Day 34: Start of WWI

Paired verbal fluency activity: Talking about Blood Diamond

Chapter 1: A Different Canada

• Victorian Era
• Prohibition.  Nellie McClung.  Suffragist.  Women's rights during this time
• Arts and Leisure: Group of 7
• Canada's developing autonomy.
• Alaska Boundary Dispute
• Participation in Boer War
• French-English relations (strained at the time).
• Is today's government responsible for injustices of the past?  (Chinese Head Tax and Komagata Maru)

War or Peace simulation.  Start of the WWI Unit.
Why do we study history?  Why is it important to know what happened?  How can this help us today?  Example: US and Cuba relations.  Cuban missile crisis then.  Obama and Castro shaking hands at a summit the other day.

Causes of World War I notes: Click to print
Battles of WWI: Click to print