Day 72: Social changes

A look at events in history during the Cold War period: Billy Joel's song, We Didn't Start the Fire.

• Social changes in the 1960s
• Women
• Government
• Different generations: Baby boomers, Generation X, Y, Z
• Feminism
• Welfare state

Pg 206-211.  Answer Pg. 210, #1a, 2,3

Answer Pg 214, #3,4

Provincial exam review tomorrow.

Happy holidays!

Day 71: Economic issues in the 1960s-1980s

15 minute journal write: With respect to residential schools, is today's government responsible for injustices of the past?
Sharing responses in groups.

Handout on economic issues:

• Women's movement
• Aboriginal Nations: Decades of action
• Social Welfare
• Economic Challenges
• Regionalism
• Expanding Canada's international profile
• New Economic Ideas
• Free Trade Agreement (FTA)
• NAFTA
• Liberals tackling the debt
• A New Age of Globalization

If students have any outstanding assignments please come in at lunch today and tomorrow to complete your work.


Friday: Meet directly in the library computer lab for Provincial Exam review

Day 70: Guest speaker

We listened to Roberta Price, a First Nations elder, who gave a powerful, emotional presentation on her experiences with Residential Schools, and how it has impacted her life, and family members.

Students were very attentive during the presentation - you could have heard a pin drop in the theatre.

Day 69: Residential schools. Is today's government responsible for injustices of the past?

Watched: "We Were Children."
This documentary shows how "as young children, Lyna and Glen were taken from theier homes and placed in church-run boarding schools.  The trauma of this experience was made worse by years of untold physical, sexual and emotional abuse, the effects of which persist in their adult lives...We Were Children gives voice to a national tragedy and demonstrates the incredible resilience of the human spirit."

Guest speaker tomorrow: First Nations elder.  Please meet directly in the library.

During the video, please keep in mind: What emotions do you feel from watching?  What parts/story impacted you the most?
Journal write on Wednesday: "Is today's government responsible for injustices of the past?"

Handout: First Nations in 1980s and beyond.  Answer questions for HW.

Day 68: Residential schools and cultural extinction

Provincial exam: Groups according to topic.
Went over the exam marking rubric (6 marks)

Self assess, and then peer assess 3 other papers.

Question: What makes you, you?  What do you identify with? (brainstorm)
              : What happens if these are taken away from you?  How do you stay you?

Handout: Residential school/photo analysis

Worksheet: Cultural extinction (a look at First Nations/Aboriginal issues in Canadian history)

Guest speaker next week: Meet in the theatre on Tuesday

Day 67: In class provincial exam essay

Choose one of the three topics (open textbook)

During the provincial exam, aim for the following format:

• Introduction (clear thesis statement)
• Body paragraphs (aim for 3.  Minimum of 2 paragraphs)
• Conclusion (tie your thoughts somehow)

Develop your thoughts.  Incorporate facts.  Make connections where you can.

Mindmap: Quebec nationalism (due at the end of class)

Day 66: Mandela and Provincial exam essay analysis

A look at South Africa's celebration of Nelson Mandela's life.
World leaders flock to South Africa.
Memorable scenes and speeches.
Obama shakes hands with Raul Castro (Cuba).  Cold War connection (Cuban Missile Crisis)

Groups of 4: Provincial exam practice

Handout: How to write a thesis statement
Handout: List of curriculum organizers and possible essay topics for the provincial exam

In your groups, brainstorm how you would answer your topic.

• Create three topic sentences
• Create a thesis statement
• Present to the class

Great practice session.  We discussed what to include/not include in some of your answers.
Make sure you answer the question directly. 
Include relevant facts:

• Fox example, if the question asks for facts from 1914 to 1945, don't talk about a bunch of information from 1905.
• Another example, if the question asks for examples between 1945 to 2000, try to include points that cover the different decades.  Don't just talk about events between 1945 to 1970 and leave out 30 years of history

Good luck on the in-class essay write tomorrow.

Day 65: FLQ Crisis and Canada's role as peacekeepers

CPH clip: "October 1970". (Cross and Laporte.  FLQ crisis.  Trudeau implementing the War Measures Act)

Brainstorm what is Canadian identity presently? How are Canadians seen on the world stage? (athletics, pop culture, military, etc)

HANDOUT: Key ideas...

• What was Canada's response to modern conflicts?
• Describe Canada's involvement in the UN
• What was Canada's involvement in the Cold War

Canada's concerns during the Cold War.  Getting too close to the US.  Branching away from the US and developing our own foreign policy.

 

How did PM Mulroney's approach differ from PM Trudeau.

 

What was Star Wars?

 

End of the cold War:  Perestroka and Glasnost.  Mikhail Gorbachev. 

 

Peacekeeping: A tradition in Peril? (pg 274)

 

Answer questions #1, 3,4, 6 on Pg 279.

Look at Canadian Peacekeeping missions (Afghanistan)

Provincial exam essay write.  In class on Thursday, Dec 12th

 

Day 64: Cold War Quiz and Quebec Nationalism

Cold War Quiz

Finished Quebec Notes:

• Great Darkness  Premier Maurice Duplessis led the Union Nationale party
• "Time for a change"  Jean Lesage became premier of Quebec after Duplessis.  Period known as the Quiet Revolution.  Rise of Separatism
• Bi and Bi Commission
• Official Languages Act.  French Canadians still wanted special status in the constitution as a distinct society
• October 1970 - FLQ Crisis.  War Measures Act
• Constitution act 1982. 
• Kitchen Compromise in 1981. 
• Brian Mulroney's plans: Meech Lake Accord and Charlottetown Accord
• Results of the 1995 referendum (almost a YES)

Watched CPH clip: "Time for Change" (discusses Duplessis, Levesque, RIN)
                                "Opening vignette" (discusses  the moon landing and Quebec Sovereignty)
                                "Under a new flag" (developing a new Canadian flag

In Class provincial exam essay write on Thursday

Day 63: Nelson Mandela, sports & politics, Quebec Nationalism

Current events: The legacy of former South African president, Nelson Mandela. 

The connection between sport and politics:

• 1936 Olympics in Berlin.  Jesse Owens
• 1972 Summit Series.  Henderson scores the goal
• 1980 Olympic boycott from Moscow games (Soviets invade Afghanistan)
• 1984 Olympic boycott from Los Angeles games
• 1987 Canada Cup (Lemieux scores the goal on a pass from Gretzky)
• 2000 Olympic selection
• Nelson Mandela and the Rugby world cup

Notes: Quebec Nationalism

Handout: Quebec Nationalism

Cold War Quiz on Monday, Dec 9th.

In class essay write: Thursday or Friday of next week

Day 62: Canada in the post war years - a changing society

Brainstorm of what you know from the 1950s/60s with regards to pop culture.

Handout: Canada in the Post-War Years: A Changing Society

• Rise of the suburbs
• The age of the automobile
• Teen culture
• Television and consumer society
• Protecting Canadian Culture
• The new face of Canada (immigration)
• Post war prosperity
• Post war politics (St. Laurent, Diefenbaker, Pearson, Trudeau, Mulroney, Harper)

A look at pop culture (Elvis, Lassie, Mickey Mouse Club, Davy Crockett, Ed Sullivan Show)

CPH: "A Prairie Storm" (discusses John Diefenbaker, TransCanada pipeline).
        : "First Tremors" (looking at changing society and the automobile)
        : "Shifting Symbols" (discusses St. Lawrence Seaway, Queen's visit)

Day 61: WW2 test

WW 2 test.

Only 11 more Social Studies classes till Breakfast with Santa.

Upcoming key dates:

Monday, December 9th: Cold War Quiz

Friday, December 13th: Provincial exam inclass essay write.  Possible topics will include Quebec Nationalism or Canada's role in international affairs during the Cold War

Tuesday, December 17th: Guest Speaker - First Nations Elder to discuss past experience with Residential Schools

Day 60: Canada's foreign policy during the Cold War

Reminder: SS 11 test tomorrow. Maps due tomorrow

 

Pink sheets on the 4 wars (Korea, Cuban Missile Crisis, Suez Canal, Vietnam war) should have been completed for home work.

 

DVD: Episode "On Guard for Thee" (looks at US military presence, Suez Crisis 1956, Pearson and the UN, Cold War)(8 minutes).

OVERHEAD NOTES: "Canada's Foreign Policy in the Cold War".

DVD: Episode "The Shadow of Nuclear War" (looks at NORAD, Avro Arrow, Voice of Women, Cuban missile crisis, Pearson as PM 1963) (10 minutes)

Read Pg 232/33 "Should Canada's foreign policy be independent of the United States?" Answer Question #1, pg 233

 

Read Pages 234 to 237. Answer Question #1-5, pg 237

• Trudeau's Foreign Policy
• Canada's International Profile
• The Cold War Renewed (SALT 1, ABMT)
• Sovereignty in the Arctic
• The Politics of Global Warming

Day 59: WW2 review and the wars during the Cold War

JEOPARDY review for WW2 test on Wed, Dec 4th

Review of NORAD and DEW Line.

Handout: "Not so cold wars of the Cold War"

• Korean War (pg 199)
• Suez Canal Crisis (Pg 199/200)
• Cuban Missile Crisis (Pg. 228-229)
• Vietnam War (Pg. 230-231)

Clip: "Seeing Red" (Discusses NATO, Korean War, Red Scare)