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Unit 1 - Course Overview (2P)

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September 1

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Welcome to Class

Rules Discussion/Activity

 

Our agreed upon rules

 

 

Begin:

What is History? Activity - Put the Concept Map in order

 

What conclusions can you draw from this activity?

 

 

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Finish Concept Map Activity:

Journal Reflect: How has your idea of what history is changed?

 

What things do you think make a great country? Small groups - vote and rank

 

Class criteria for a great country

 

Is Canada a great country today? What evidence is there?

 

Would someone living in Canada in 1913 have the same list as us? What would be different?

 

Predict - Why would the Canadian government have banned alcohol in 1916?

 

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Journal: What predicted cause of prohibition from our list do you think is the most likely factor in causing it?

 

Unit 1 Historical Thinking  

Unit Overview and Assessment 

 

Topic 1 Cause and Consequence and Prohibition

 

Minds On: How is alcohol regulated in Canada today?

Which of these regulations do you have a "why?" question about?

 

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 Cause and Consequence

 

What are some possible causes of Prohibition?

 

Prohibition

Video - People's History

 

Reading from History Uncovered p. 52-53

September 8

 

Complete the

Diamond Ranking Organizer and paragraph

 

Journal Reflection How did my ideas about the causes of Prohibition change?

 

Product: Diamond Ranking and Paragraph - most influential cause

 

 

 

 

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Finish Journal Reflection - How did my ideas about the causes of Prohibition change?

 

Topic 2: Historical Perspective-Taking and Japanese Internment 

 

 Watch Minoru: A Memory of Exile

 

 

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Product: Bio-poem 

Peer Assessment

 

Reflection:

What is your best line and why?

What is a question you still have about internment?

 

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Topic 3: Continuity and Change and the Cold War

 

Watch Chinese-Canadians video

Analyze  Lisgar picture 1903

 

Look at Cold War Video clips - What has changed? What are the continuities?

 

 

 

September 16

 

Cold War Timeline with Attitude

Place the events above or below the line

 

Journal: When did the Cold War start and end? Why?

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Topic 4: Historical Significance

 

Consider Significance and

 

Set up Criteria

 

 

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 Most Significant Song in my life - whysignificant?

 

October Crisis:Predict what it might be about based on the pictures

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October Crisis:

Read and Code the Text

 

Apply Significance Criteria

 

 

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Is it significant enough to be included in Canada's History Museum?

 

With a partner or on your own, prepare either:

 

A) Letter to the museum's CEO Mark O'Neill

OR

B) Design the exhibit which will show people why it's significant.

 

September 23

Watch Passchendaele

What questions would a historian ask about this movie?

USE:

Significance

Cause & Consequence

Perspective

Continuity & Change

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Finish watching Passchendaele

What questions would a historian ask about this movie?

USE:

Significance

Cause & Consequence

Perspective

Continuity & Change

 

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Topic 5: Evidence, Ethical Dimension and Oka

 

Evidence Activity - I Left a Trace fromThe Big Six

 

Begin to Examine the Evidence with Oka - Photo and summary

 

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Continue Examining the Evidence

Minds On: Review Photo

 

Action: Watch Oka Videos - ask Primary Source Questions

 

Examine Documents

Journal: 

What are the two most important questions to ask?

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Terry Fox Run 

 

 

 

 

September 30

Oka and the Ethical Dimension

4 corners

 

Either:
Write a letter to the PM, OR

Design a suitable memorial 

 

October 1

 

Select 2 of 5 items to submit for the 

Unit One Assessment

Complete one for peer review tomorrow

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Questions Diagnostic today - how are your questioning Skills?

 

Group activity - rocket ship

 

 

HW: Complete your Unit 1 Assessment Product #1

Draft Product #2

 

Use the Peer Review to self-check if you understand and are using the Historical Thinking Concept

 

Unit One Assessment items due by end period today

 

Mobile Lab 

 

Peer Review 

 

 

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Journal: If you could be any Canadian involved in any of the these events, who would you be?

 

Start think about your Canadian Character for the Memory Box.

 

What artifact from unit 1 is significant for her/him?

 

Unit Two: 1914-1929

What causes social upheaval?

Chalkboard Splash

Your ideas 

 

What questions do you have about this time period?

Your Open and Closed Questions

 

 

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