CHC2DB Canadian history since ww1 Mr. Bergman 220 2015-2016

Mr. R. Bergman richard.bergman@tldsb.on.ca http://rbergman.weebly.com Office: 223 Prep: Period 4 CHA3UB and CHY4U (nerd…….)

An academic/PP level history class means… Lectures/Power Points- taking notes - Content is very much lecture, and student interaction driven- no marks but we will do stuff that requires you to do work Reading…oh no! and Homework…oh no! 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

1914- 1929 1929- 1945 What will we learn? Canada- nation of immigrants The Great War- how, why? The Roaring Twenties- for everyone? 1929- 1945 The Great Depression- how, why? Europe in the 20’s- 30’s- Rise of Fascism World War Two

1945- 1982 1982- Present What Will We Learn? - ??? The Cold War Canada as a Middle Power “Life is Good”- really? Korean War Trudeau 1982- Present - ???

Evaluation Termwork 70% Final Exam 30% 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?

So What? If History is fun in any way it is when very controversial questions are asked…and you use lists! You are all relatively the generation who has grown up in the 21st century…congrats So, two tasks- look at the list, try to label the year the event occurred….then rank the ten most SIGNIFICANT events….that word is in capitals for a reason.

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: We can be in the shoes of the people of the past and be a part of it to try and understand why 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- 13th 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