Day 50: Review of WW1 and the Winnipeg General Strike

WWI review.

Chapter 3: Canada and the 1920s.

Post WWI:
Reasons why Canadian workers were striking?
Socialist attitudes.  Union leaders.
1917 Russian Revolution
Result of the Western Labour Conference of March, 1919
OBU
Demands of metal and building workers in the Winnipeg General Strike?
Why were Winnipeg strikers urged not to protest in violence?
Pros and cons of what it achieved

For Tuesday: annotated bibliography for project is due
WWI test on Wednesday
WWII project time on Thursday

Day 49: Wrapping up WWI

CPH: Conscription Crisis

End of WWI notes
Russian government toppled (Lenin)
100 Days campaign
Central Powers Collapse
Canada's emerging autonomy
Participating is peace
Treaty of Versailles
War Guilt Clause
League of Nations (problem with this)

CPH: A Painful Peace

Handout: Review sheet.  Changes in Canada.

Due on Tuesday: Annotated Bibliography

Day 48: WW2 research project

Library computer lab.
Research.

At least 2 internet sources + 1 print source.
Video clip.

ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY DUE TUESDAY, MAY 3rd

Presentations begin on Wednesday, May 11th.

Day 47: War at home and Vimy Ridge

Pick groups for WW2 presentations.
Tentative date for first presentations: Wednesday, May 11th

How to do an annotated bibliography.  Due on Tuesday, May 3rd.

War in the air and sea (pages 42-44)

CPH: City of Sorrow
CPH: Vimy Ridge (a major development for Canadian identity)

Notes: "How it all went down" CLICK TO VIEW

Handout: Conscription Crisis (pg 49-51)

Day 46: War on the home front

Queen celebrates her 90th birthday: Click to watch

Review of battles from last day.

Notes; impact of the war on the home front

Pg 40/41 technology and WWI

Movie clips: All Quiet on the Western Front

WW2 group assignment handed out

Day 45: Major battles of WWI

Current events: legalization of marijuana Click to watch CTV news segment on 4/20

Schlieffen Plan.  War of attrition.  Stalemate.

Major battles: Ypres.  Somme.  Passchendaele.  Vimy Ridge.

CPH: Our investment of blood.  (how did women's roles evolve throughout WWI?) (Red Cross Work.  Nusing.  Nellie McClung.  Elections act.  Suffragists.  Prohibition)

Handout: Mobilizing the forces.  A national identity emerges.  Canada's minister of militia.  The War Measures Act.  The War on Land.  Map of 1914.

CPH: Go out and meet death bravely (trench warfare.  Western front, somme offensive, shellshock, Borden)

Day 44: Causes and Canada's response to war

Ch 12/13/map quiz

Canada People's History: Episode beginning
Canada's entrance into WWI.
Propaganda.
Political cartoon: Chain of Friendship (page 31)

Questions for the chapter:
a) How does Canada change on the home front as a result of WWI/WWII (political/social/economic)
b) How does Canadian autonomy change/develop as a result of WWI/WWII

Review of notes to the start of WWI.  Causes and immediate trigger.

Crash Course (John Green) WWI: Click to watch

HW: Read Pg 26-30.  Read the Role of the Balkans, and add points on the other sections.

Day 43: Game simulation

Alliances.
Strategy.
Group activity.

Day 42: Causes of WWI

Peer evaluation for the provincial exam in class write.

A look at the examples.

War or Peace: simulation

Causes of World War I: CLICK TO PRINT

Day 40 and 41: Blood Diamond

Assignment associated with the movie.

Main topics to relate to the movie: Exploitation - how does exploitation of resources prevent developing countries from advancing economically/politically/socially?  Other connections to major ideas learned in this unit.

Ch 12/13/Mapping quiz on Wednesday, April 20th.
Maps due on April 20th

Day 39: Provincial essay

Human geography provincial essay write.

Provincial scoring guide: 6 point scale

Aiming for 4-5 paragraphs.

Must write in pen

Day 38: History - a different Canada (pre-WW1)

Finished topics from yesterday.

In class essay write tomorrow.  One of the three topics will be selected.  Prepare for these at home tonight.

B) Describe realistic strategies that Canadians could take to reduce their negative impact on land, water and the atmosphere

G) Analyze the global threat to the planet caused by increased standard of living

J) Compare the reasons for Canada's standard of living with those of a developing nation

Click to watch results of NDP leadership vote. Mulcair is out.

Refer to page 10/11 - Should government today be responsible for injustices of the past?  A look at past discriminatory practices/events in Canadian history.
PM Trudeau announces that he will make a formal apology for the Komagata Maru incident

Handout: A different Canada (Chapter 1)
Some key ideas to focus on include:  Nellie McClung.  Women's rights.  Still a British Nation.  Alaska Boundary disput.  French-Canadian nationalists.  Boer War and the French/English divide.

Day 37: Geography provincial essay review

How to write a thesis.

Provincial essay scoring criteria.

Introductory paragraph (include a thesis)
Body paragraph #1: Topic sentence

• list points

Body paragraph #2: Topic sentence

• list points

Body paragraph #3: Topic sentence

• list points

Topic B

Topic D

Topic F

Topic G

Topic J

Day 36: Environmental issues

Should we ban shark fin soup?  What are the environmental effects of killing sharks?
Will there ever be a ban in Canada?

CNN's Planet in peril.  Intro to the series (population growth - deforestation - wildlife extinction - global warming) CLICK TO WATCH

CNN's Planet in peril - shark finning segment.  CLICK TO WATCH

How is the environment affected?
CAUSES - EFFECTS - SOLUTIONS

1. Deforestation
2. Wildlife extinction
3. Global warming "greenhouse effect"
4. Resource depletion (water.  What else?)
5. Ozone layer depletion
6. Alternate energy resources

Instead of the Kyoto Protocol, Canada recently signed a new agreement in the latest Paris conference talks

Complete handout:

 Stewardship.  Carrying capacity.  Greenhouse effect.

Day 35: Presentations

Presentations:

HIV/Aids

Poverty

Child labour

Finish the worksheet: Helping to increase living standards (413/417)
foreign Aid.  UNESCO.  NGO's. ODA.  CIDA

Case study: Should Canada link its foreign aid to human rights?  Pg 418/419.

Day 34: presentations

Presentation topics:

Child Soldiers

United Nations in times of war

Human trafficking

Terrorism

Day 33: Oligopoly

Oligopoly.

Purpose of the game is to accumulate the most wealth (usually done best by acquiring a monopoly in one sector).
Regulation vs. Deregulation (Who benefits?  Who is harmed?  Why do people pay or lose money?)
Community wealth: why does this go up or down?
Winner: How was the person at your table able to win?  What factors led to winning/losing?

Day 32: Poverty in Africa

Presentations on Wednesday.
Remember:  everything is due on that day.  Typed presentation plan must be handed in before the start of your presentation.  Email me the link/assignment on Tuesday night so I can load all material prior to the start of class


BC minimum wage the lowest in Canada.  How can we be last?  Click to watch news clip from Global National


What are different types of aid to poor nations?  Click to watch


iPad cart.


CNN article/clip: Why are 600 million Africans still without electricity?  Click to watch
Reasons for this?  Interesting facts?  How is the situation improving?


TED Talk: Africa is poor and 5 other myths (by Simon Moss).  Click to watch
What are the 5 myths?
How can people help?

Day 31: What is poverty and what causes it?

Chapter 11 overview.


Group brainstorm: What is poverty (define)?  What causes poverty?


Click to watch link on WHAT IS POVERTY


Click to watch link on WHAT CAUSES POVERTY


Read Kenya: trapped in poverty (pg. 398/99).  Do Q #1, 3, 4

Day 30: Project

For next Wednesday each group needs to have a presentation plan.


Here is the criteria for the presentation plan:

• typed
• Breakdown of each section (main topic area and who is presenting)
• length of video clip
• length of each person's role (within 30 seconds)

A look at poverty in Vancouver's downtown eastside.
Click to watch