Sunday, October 29, 2017

Oct. 30-Nov. 3: End of term!

This week:
Red 01-Purple 03: go over essay & quiz
Quizlet test review: First phase of industrialisation
Prezi: First phase

Monday-Tuesday-Wednesday:
-review industrialisation & economic changes

-new topic: Macdonald's National Policy, 1879
-notes & documents, & discussion
-read textbook, pp. 92-92; p. 96; complete table in green booklet (p. 4)

-new topic: Quebec's population movements
-notes & discussion
-read p. 68; pp. 72-73; p. 74

Thursday-Friday:
-new topic: Presence of the Catholic church in Quebec (I swear, I don't make this stuff up...)
-notes & discussion
-textbook, pp. 75-78

Test: Industrialisation
-next Tues-Wed (Nov. 7-8)

FINAL UNIT EXAM:
November 14 & 15

Ten agricultural inventions...


Monday, October 23, 2017

Oct. 24-27: Complete Industrialisation; Essay evaluation & quiz

Tues: Purple & Red
-correct "First Phase of Industrialization" handout (4 questions)
-complete notes: transportation, working class issues, first labour unions
-textbook pp. 56-61; 66-71

Wed-Thurs: Evaluation
-one 3-paragraph essay (based on documents)
-5 questions (Metis, Numbered Treaties, Indian Act... 15 marks)

Friday:
-complete economic development & change

Sunday, October 15, 2017

Oct. 16-20: Complete Indian Act-Assimilation - begin First Phase of Industrialization

Monday-Wed: Complete First Nations issues, end of the 19th century
-textbook, p. 88; p. 89-91 (RED group: correct Riel Fill-in-Blank & green booklet, p. 3)
-Notes: Numbered Treaties, Indian Act, 2nd Riel Rebellion & Riel's execution, early Indian Residential schools...
-cartoon analyis (Macdonald-Riel)

Five questions, to be handed in; 2 marks each: (p. 88; p. 89-91)
-Why did the Canadian government sign eleven Numbered Treaties with the First Nations in the West?
-List 4 things the government proposed to the FN in exchange for their land.
-Explain what were "Indian Residential Schools" - who ran them? what was their purpose? etc.
-What is a "Band Council"? What were its powers?
-What were the main political results of the Metis-Riel Rebellions? Why was Riel hanged?

Look at the list of 21 restrictions imposed on First Nations at some point in the 140 year history of the Indian Act. Click here.

Thurs-Friday:
-start industrialisation
-textbook, p. 56-67

Monday, October 9, 2017

Oct. 11-14: Metis Rebellions, Indian Act & Test

Reminder: Mid-unit test (see last week's blog for information).
Wed., Oct. 11 Day 1 (BlueRed); Thurs., Day 2 (purple)

Tuesday:
Purple, Red
-Louis Riel and the Metis Rebellions

Wednesday & Thursday: test

Friday:
Indian Act, 1876

Blue group: below are our two class photos. Which do you prefer?



Thursday, October 5, 2017

Test next week: Oct. 11 & 12

Mid-unit test: Wed., Oct. 11 Day 1 (Blue, Red); Thursday, Day 2 (purple)
Format: 
15 short answer questions; 43 marks
-short answers
-matching
-F.I.B.
-place events in order
-circle true statement
-identify historical figures

Time period:
1840-1867

Topics:
-Act of Union
-alliance & responsible government
-ministerial instability
-Great Coalition
-federal system
...

Study:
-notes, booklets
-textbook, p. 30-53

Canada's territorial expansion: 1905 map
(booklet 4, back page)