• Date Lesson Homework
    Wednesday, October 1 -Guest lecturer:  Gwynne Dyer on World War I
    -take notes during lecture using Cornell note taking    		  
    Thursday, October 2 -Mock Literacy Test   
    Friday, October 3 -finish discussing the Battle of Jutland
    -discuss air battles during WWI by introducing famous pilots (Roy Brown, Red Baron, etc.)    		  
    Monday, October 6 -complete handout on the Treaty of Versailles
    -introduce WWI diary assignment    		  
    Tuesday, October 7 -watch documentary on John McCrae
    -independent review for test    		  
    Wednesday, October 8 -basketball game  
    Thursday, October 9 *Unit test  
    Friday, October 10 -work on diary assignment  
    Monday, October 13 Thanksgiving   
    Tuesday, October 14 Field trip to National Arts Gallery and the Parliament   
    Wednesday, October 15 *WWI diary assignment due
    -read "Disabled" by Wilfred Owen and discuss the return of soldiers from the Western front (p.133-135)
    -list the characteristics of a news report    		  
    Thursday, October 16 -discuss the Spanish Flu and how the League of Nations was used to organized a response (see BBC article handout)
    -watch video on Spanish Flu and the Avian Flu
    -practice writing a news report (topic: History Students Visit Galley of Canada)    		  
    Friday, October 17 -review student news reports from the previous day
    -read about the Winnipeg General Strike (p.135) and view video (see "Winnipeg General Strike" link)
    -write news report on the Winnipeg General Strike (see handout)    		 -finish news report on Winnipeg General Strike
    Monday, October 20 -work on news report assignment  
    Tuesday, October 21 -work on news report assignment  
    Wednesday, October 22 -work on news report assignment  
    Thursday, October 23 -discuss life in Canada in the 1920s (see PP slideshow in "Roaring Twenties" folder)  
    Friday, October 24 -PD day  
    Monday, October 27 -finish PP slideshow on Canada in the 1920s
    -work on news report assignment    		  
    Tuesday, October 28 *news report assignment due
    -guest speaker in atrium    		  
    Wednesday, October 29 -go over Chapter 4 content (see "Chapter 4 notes" slideshow)
    -view and discuss Crash Course video on Roaring Twenties (see link)
    -create a story using Jazz Age slang    		  
    Thursday, October 30 -finish view Crash Course video on Roaring Twenties
    -make notes on Roaring Twenties in America
    -discuss the crash of 1929 and the causes of the Great Depression    		  
    Friday, October 31