Unit 2: Canada, 1929-1945

Here is a link to the Unit 2 Project Instructions.

Here is a link to the list of topics showing who is doing what for Unit 2.

Oct 3rd
Stock Market Game.
Who buys, wins...maybe.

Oct 4th
Weekly Prompt:
C1: Show how major events during this period (1929-1945), including the Great Depression and World War II, resulted from a variety of social, economic, and political factors, and affected various groups in Canada in different ways.

Work Period - Chromebooks booked

Oct 5th
Eva Olson, a holocaust survivor will be talking to us for most of the morning classes. She is an incredible lady who really shows us what it was like to grow up in Nazi occupied Europe.

Oct 6th
We will be doing an activity related to politics, elections and the rise of extremism.

Oct 7th
PD Day

Oct 10th
Happy Thanksgiving...no school today!

Oct 11th
Work Period - Chromebooks booked

For this period, students should be finding examples of social, economic and political events that relate to your chosen topic. Explain or show why or how these events are important to groups in Canada.

Weekly Questions for Unit 2:

1. C1. Show how major events during this period (1929-1945), including the Great Depression and World War II, resulted from a variety of social, economic, and political factors, and affected various groups in Canada in different ways.
2. C2. Show how the years between 1929-1945 were a period of strained and shifting relationships between groups in Canada as well as between Canada and other countries. 
3. C3. Show how the actions of various individuals and groups had a major impact on the continuing development of Canada during this period.

IGNORE THE REST...
Today we are doing an activity to demonstrate the differences between Fascists, Communists and Democracies. With specific reference to The Great Depression of the 1930s and the resulting conflict in World War Two (1939-45).

Here are the project topics for Unit 2: Period 2 or Period 3. Make sure to look them over and then come to me to add your name to a topic. If you would like to choose a topic that is not on these lists, just run the idea by me or Mr Boucher so we can make sure it will work.

Here is a copy of the assignment outline for Unit 2.

Here is a copy of the RUBRIC we will be using to evaluate you this Unit.


We looked at some of the long-term causes of the Great Depression and related problems today: Overproduction, Export-based economy, Relation to the USA, Drought and Black Tuesday.

Here are some pictures of the notes both classes produced.

We will be having work period on both days. Please bring your devices if you have them on Friday as only 14 chromebooks will be available.
The focus for both days will be making connections to this week's expectation. Specifically, relating your chosen topic to Social, Economic and Political events, changes, etc. Look for changes that happened (positive or negative), events that were started, or ended as a result. Explain WHY this was so. Why is this important to the people then and to us now?



Things to look for: Different motivations, different targets, what "rules" are being used here?

Here is a link to the War Crimes activity for today's class.

Here is the link for Period 2's Biopic topics. You will be researching one of these topics and describing the biographical movie that you want to make about them. In the instructions on the document, there are some key things to keep in mind and to make sure you include in your biography. Remember to include which actors should play a part in the film! Please make sure to only make changes to your own work as I can see who makes the changes to the document.

Here is the link for Period 3's Biopic topics. You will be researching one of these topics and describing the biographical movie that you want to make about them. In the instructions on the document, there are some key things to keep in mind and to make sure you include in your biography. Remember to include which actors should play a part in the film! Please make sure to only make changes to your own work as I can see who makes the changes to the document.

Today we have a research period.
We also have the weekly question to look at:

Think about the following when answer the question:
Social Impacts - How many people did their actions affect?
What did they do? Why remember this?
Why is this so different from what everyone else did? (ie: socially, politically, economically)