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

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

3. 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

4. 1914- 1929 1929- 1945 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

5. 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
- ???

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

7. 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

8. 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?

9. 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.

10. 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?

11. 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

12. 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?

14. 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