Day38: WWI test

WWI Test

Day 37: Winnipeg General Strike & Growing US Influence

Current events: latest in the Canadian senate scandal

What is inflation?  Communism ideology spreading?  What are workers seeking?

Winnipeg General Strike.  Purpose.  Reaction by the Canadian Government.  Outcome (pg. 64/65)
CPH: "Winnipeg General Strike" video

Growing US influence in Canada.  Canada's Changing economy/US investments (Pg. 63/66).

Page 67-70.  "The Roaring Twenties"
CPH: "At the mercy of our neighbours" video

Day 36: Wrapping up WWI and intro to the Roaring 20s

Group project marks handed back:  Feedback for future presentations.  Things to keep in mind:

• Turning on the lights when performing in front of the class so the audience can see you
• Group work: what went well
• Sharing information
• Setting and meeting deadlines
• Leadership within the group (did you step up?)

Review:  Russian revolution.  Paris Peace Conference.  Trouble with the Treaty of Versailles.  League of Nations.

Europe maps due on Wednesday.

Provincial exam essay marking rubric (6 marks).  What does a "6" look like?

WWI Test on Wednesday.  One of the following two essays will be on the exam.

a)  Discuss the impact of  WWI on Canada's autonomy/status as a nation.
b) Discuss the impact of WWI on the Canadian home front.

Pg. 57.  Problems that soldiers faced upon returning home.  What is a pandemic?  Examples include SARS, Bird Flu, Swine Flu.  Spanish influenza that killed many people after WWI.

Read Pg. 62 "Workers respond" and "Rise of Communism"

Day 35: The end of WWI

Russian Revolution brought an end to the Eastern Front
USA joins the war
Hundred Day Campaign
War ends and an armistice is signed November 11, 1918.

Role and significance for Canada with regards to:

• Paris Peace Conference
• Treaty of Versailles (War guilt clause, reparations)

League of Nations.

Canada People's History: "A Painful Peace"

Review sheets.

Test on Wednesday, October 30th

Day 34: Group presentations

Battle of Passchendaele

Billy Bishop

New Weapons of WWI

Vimy Ridge

Great effort by all groups.  Well done!

Day 33: Group presentations

Battle of Ypres

War in the Trenches

Battle of the Somme

Women and the War

Well done groups!

WWI test on Tuesday, October 29th 

Day 32: Canada's Emerging Autonomy and the end of the war

WWI Test on Tuesday, October 29th.
 
 

Read Pg. 52. The End of the War. What happened in Russia with its government? Why did the US eventually declare war on Germany on April 2, 1917? What was the "Political ideology" of the Bolsheviks who overthrew the Provisional Government?

 

What was the Hundred Days Campaign? 
What is an armistice? When was it signed? Significance of this date?

Canada's Emerging Autonomy (53). What was the purpose of the Paris Peace Conference? More than 30 countries attended the conference, each with_______________________________. What was the significantce of Canada's participation in the Paris Peace Conference?

Group presentations tomorrow.  Last opportunity to fine tune your performances.