Monday, December 12, 2016

Dec. 12-16: Finish Economy under British rule

STUDY: QUIZ THURSDAY

Monday-Tuesday-Wednesday
-complete analysis of timber documents (with partner)
-complete notes: agriculture, transportation developments (reading - take own) and economic policy (free trade)
-review

Green ECON review booklet: questions 4-11

Thursday:QUIZ
Economy during the British period
-Protectionism (preferential tariffs), fur, timber, agriculture, transport., Britain's free trade and Reciprocity Treaty
-17 short answer questions

Friday:
-begin Economic Development during the Canadian period, 1867-today
-industrialisation

Tuesday, December 6, 2016

Dec. 6-9: Economy during British rule, 1760-1867

Monday-Tuesday:
-economic policy
-continuity & change in the fur trade
-notes, pink booklet

Wednesday-Thurs.:
-timber trade
-notes, pink booklet

Sunday, November 27, 2016

Nov. 28-Dec. 2: Finish NF econ

If you are not here on Friday (or Thursday), you must do your essay on Wednesday or Thursday at lunch.

Monday-Tuesday-Wednesday:
-complete/correct blue booklet
-review NF's economy (illustrated mind map, assign vocabulary summary-paragraphs)

Thurs:
-vocabulary-paragraphs due (red, blue)
-group work - illustrated mind map

Friday:
-essay (fur trade, NF)

Sunday, November 20, 2016

Nov. 21-24: NF's economy, cont'd

Monday-Wednesday:
-return quizzes (natives' econ)
-continue NF's economy
-notes: mercantilism, fur-based econ., efforts to diversify NF's economy (after 1663), the local economy...
-work in blue booklet 

Read about who were the coureurs des bois and their world
Check out the travels of French explorers in North America

Next week:
-essay about NF's fur trade

Monday, November 14, 2016

Nov. 14-17: NF's Economy

Finish on Monday:
-notes about Natives trade networks, circa 1500
-notes: contact with Europeans and the results
-correct completed YELLOW booklet (pp. 2, 3, 4)

Formative assessment:
Tues. (purple)
Wed. (blue, red): causal connection assignment using documents (European arrival)

Thurs: Quiz
-economy of natives in Quebec, circa 1500
-12 short answer questions, 1 map
-STUDY (yellow booklet and notes)

Start:
-NF's economy, 1608-1760
-notes & blue booklet
-textbook pp. 158-172

MID-YEAR EXAM: JANUARY 25
Chapter 1 (Population) and 2 (Economy)

Sunday, November 6, 2016

Nov. 7-11: Population Exam; start Economic Development

You should be studying for your term/unit exam.

Tuesday:
-begin second unit: Economic Development
-economic activities of natives in Quebec
-yellow booklet... :)

Wednesday-Thursday:
-summative exam
-45% of term

Friday:
-Remembrance Day

Friday, October 28, 2016

Oct 31-Nov. 4: Finish Canada, post-1945 & Exam

Complete notes about contemporary Canada: 1945-2016
-purple booklet: Post-war population growth - read, complete 5 questions.

Population & Settlement: November 9 and 10
It covers EVERYTHING in this chapter: Aboriginal, French, British, Canada.
Format:
-21 short answer questions based on documents

Studying:
-start reviewing/studying NOW
-study your class notes
-make cue cards, timelines...
-read over two summary pages in the textbook: p. 134-135

The following are review questions for the Canadian period, 1867-1945:



















The Secret Path:
an animated film that tells the true story of Chanie Wenjack, a 12-year-old boy who died while trying to escape from a residential school and travel back home.

http://watch.cbc.ca/the-secret-path/-/episode-1/38e815a-00b11deb591

Sunday, October 23, 2016

Oct. 24-28: P&S, Contemporary Canada - 1867-1945

Start the Canadian period, 1867-1945
Monday-Wed:
-notes, 1867-1945
-complete purple handout, "Canada: 1880-1930" - six questions on the back
-quiz on Wednesday (short answer questions)

Textbook pages that refer to our topics:
-Immigration policy, pp. 76-78
-Aboriginals, p. 66-67
-Urbanization, pp. 68-70
-Emigration, pp. 72-74

Go over essay evaluation
-answering the element
-use of documents

Population & Settlement exam:
-November 9 and 10

Wednesday, October 5, 2016

Oct. 11-14: TEST

Wednesday, October 12, Day 1:
Mid-unit test: Population and settlement
-15-20% term
-10-15 short answer questions based on documents
-Abor, NF, Brit (part 1)

Sunday, September 18, 2016

Sept. 19-23: Population & settlement in NF

Monday-Thursday: new blue booklet
learning goal: factors of population growth in NF, 1608-1760
-analyse documents (handout); work with a partner
-write short paragraph using documents in booklet
-discuss notes

Friday: Qu-est about Quebec's First Occupants
-see blog below (last week)
-2 maps: world (12 marks) and natives in Quebec (7)
-18 short answer questions (about 31 marks)

Tuesday, September 13, 2016

Sept. 12-16: Pop & Settlement: Natives in Quebec

In the last two classes, we have completed notes about Natives in Quebec, circa 1500. You have a booklet that will help you achieve your learning goals. You should be able to:
-explain the origins and the migrations that led to the settlement of Quebec by the first occupants;
-identify different tribes belonging to ALGONQUIAN and IROQUOIAN language groups;
-describe the way of life of sedentary and nomadic tribes and be able to explain their organisation of territory.  
We will also take one class to learn about the arrival of Europeans in eastern Canada in the early 1500's and their contact with natives in that area.

Next week, on FridaySept. 23, you will have a quiz on these concepts. The format for this test is: two maps (1-native territory, and major water bodies surrounding Quebec; 2-a world map); about 15-20 short answer questions. You should study the notes and information in your yellow booklet. In your textbook, refer to pgs. 16-18; 20-22.

Wednesday, September 7, 2016

Quiz: Quebec Today

Monday, Sept. 12, DAY 8:
Format:
-11 short-answer questions on the material you've learned in the first few classes (15 marks)
Study:
-the notes we took on the slides
-purple booklet: the documents (analyzed in class), questions and graphic organiser on the back
-textbook, pp. 4-7

eg. What is the current population of Quebec?

Tuesday, August 30, 2016

Sunday, June 5, 2016

June 6-10: Review!

This week is dedicated to review:
-go over last week's final term exam;
-come in at lunch and look over your tests and exams;
-don't miss history class;
-ask questions!

Remember to:
-study every night between now and next Tuesday (30 minutes);
-study your notes, J.E. bible, and the booklet I made for you;
-come to history everyday this week;
-come to next Tuesday's tutorials;
-be an active participant!

The final MEES exam is on June 15, 9.00 a.m. It is worth 50% of your year.

You can do it!

Sunday, May 29, 2016

May 30-June 2: Reviewing and Test Thursday

Mon-Wed:
-review culture for test term test on Thursday (June 2)
-three sections (short answer using docs, short answer questions, vocab)
-next five classes: end of year review for final exam, June 15

Thurs: Exam
per. 1, 2, 3: purple, red, blue

June 2, after school tutorial: no late busses, you have to get organised...

Sunday, May 15, 2016

Contemporary Canada: Culture

Blue & Red:
2 classes - finish contemporary period (isms)
Thursday afternoon: Culture essay

Purple:
2 classes - finish contemporary period (isms)
Tuesday, Day 8: Culture essay

STUDY FOR CULTURE EXAM ON JUNE 2!

Monday, April 25, 2016

Exam and final unit of HCE

Monday & Tuesday:
Official power exam

Wednesday:
Fitness day!

Thursday & Friday:
-begin unit on "Culture and Currents of Thought"
-notes (aboriginal spirituality and culture) and short assignment
-read textbook, p. 11-15

Sunday, April 17, 2016

Finish Official power, Canada: Media & Nationalist groups

POWER EXAM: MONDAY, APR. 25
-21 short-answer questions, based on documents
-French regime (6), British rule (6), Contemporary Canada (9)
-who? demands? means? results? changes?







Monday-Thurs:
-finish notes (review feminist groups; complete nationalist groups in Quebec and the media)
-review (exam documents and questions).

Monday, April 11, 2016

Official Power: Contemporary Canada (various interest groups)

Monday-Tuesday:
-Federal-provincial relations:
-in class: notes, read purple booklet, p. 2
complete a June-style causal connection (/3)

-read textbook, p. 141-143; 150-151; complete back page of booklet, #1 (true and false... correct the false statement

Tuesday-Wednesday:
-quiz moved from last week: (Blue, Tuesday; others, Wed.) 12 short-answer questions (achievement of responsible government at end of Brit. period; Contemporary Canada: natives, Catholic church and federal-provincial relations)

Wednesday-Friday:
-group work
-unions, feminist groups, environmentalists and language groups (French and English)

Monday, April 4, 2016

Official Power: Contemporary Canada, 1867-2015

Tuesday-Friday:
-begin official power in the contemporary period
1-Native groups and the Canadian government
2-Catholic church after Confederation
3-Federal-provincial relations

Wednesday, March 23, 2016

Mar. 29-Apr. 1: Finish British period

Tuesday, Day 5: All history groups will be writing an essay about power relations between the Assembly and the colonial government during the 1830's.

Wednesday (day 8), Thursday (day 9), Friday (day 1):
-review and model essay
-complete power, 1840's - the achievement of responsible government
-timeline, 1763-1867



Monday, March 14, 2016

Mar. 14-18: Official power, British rule, part 2

Post-1791: Power relations between the Governor & the Assembly
-system established by the Constitutional Act
-dissatisfaction that grew with the system of government
-factors that resulted in Lower Canada's Rebellion, 1837

-notes: changes territory and government structure
-review booklet: p. 3 - assembly and governor
-study for Quiz

Quiz: Thursday, Day 3 (p. 1, 2, 4)
- British power relations, 1763-1800
-10 short answer; 1 government structure (10 marks)
- topics: natives' revolt, fears of Catholic church, Murray & the merchants, three Brit. constitutions, and the new system of gov't established in 1791

Sunday, February 7, 2016

Feb. 8-11: Exam and new unit

EXAM: ECONOMY & DEVELOPMENT
Feb. 9 (Blue, Purple) & 10 (Red), 20% term 2
-21 short answer questions based on documents (no essay question)
-Aboriginal, French regime, British rule, Contemporary Canada
-arrive early for extra time

Next unit: Official power
RED TEXTBOOK



Wednesday, February 3, 2016

Feb. 1-5: Test info for next week; finish economic development, since 1980

EXAM: ECONOMY & DEVELOPMENT
Feb. 9 & 10, 20% term 2
21 short answer questions based on documents

This week:
Tuesday: All groups
-essay about economic development during the Quiet Revolution (1960's & 1970's)
-after school: tutorial

Wednesday:
-mid-year exam

Thursday-Friday:
-complete economic development of Quebec since 1980

Friday, January 15, 2016

Jan. 17-21: Economic development, Contemp. Canada

Monday:
1-Quiz (10-15 short answer questions)
Industrialisation and agriculture, 1867-1929

2-group work - Great Depression
-textbook reading, guided reading activity

Green Economic Development review booklet:
-completed up to question 18 (Great Depression)

Tuesday-Friday:
Notes, handout: War-time economy, WWII, 1939-1945 and Post-war growth (1945-1960)

Remember: there are two exams coming up...
-Economy & Development (15-20%)
-The Mid-Year (35%), February 3

Monday, January 11, 2016

Mid-year exam and this week

Mid-year exam: Wednesday, February 3
35% of term 2
Topics: Population & Settlement; Economy & Development
15 short answer questions; 1 essay

For Thurs/Fri:
complete new purple booklet about industrialisation
complete the British section of your Econ. review booklet

STUDY FOR YOUR EXAMS