• Day Lesson Homework
    Tuesday, September 6 -introduce course (see Course Outline in Files section)
     
     
    Wednesday, September 7 -Quiz on Canadian vs American trivia
    -Log on to Office 365 to access Class Notebook
     
     
    Thursday, September 8 -discuss quotes about history (see handout)
    -complete activity in Collaboration Space of Class Notebook
     
     
    Friday, September 9 -take up quiz on Canada and the United States
    -discuss summarizing strategies
    -practice writing a summary (for "Women of the Era" (p.6)
     
    -write a summary for "Arts and Leisure," "The Alaskan Boundary Dispute," and "French-Canadian Nationalists" in your Class Notebook (Office 365)
    Monday, September 12 -review p.6-8 of textbook
    -group activity: read about life in the 1900s and note key people, events and inventions
    -review slideshow entitled "Canada at the Dawn of the 20th Century"
     
     
    Tuesday, September 13 -finish reviewing "Canada at the Dawn of the 20th Century"
    -read pp.9-11, 14-17
    -complete p.10 #1-4, p.17 #1-4 
     
    -complete p. 10 #1-4, p.17 #1-4
    Wednesday, September 14 -finish reviewing PP slideshow ("Canada at the Dawn of the 20th Century")
    -introduce "Chapter 1 Review - Perspectives" handout/assignment
     
     
    Thursday, September 15 -work on "Chapter 1 Review - Perspectives" handout
     
     
    Friday, September 16 -Test on Canada in the early 20th century
    -work on "Chapter 1 Review - Perspectives" assignment
     
     
    Monday, September 19 -read p.20-35 of textbook
    -complete p.26 #1-3, p.30 #1-5, and p.35 #1-5
     
    -complete p.26 #1-3, p.30 #1-5 and p.35 #1-5 for Friday
    *Use Class Notebook in OneNote
     
    Tuesday, September 20 -make anchor chart for the causes of WWI
    -watch video on the assassination of Franz Ferdinand (see WORLD WAR I links)
    -make map of Europe with Alliance System
     
    -complete p.26 #1-3, p.30 #1-5 and p.35 #1-5 for Friday
    *Use Class Notebook in OneNote
     
    Wednesday, September 21 -review the causes of WWI
    -watch Crash Course video on the start of WWI (see WORLD WAR I links)
    -complete map of Europe
     
    -complete p.26 #1-3, p.30 #1-5 and p.35 #1-5 for Friday
    *Use Class Notebook in OneNote
     
    Thursday, September 22  MOCK LITERACY TEST -complete p.26 #1-3, p.30 #1-5 and p.35 #1-5 for Friday
    *Use Class Notebook in OneNote
     
    Friday, September 23 -complete handout entitled "Battles along the Western Front" using links specified on handout (and available from the homepage)
     
     
    Monday, September 26 -read and discuss handout entitled "Reaction to War in Europe"
    -read and discuss "Dulce Et Decorum Est"
    -continue working on handout entitled "Battles along the Western Front"
     
    -complete "Battles along the Western Front" handout
    Tuesday, September 27 -listen to and discuss Rise Against's song "Hero of War"
    -read p.44 of textbook
    -watch video on Francis Pegahmagabow (see Links)
    -read excerpt from Joseph Boyden's Three Day Road
     
     
    Wednesday, September 28 -work on handout for Three Day Road
    -watch documentary clips for Second Battle of Ypres and Battle of the Somme (see WORLD WAR I links)
     
     
    Thursday, September 29 -watch Joseph Boyden interview
    -review Three Day Road handout and "Battles along the Western Front" handout
    -introduce WWI diary assignment
     
     
    Friday, September 30 PD DAY