Discuss your topic and be prepared for tomorrow.

Day 70: Quebec Nationalism

Collected in debate preparation notes: Groups will be assigned tomorrow.
Groups will meet tomorrow to get ready for Thursday's debate.

Review of politics - tying it into the history of BC politics since 1996

French-English Relations
Review of handout from last day

CPH: "Maitres Chez Nous" (Quebec, homegrown culture, separatism, the Roman Catholic Church, education, Quiet Revolution)

"Under a New Flag" (FLQ, Bilingualism/Biculturalism, new flag, Trudeau)

"October 1970" (James Cross, FLQ, Pierre Laporte, War Measures Act)

Essay outline: "HOW HAVE FRENCH/ENGLISH RELATIONS HELPED SHAPE CANADA SINCE 1960"