Thursday, November 20, 2014

Wednesday, November 19, 2014

Day 54: Human Rights

1.  HM:
Madison
Taylor and Georgia x 3

2.  Continue the vignettes from yesterday.

Thursday, November 13, 2014

Day 50: Unit review

1. HM: Emily and Brianna
2.  Is war ever justified?  Video

Is it?  Discuss (20 minutes)

Review

Terms:
militarism
alliances
imperialism
nationalism
Triple Alliance
Triple Entente
holocaust
human rights
trench warfare
Treaty of Versailles
peacekeeping
Naziism
Archduke Francis Ferdinand
mustard gas
colonization / colony / colonialism
League of Nations
concentration camp
home front
reparation
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
mobilization
labour camp
death camp or extermination camp
balance of power
invasion of Poland
Allied Powers
Axis Powers
Propaganda
Auschwitz
Two quizlets are:
http://quizlet.com/434416/ww1-vocabulary-flash-cards/
http://quizlet.com/17259967/world-war-1-vocabulary-list-flash-cards/


Events:
Passchaendale
D-Day
Holocaust
Korean War
peacekeeping in Rwanda & Romeo Dallaire
War in Afghanistan (158 Cdn deaths)
Cdn. Air Strikes on ISIS


Human Rights:
Holocaust
UN Declaration of Human Rights

Has Canada been justified in participating in the wartime operations?  Support your point of view with events as proof.

Wednesday, November 12, 2014

Day 49: Drum Circle

1.  HM:
2.  Why a Drum Circle?
3.  Drumming for peace, war, culture, community, fun, therapy.
4.  Drumming

Monday, November 10, 2014

Day 47: Project

This is your last period to work on the project.

Please submit your GOOGLEDOC link to TURNITIN.com
Please use the email function on your visme to send it to to appropriate Kovich.

Due WEDNESDAY

Wednesday, November 5, 2014

Tuesday, November 4, 2014

VISME RUBRIC

Rubric

Day 43: Project

1.  HM: Jean Chretien becomes Prime Minister: 1993
While this video is clearly NOT from the day he won the election (!) how important are these 2 men in Canadian history?

2.  Project: link


Monday, November 3, 2014

Day 42: Prep for guest speaker

1.  HM:  Clinton wins: 1992
How does an election of a new US president change politics, economics and the security of Canada?

2.  In small groups, spend 15 minutes discussing these questions.  Be prepared to share as a class afterwards.


  • Which character in Schindler's List made your heart ache?  Why?
  • What event in the movie surprised you?  Explain why.
  • What could Schindler have done to save more people?
  • How does the death of Goeth make up for some of his actions?  Or does it all?
  • Why do we need to learn, teach and talk about the holocaust still today?
3.  Class discussion of questions above.

4.  Video: this is our speaker today Elly Gotz

5.  On the provided cue cards, write 2 questions that you have for our holocaust survivor today.  Get a friend to check them over to ensure they are relevant.

6.  Share the questions you have written with the class.  As a class choose 5 you would like him to answer today.