Monday, May 29, 2017

Test: Thursday, Friday

Quiz: Tuesday
Blue & Red
-10 short answer questions
-topics: two readings (purple booklet)

Culture test:
-7 questions & documents
-15 definitions
-9 short answer questions
= 30% of term III
Your term III mark will be ready Friday.

REVIEW!

Monday, May 22, 2017

Culture Essay (purple & blue); Finish unit - May 29

This week:
Got it-Forgot it: Culture
Read this: Why do we celebrate Victoria Day?

Monday-Tues:
Purple & Blue
-learn about "socialism"
-culture essay
Red:
-Fascism, Americanism...

Tutorial: May 25
-after school, 4.00-5.45

Finish Culture unit: May 26
Unit exam: June 1

Fascism:
-government system led by a dictator with complete power, forcibly suppresses opposition and criticism, regiments all industry, commerce, etc.

-emphasizes aggressive nationalism and often racism

Characteristics: single party (no elections), tradition, extreme nationalism, racial purity, devotion to leader
Who: Adrien Arcand
Expressed: Parti National Social Chretien, 1934

Monday, April 24, 2017

Power Exam (Fri.) & last unit (Culture)

OFFICIAL POWER EXAM: FRIDAY
-Three sections x 7 questions = 21 short answer questions (approximately 6, French regime; 6, British rule; 9, Canada)
-based on documents
-35% of term

Review:
-after school tutorial, Tuesday, Apr. 25 (4.00-5.30)
-study notes nightly (~25 mins.) using the "June exam bible" - read the bullets, then go to the notes...
-textbook pages: p. 184-187 (overview)

CULTURE & CURRENTS OF THOUGHT
Monday-Thursday:
-starting LAST unit!
-Class 1: Native culture
-notes: spirituality, relationship with nature, communication & trade
-readings: red text., p. 10-15
-homework: handout (yellow)
-Class 2:
-review "Pop-settlement" (Got it-Forget it)
-review native culture & correct handout
-Culture in NF 
-notes: intro, divine right...

Saturday, April 8, 2017

Vimy Ridge & Tuesday's TEST (Apr. 11) & upcoming unit EXAM

On Sunday, a ceremony commemorating the hundredth anniversary of the battle will take place in Vimy, France, at the magnificent Canadian monument (completed 1936). The ceremony airs on CBC-TV on Sunday morning. This video discusses this significant battle, and it also discusses the monument itself.



Monday: Finish group work
Take it seriously and help each other prepare for tomorrow's test:
-BLUE: (period 2)
(1) complete unions, women's groups versus power and create two timelines of important events (on blue paper)
(2) when finished, read over printed notes;
(3) start review booklet that Ms. Long has.

-RED: (period 4)
(1) complete environment and linguistic groups versus official power and discuss;
(2) when you are finished completing the table in the booklet, read the printed notes I've made;
(3) start on the 4-page review booklet;
(4) read the pages in the booklet about Nationalist groups in Quebec.

Remember: Short answer test, TUESDAY. Study the CANADIAN period (natives, church, fed-prov. relations, unions, women's groups, linguistic groups...). About three questions per topic/group.

Tuesday: Period 2, 3, 4
-20 question test; all short answer.
-based on your notes, booklet and readings (1867-present).

Post-Easter break, (after April 19):
You have an OFFICIAL POWER EXAM (~35% of term III). It consists of 21 questions, [French regime (6), British rule (6), Contemporary Canada (9)], based on documents.

Wednesday, April 5, 2017

Apr. 6-7 (Thurs.-Fri.): Group work

Here is what you will be doing over the next two classes; this material will be on next week's QUIZ (Tuesday):













Next week's quiz will include about 20-25 short and long answer questions. The material covers relations between power and Natives, the Church, federal-provincial, women's groups, and labour unions.

Your OFFICIAL POWER UNIT EXAM is the week of April 18.

Sunday, March 26, 2017

Mar. 27-30: Official Power - Canada

Monday, Day 8: periods 2, 3, 4
-essay evaluation: achieving responsible government

Tues.-Thurs.: 
-begin official power in Contemporary Canadian period (purple booklet)
1-Native groups and the Canadian government
2-Catholic church after Confederation
3-Federal-provincial relations

Tuesday, March 21, 2017

Mar. 20-24: Power relations - Governor & Assembly

Tues.-Wed.:
-review the Constitutional Act and government system established in 1791
-notes: power relations between the Assembly & the Governor, leading to the Rebellions
-complete handouts...

-practice essay: group work

Thurs.-Fri.:
-achieving "responsible government" after the Act of Union, 1840
-Baldwin-Lafontaine coalition government

-next week: essay evaluation