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Date |
Canadian History |
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Aug Mon 30 |
No school (grade 9 only) |
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Tues 31 |
Introduction to Course: course outline; course website; student
profile |
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Sept Wed 1 |
Icebreakers: The Memo; Open Day Trivia; Map of |
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Thurs2 |
UNIT 1 Recap:
Confederation; Lesson: Life at
the Turn of the Century |
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Fri 3 |
Introduction:
Defining Moment Essay (topic selection); People and Events |
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Mon 6 |
Labour Day |
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Tues 7 |
LIBRARY: Essay:
Step 1 (topic selection) |
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Wed 8 |
Video: Turn of the Century; Immigration at
the Turn of the Century |
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Thurs 9 |
Recap: Immigration (jigsaw); Intro- Small Group
Acting (SGA) |
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Fri 10 |
Laurier Era: The Great Compromiser |
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Mon 13 |
Social
Inequalities + SGA work period |
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Tues 14 |
Examining
Political Cartoons + assignment |
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Wed 15 |
LIBRARY: Essay: Step 2 (research) |
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Thurs 16 |
SGA
Presentations; Unit 1 Review |
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Fri 17 |
LIBRARY: Essay- Step 2 (research) |
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Mon 20 |
UNIT 1 TEST: Turn of the Century |
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Tues 21 |
UNIT 2 Intro:
World War I; Diplomacy Game
(HWK: map of |
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Wed 22 |
Diplomacy Game
(HWK- MAIN-A) |
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Thurs 23 |
Diplomacy Game
(HWK- Timeline) |
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Fri 24 |
P.A. Day |
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Mon 27 |
Recap: Diplomacy and Causes of World War I;
Schlieffen Plan |
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Tues 28 |
Trench
Warfare; WWI Scrapbooks |
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Wed 29 |
WWI Scrapbooks;
SGA work period |
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Thurs 30 |
SGA work
period; Canada Goes to War |
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Oct Fri 1 |
How to Write a
Thesis; Movie: All Quiet on the Western Front |
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Mon 4 |
Movie: All Quiet on the Western Front (HWK:
military battles part 1) |
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Tues 5 |
Movie: All Quiet on the Western Front (HWK:
military battles part 1) |
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Wed 6 |
War on Homefront;
Propaganda |
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Thurs 7 |
Conscription
Crisis |
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Fri 8 |
Internment and
Enemy Aliens |
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Mon 11 |
Thanksgiving |
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Tues 12 |
1917: Decisive Year of War; End of the War |
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Wed 13 |
Treaty of |
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Thurs 14 |
SGA2
Presentations; WWI Review |
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Fri 15 |
UNIT 2 TEST: World War I |
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Mon 18 |
LIBRARY: Debate Research |
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Tues 19 |
LIBRARY: Debate Research |
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Wed 20 |
WWI Debate preparation; WWI
Debates (x2) |
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Thurs 21 |
WWI Debates (x2) |
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Fri 22 |
WWI Debates (x2) |
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Mon 25 |
WWI Debates (x2) |
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Tues 26 |
WWI Debates (x2) |
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Wed 27 |
EQAO Literacy Test |
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Thurs 28 |
EQAO Literacy Test |
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Fri 29 |
Movie |
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Nov. Mon 1 |
Break |
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Tues 2 |
Break |
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Wed 3 |
Break |
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Thurs 4 |
Break |
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Fri 5 |
Break |
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Mon 8 |
UNIT 3:
Roaring 1920s and Dirty 1930s |
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Tues 9 |
Life in the
1920s- Playing the Stockmarket |
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Wed 10 |
Video: Good Bright Days; Black Tuesday (mini-SGA) |
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Thurs 11 |
Video: Sunshine and Eclipse; Causes of the
Great Depression |
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Fri 12 |
Scrapbook
Activity: 1920s and 1930s; Introduce
Heritage Fair |
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Date |
Canadian
History |
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Nov. Mon 15 |
Life in the
1930s (mini SGA) |
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Tues 16 |
LIBRARY: Heritage Fair
Research |
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Wed 17 |
Review: 1920s and 1930s |
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Thurs 18 |
LIBRARY: Heritage Fair
Research |
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Fri 19 |
UNIT 3 QUEST: 1920s and 1930s |
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Mon 22 |
UNIT 4: World War 2-
Introduction and recap - Treaty of
Versailles |
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Tues 23 |
War on Horizon |
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Wed 24 |
Rise of New Ideas
and Leaders |
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Thurs 25 |
Video: The Wave |
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Fri 26 |
Hitler’s |
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Mon 29 |
Movie: Swing Kids (HWK- Canada Goes to War) |
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Tues 30 |
Movie: Swing
Kids |
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Dec Wed 1 |
Holocaust Lesson |
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Thurs 2 |
Holocaust- Poster
Activity |
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Fri 3 |
Steps to War;
WWII Battles ; Video: Days of
Despair |
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Mon 6 |
Heritage Fair: work period |
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Tues 7 |
Heritage Fair: work period |
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Wed 8 |
Heritage Fair: work period |
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Thurs 9 |
Heritage Fair: IN CLASS PRESENTATIONS; Period 5: HERITAGE FAIR |
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Fri 10 |
Recap: Heritage Fair (peer assessment; discussion;
evaluation) |
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Mon 13 |
War on Homefront ;
Video: Road to Victory |
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Tues 14 |
D-Day + End of
War |
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Wed 15 |
WWII Battles- war
clips; Review |
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Thurs 16 |
UNIT 4 TEST: WWII
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Fri 17 |
History |
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Mon 20 |
Holidays |
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Tues 21 |
Holidays |
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Wed 22 |
Holidays |
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Thurs 23 |
Holidays |
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Fri 24 |
Holidays |
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Mon 27 |
Holidays |
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Tues 28 |
Holidays |
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Wed 29 |
Holidays |
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Thurs 30 |
Holidays |
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Fri 31 |
Holidays |
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Jan Mon 3 |
UNIT 5: POST WAR |
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Tues 4 |
Video 2: Optimism
and Uncertainty ; Lesson: |
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Wed 5 |
Video 3: Seeking
an Identity; Lesson: French-
English Relations |
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Thurs 6 |
Video 4: Turbulent Years; Lesson: Canadian –American Relations |
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Fri 7 |
Video 5: Gilded Eighties; Lesson: |
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Mon 10 |
Video 6: Brave New World + Video 7: Towards a New Millennium; Review |
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Tues 11 |
UNIT 5 QUEST |
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Wed 12 |
LIBRARY: Oral Exam research |
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Thurs 13 |
LIBRARY: Oral Exam research |
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Fri 14 |
LIBRARY: Oral Exam research |
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Mon 17 |
Trial preparation |
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Tues 18 |
Oral Exam: Trial 1 |
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Wed 19 |
Oral Exam: Trial 2 |
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Thurs 20 |
Oral Exam: Trial 3 |
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Fri 21 |
Oral Exam: Trial 4 |
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Mon 24 |
Oral Exam: Trial 5 |
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Tues 25 |
Oral Exam: Trial 6 (if necessary) |
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Wed 26 |
Exam Review |
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Thurs 27 |
Last Day Party; Exam Review |
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Fri 28 |
Exams Start |
Exams:
Fri. Jan 28 – Thurs. Feb. 3