1. Canadian History since The Great War
Course Overview February 2017

2. Course Overview
This course focuses on the social context of historical developments and events and how they have affected the lives of people in Canada since 1914.
Students will explore interactions between various communities in Canada as well as contributions of individuals and groups to Canadian heritage and identity.
Students will develop their ability to apply the concepts of historical thinking and the historical inquiry process
Students will interpret and analyze evidence, when investigating the continuing relevance of historical developments and how they have helped shape communities in present-day Canada.

3. BORING
Right???

4. Course Overview
History never changes, its just boring and old and stupid and I don’t care about it

9. Units of Study Unit 1: A Nation is Born 1914- 1929
(Canadian society before WW1, The Great War, The Roaring 1920’s)
Unit 2: Years of Challenge
(The Great Depression, The Traditional order challenged, World War II)
Unit 3: Canada Comes of Age
(The Cold War, The Baby Boom, Times of Change, Canada finds its own identity?)
Unit 4: Culminating Activity (hmmm…..)

10. Assessment You know the drill: 70% coursework 50% Assignments
20% Tests
10% Culminating Activity
20% FINAL EXAM

11. EQAO
March

12. A Few Things to Think About…
This is a compulsory course
There is a final exam- no exemptions
Pretty much it is highly unlikely that there will ever be homework (but that depends on your own effort during class)

13. A Few Things to Think About…
Cellphones…
During a lesson many of you will look to your phones for some kind of addictive hit, because you are bored, because apparently your parents need get in touch with you at that exact moment or that you have to see what some of your supposed friends have put on instagram which is somehow world changing and has to be looked at and commented on at one.

14. Please, put on your big boy/girl pants on and realize that it’s an unbelievable luxury and privilege to have cell phones, not a right.
Just be totally aware of what your responsibility is, if you choose to spend more time on your phones then that will produce a pretty likely result.
I will never take your phone…now what will you do?

15. A Few Things to Think About…
How learning happens- A comment about classes:
Sometimes you will have to write notes from the smartboard- don’t like that? Okay then I can give you the textbook pages and you can read them instead
This is your first history class since probably grade 6, there is A LOT YOU DON’T KNOW
Everything that I ask you to write down will be used at a later date
I can only spoon feed you so much- don’t expect it:

17. Here’s the truth… In this class we will learn about YOU
Why is Canada the way it is right now?
What might Canada be like when you are my age?
How/why did people think differently in the past?
What causes events to occur and what are the consequences?
History is always about how things change….or is it?
Why do we learn about some things and not others

18. That’s a lot questions

20. “unicorns are scarcely smaller than elephants
“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…”

22. So what do you know?