Date

Canadian History

Aug Mon 30

No school (grade 9 only)

Tues 31

Introduction to Course:  course outline; course website; student profile

Sept Wed 1

Icebreakers:  The Memo; Open Day Trivia; Map of Canada

Thurs2

UNIT 1 Recap:  Confederation; Lesson:  Life at the Turn of the Century

Fri 3

Introduction: Defining Moment Essay (topic selection); People and Events

Mon 6

Labour Day

Tues 7

LIBRARY:  Essay:  Step 1 (topic selection)

Wed 8

Video:  Turn of the Century; Immigration at the Turn of the Century

Thurs 9

Recap:  Immigration (jigsaw); Intro- Small Group Acting (SGA)

Fri 10

Laurier Era:  The Great Compromiser

Mon 13

Social Inequalities + SGA work period

Tues 14

Examining Political Cartoons + assignment

Wed 15

LIBRARY:  Essay: Step 2 (research)

Thurs 16

SGA Presentations; Unit 1 Review

Fri 17

LIBRARY:  Essay- Step 2 (research)

Mon 20

UNIT 1 TEST:  Turn of the Century

Tues 21

UNIT 2 Intro:  World War I; Diplomacy Game  (HWK:  map of Europe)

Wed 22

Diplomacy Game (HWK- MAIN-A)

Thurs 23

Diplomacy Game (HWK- Timeline)

Fri 24

P.A. Day

Mon 27

Recap:  Diplomacy and Causes of World War I; Schlieffen Plan

Tues 28

Trench Warfare; WWI Scrapbooks

Wed 29

WWI Scrapbooks; SGA work period

Thurs 30

SGA work period; Canada Goes to War

Oct Fri 1

How to Write a Thesis;  Movie:  All Quiet on the Western Front

Mon 4

Movie:  All Quiet on the Western Front  (HWK:  military battles part 1)

Tues 5

Movie:  All Quiet on the Western Front  (HWK:  military battles part 1)

Wed 6

War on Homefront; Propaganda

Thurs 7

Conscription Crisis

Fri 8

Internment and Enemy Aliens

Mon 11

Thanksgiving

Tues 12

1917:  Decisive Year of War; End of the War

Wed 13

Treaty of Versailles

Thurs 14

SGA2 Presentations; WWI Review

Fri 15

UNIT 2 TEST:  World War I

Mon 18

LIBRARY:  Debate Research

Tues 19

LIBRARY:  Debate Research

Wed 20

WWI Debate preparation; WWI Debates (x2)

Thurs 21

WWI Debates (x2)

Fri 22

WWI Debates (x2)

Mon 25

WWI Debates (x2)

Tues 26

WWI Debates (x2)

Wed 27

EQAO Literacy Test

Thurs 28

EQAO Literacy Test

Fri 29

Movie

Nov. Mon 1

Break

Tues 2

Break

Wed 3

Break

Thurs 4

Break

Fri 5

Break

Mon 8

UNIT 3:  Roaring 1920s and Dirty 1930s

Tues 9

Life in the 1920s- Playing the Stockmarket

Wed 10

Video:  Good Bright Days;  Black Tuesday  (mini-SGA)

Thurs 11

Video:  Sunshine and Eclipse; Causes of the Great Depression

Fri 12

Scrapbook Activity:  1920s and 1930s; Introduce Heritage Fair

 

 

 

Date

Canadian History

Nov. Mon 15

Life in the 1930s (mini SGA)

Tues 16

LIBRARY: Heritage Fair Research

Wed 17

Review:  1920s and 1930s

Thurs 18

LIBRARY: Heritage Fair Research

Fri 19

UNIT 3 QUEST:  1920s and 1930s

Mon 22

UNIT 4:  World War 2- Introduction and recap -  Treaty of Versailles

Tues 23

War on Horizon

Wed 24

Rise of New Ideas and Leaders

Thurs 25

Video:  The Wave

Fri 26

Hitler’s Germany; Anti-Semitism

Mon 29

Movie:  Swing Kids  (HWK- Canada Goes to War)

Tues 30

Movie: Swing Kids

Dec Wed 1

Holocaust Lesson

Thurs 2

Holocaust- Poster Activity

Fri 3

Steps to War; WWII Battles ; Video:  Days of Despair

Mon 6

Heritage Fair:  work period

Tues 7

Heritage Fair:   work period

Wed 8

Heritage Fair:  work period

Thurs 9

Heritage Fair:  IN CLASS PRESENTATIONS; Period 5:  HERITAGE FAIR

Fri 10

Recap:  Heritage Fair (peer assessment; discussion; evaluation)

Mon 13

War on Homefront ; Video:  Road to Victory

Tues 14

D-Day + End of War

Wed 15

WWII Battles- war clips; Review

Thurs 16

UNIT 4 TEST:  WWII

Fri 17

History Holiday Game

Mon 20

Holidays

Tues 21

Holidays

Wed 22

Holidays

Thurs 23

Holidays

Fri 24

Holidays

Mon 27

Holidays

Tues 28

Holidays

Wed 29

Holidays

Thurs 30

Holidays

Fri 31

Holidays

Jan  Mon 3

UNIT 5:  POST WAR CANADA; Video 1:  Land of Promise

Tues 4

Video 2: Optimism and Uncertainty ; Lesson:  Canada and International Events

Wed 5

Video 3: Seeking an Identity; Lesson:  French- English Relations

Thurs 6

Video 4:  Turbulent Years; Lesson:  Canadian –American Relations

Fri 7

Video 5:  Gilded Eighties; Lesson:  Canada’s Growing Identity

Mon 10

Video 6:  Brave New World + Video 7:  Towards a New Millennium; Review

Tues 11

UNIT  5 QUEST

Wed 12

LIBRARY:  Oral Exam research

Thurs 13

LIBRARY:  Oral Exam research

Fri 14

LIBRARY:  Oral Exam research

 Mon 17

Trial preparation

Tues 18

Oral Exam:  Trial 1

Wed 19

Oral Exam:  Trial 2

Thurs 20

Oral Exam:  Trial 3

Fri 21

Oral Exam:  Trial 4

Mon 24

Oral Exam:  Trial 5

Tues 25

Oral Exam:  Trial 6 (if necessary)

Wed 26

Exam Review

Thurs 27

Last Day Party; Exam Review

Fri 28

Exams Start

 

Exams:  Fri. Jan 28 – Thurs. Feb. 3