Dec.1-5: Test & Finish Abor. Economy

As per last week's post: Dec. 1 & 2
Monday: day 7, per. 4: Blue group
Tuesday, day 8, per. 3: Purple group

Your test is made up of two sections: the first consists of one three-paragraph essay. I handed out the documents last week so that you could analyse them ahead of time; the second has five short-answer questions, based on its own set of documents.

Due next class:
-four sections of the yellow booklet about Aboriginal economy.

Nov. 24-26: New unit - Economy and Development (Day 2, 3, and 4)

Next week: Dec. 1:
Monday: day 7, per. 4: Blue group
Tuesday, day 8, per. 3: Purple group

There will be a short test about Quebec's population and settlement in the period since WWII (1945-2014). It will consist of a three-paragraph essay and about five short-answer questions, each section based on its own documents.

This week: Economy and Development of Quebec, since 1500

Your aim, over the next two classes, is to understand:
(1) the characteristics of Aboriginal "economy" before Europeans arrived;
(2) how Aboriginal subsistence activities affected their social and territorial organization;
(3) the effects of contact with Europeans on Aboriginal economy and trade networks...

We will:
-discuss the term economy and understand certain key economic terms (photos, pp. 138-139);

-take short notes about nomadic and sedentary "economic activities" and their division of labour (p. 148-149);
-complete a four-page booklet about the aboriginal economy, which include two exam-style  questions;
-you are responsible for reading & examining corresponding pgs. 145-154

Bonus questions could come from this article or this one...

Nov. 17-21: Finish contemporary period

We are finishing population and settlement. If you were absent on Thurs or Fri., get the notes. Next Tuesday, the Blue (02) and Purple (05) groups owe me the two short paragraph summaries. This is an extension of five days. There will be a test about the contemporary period during the week of Dec. 1.

Watch this video about Montreal in the 1950's; it is WILD:

Les Habitations Jeanne-Mance by Eugene Boyko, National Film Board of Canada

Read about Montreal cleaning up its slums...

This week:
-finish the contemporary period of Quebec's population & settlement
-notes
-assignment: two short summaries (handout)
-short test next week

Remember: Thursday is day 5; Friday is day 6.

Finish P&S: Canada, 1945-197

In the next couple of classes, we will finish Population & Settlement chapter. Our focus is on the 1945 period to the present.

Next class (blue, purple)
-go over the term exam (essay and short answer)
-I wrote an essay to show you how it sounds...

This week, for homework:
-handout: reading and questions about the baby boom (1945-1960) and immigration increase
-textbook, p. 82-90: read over the pages, examine documents; complete the task below (especially if you're missing class Friday afternoon):

Nov. 3-7: Canadian period and term 1 exam

Tuesday, Nov. 4:
-study and tutorial after school in my classroom

This week:
-continue to learn about the changes to our society, territory after confederation, owing to massive immigration
-review for the test

Homework:
-study
-read purple handout (Canada, 1867-1930)
-answer the 7 corresponding questions

For exam information, scroll down to the October 29 blog entry.

Oct. 27-31: finish Brit. period 1815-1867 & exam information

Finish FIB notes:
1-social & territorial effects of Br. immigration to Lower Canada
2-Fr-Canadian emigration to the USA (explanation and impact)
3-Natives in Lower Canada (population stagnation)
homework: read textbook pp. 51-56; complete back page of notes (FIB, 3 questions)

Review questions to help you study your notes about the period 1815-1867:
1. What was the population of Quebec (Lower Can/Can. West) in: 1760? 1791? 1842? 1861?
2. What is B.N.A.? What colonies made up B.N.A.?
3. After 1815, from where did immigrants to B.N.A. arrive in great numbers?
4. What explains why these people immigrated to B.N.A. (push-pull factors)?
5. Why did most of these immigrants migrate from Lower to Upper Canada?
6. Compare population growth in Lower and Upper Canada by the mid-19th century.
7. What impact did the Great Migration (from British Isles) have on Quebec’s (a) society; and (b) territory?
8. What impact did population growth have on rural areas and on the St. Lawrence Valley?
9. Explain the reasons for the French-canadiens’ emigration from Quebec. Where did the go?
10. What measures did the Quebec gov’t implement to solve the Fr-can emigration? Did they work?
11. Explain the impact of population growth on urban areas. How did cities change during the nineteenth century?

Term test:
-Nov. 6 & 7
-short answer based on documents
-essay, based on documents

-the evaluation covers content about the development of population and its impact on Quebec's society and territory; this includes the following periods:

-the Aboriginal (origins, three linguistic groups, their ways of life, and characteristics of each);

-French regime (problems of population growth before RG, changes after Royal Government, measures taken by the government, results of government measures, pop. of NF in 1760; occupied vs claimed territory...);

-British rule (continuity and change after the change of empire in 1763, changes in population owing to "migration flows," (immigration: Br. merchants, Loyalists, from the British Isles; emigration: French-Canadian to USA)  the changing territory of Quebec (boundaries, inhabited territory...)

-early Canada, 1867-1930

To study:
-class notes & handouts
-don't read the textbook; find various pages (summary, timelines,...)
-examine documents in the textbook, in your handouts.

How?
First: organise all your notes and handouts; make sure you have everything in order... Then:
1. make yourself cue cards, with a question on the front, answer on the back... (eg. What were government measures meant to keep French-Canadians from emigrating to the United States?)
2. use the SQ3R method...
3. study about 20 minutes every night, only

Oct. 20-23: British rule, part 2

Next two classes: finishing the British period
Upcoming term exam: November 6 & 7