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)