CHC2DB CANADIAN HISTORY SINCE WW1 MR. BERGMAN

MR. R. BERGMAN Office: 223 Prep: Period 2 CHA3UB and CLU3M

AN ACADEMIC/PP LEVEL HISTORY CLASS MEANS… Lectures/Power Points- taking notes Reading…oh no! and Homework…oh no! Videos (youtube)/ A Movie or Two Independence….and Respect Academic Standard- the only standard that can be met is the one you are willing to work for. Do not waste your time

WHAT WILL WE LEARN? Canada- nation of immigrants -The Great War- how, why? -The Roaring Twenties- for everyone? The Great Depression- how, why? -Europe in the 20’s- 30’s- Rise of Fascism -World War Two

WHAT WILL WE LEARN? The Cold War -Canada as a Middle Power -“Life is Good”- really? -Korean War -Trudeau Present - ???

EVALUATION Termwork 70% -Daily activities -Unit tests -Independent writing tasks -Essay (10%) -Historical Investigation- IB Expectation -Demonstrating understanding Final Exam 30%

THE TYPICAL GRADE 10 ACADEMIC/PP STUDENT Attendance Communication with your teacher Deadlines Respectful and Mature Suffering Constant checking of the course website- keep up to date

LET US BEGIN- WHY HISTORY MATTERS History is abused (movies) YOU are history Canadian Identity- people all over the world identify you with Canada because of what happened in the past- what will people think in the future What would people think if we did not remember things of the past?

History is more or less bunk. It’s tradition. We don’t want tradition. We want to live in the present and the only history that is worth a tinker’s damn is the history we make today. Henry Ford (1863–1947), U.S. industrialist. Interview in Chicago Tribune (May 25, 1916). So, why bother???

In 1812 Napoleon’s Grand Army was decimated by the Russian winter and forced to retreat... Between 1809 and 1811 Napoleon conquered all of Europe. The Emperor then turned his attention to Russia.

In 1940 Hitler overran most of Western Europe. Hitler was a famous student of Napoleon’s conquests.

Nazis in Russia In 1941 Hitler turned his attention to Russia. It would be a defining moment in the war.

AFGHANISTAN Because of its location and topography, Afghanistan has been a crossroads in trade routes that lead to Russia, India and the middle east since the 4th century BC.

THE BRITISH During a 70-year span, beginning in 1839, the British invaded Afghanistan on 3 separate occasions hoping to ensure the security of India and thwart Russian ambitions in the area. These invasions would cost the British over casualties and result in no permanent territorial gains. Afghanistan was granted full independence from Britain in 1919.

THE SOVIETS In 1979, at the height of their power, the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan in attempt to prop up a communist government. After 13 years nearly Soviets were dead. The Soviets were forced to withdraw and cede the country to the Islamic government, the Mujahadeen.

AFTERMATH This fragile government would eventually be overthrown by a fundamentalist Muslim group: the Taliban.

NATO IN AFGHANISTAN In 2002 Canada, as part of a US lead multinational force, entered Afghanistan to overthrow the Taliban and hunt for Osama bin Laden. To date 152 Canadians have died, bin Laden continues to elude capture and the Taliban exerts considerable influence over much of the Afghan population.

Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it -George Santayana-

HOW DO WE LOOK AT HISTORY Close your eyes: pretend you are an Icelandic immigrant living in the area of Lindsay in the early 1800’s and you see a Moose. Two ways to think about history: 1)We can be in the shoes of the people of the past and be a part of it to try and understand why 2)We can never understand the past through people because what they thought in the past is nothing like the way we think today So then how do we know anything about history?

MARCO POLO’S UNICORN Marco Polo- 13 th century Italian explorer- recorded his travels across Asia to China and back Came across numerous animals and sights he had never seen before and didn’t understand. His recordings show us how we think of things within our own known perspectives

MARCO POLO’S UNICORN “unicorns are scarcely smaller than elephants. They have hair of a buffalo and a single large black horn in the middle of the forehead. They are very ugly brutes to look at…not at all as we describe them to be…” What was he looking at, that he thought was a unicorn?

THE POINT IS… Marco Polo used what he knew to understand what he didn’t know As historians we cannot put our present ideas into the events and minds of the past How to do this: EVIDENCE