Week of May 2nd to May 5th

This week you will finish off chapter 6 (if you haven't already done so) and you will be starting chapter 7. Keep in mind, your test (which will occur in about 2 weeks or so) will be based on chapters 6, 7, and 8. Stay on top of the work and email me if you have questions and/or concerns.

P.S. Your newspaper project OR YOUR BOARD GAME PROJECT needs to be handed in BY MAY 5TH (THURSDAY) prior to you leaving for the long weekend (PRO-D on Friday).

P.P.S. Tomorrow is election day....make sure to tell your parents, grandparents, older siblings, and anyone else who is able to vote to go vote! If they don't know or understand party platforms YOU can tell them since we learned about it at the beginning of the semester!

This Week....

Hello everyone!

You will be starting on chapter 6 this week and will finish the majority of it by the end of the week. This chapter is very important so please DO NOT MISS CLASSES...you need to keep working hard as the provincial is inching closer and closer! Here is a *potential* plan for this week.

Tuesday
1. Changing Face of Canada (pg. 170 to 177)

 Wednesday
1. New Times, New Leadership (pg. 180 to 183)

Thursday
1. Post War Prosperity (pg. 184 to 189)

Friday
1. Cold War and Diplomacy (pg. 190 to 197)


I hope you have a good week. Take care of yourselves and see you soon :-)

Week of April 18th to April 21st

Here are the plans for this week:

Monday
Period 1 - You will begin on a project. We will save the movie for double block Tuesday :)
Period 3 - You will be watching the movie during double block and I will introduce the project at the end of the movie.

Tuesday
Period 1 - You will be watching the movie.
Period 3 - You will be working on the project.

Wednesday/Thursday
Project time (in class). Please use your time wisely as this project will be due May 2nd with no more class time after this week! Unfortunately we will not have access to a computer lab or the library :(

We will be moving on to Chapter 6 (Post-War/Cold War) during the week of April 26th to April 29th.

Things to Study for Fridays Test

You are going to have a Chapter 5 Test on Friday (WWII).

Here are big ideas you need to study:
1. Rise of Totalitarianism (Germany, Soviet Union, Italy)
2. Hitler's Aggressions Before the Start of War and Appeasement (Neville Chamberlain)
3. Canada's Response to the War and Canada Enters War
4. Phony War, Blitzkrieg, Dunkirk, Battle of Britain, North African Campaign, Barbarossa
5. Pearl Harbour, Hong Kong, America enters
6. Battle of the Atlantic and in the Air
7. Dieppe, Italy, D-Day, the Netherlands, VE Day
8. Japan surrenders, Atomic bombs
9. The Holocaust
10. Wartime Economy, Inflation
11. Social Changes - cradle to grave, unions, women workers, war brides
12. Conscription - National Resources Mobilization Act, 1942 Plebiscite
13. Economic growth
14. Maps!!!! Countries you should know - Britain, France, Germany, Soviet Union, Italy, Netherlands, Austria, Czechoslovakia

Tips:
Study by re-reading notes, use flashcards, study buddy, go through powerpoints, go through the chapter booklet, read the chapter, email me if you need to :-)

Week of April 11th to April 15th

First of all - THANK YOU for working SO hard over the last few months! It has been great to teach students that have such a great work ethic and an interest in their learning :-) Keep up the good work - less than two months to go!

Here's the plan for next week. (Tight schedule as there is a test on Friday).

Monday/Tuesday
1. Quiz (pages 138 to 141)
2. The Tide Turns (Dieppe, the Italian Campaign)
3. D-Day The Normandy Invasion (scene from "Saving Private Ryan")
Victory in Europe (also known as VE Day)
4. Japan Surrenders/Atomic Bomb/Victory in Japan (VJ Day)

Wednesday
1. Quiz (pages 142 to 149)
2. The Holocaust/Crimes Against Humanity

Thursday
1. Quiz (page 152 and notes)
2. The War at Home (page 153 to 157)
***Last day to complete missing tests/quizzes/assignments
***TEST TOMORROW

Friday
1. Chapter 5 Test (Multiple Choice, Short Answers, Map, Matching, Fill in the Blanks - Remember, if you miss this test it will affect your mark for your report card since marks cut-off for this report card will be long gone. DO NOT MISS THIS TEST. (If you do miss this test the marks will show up in the report card for June).
2. Closure - What did this war mean to Canada?

Next Week:
Monday/Tuesday - Essay Writing Practice and Essay Writing for Marks
Chapter 6 - The 1950s

Next Week!

Reminder:


Thursday April 14th - LAST DAY TO COMPLETE MISSING QUIZZES/TESTS

Friday April 15th - CHAPTER 5 TEST (This test will be put on this report card. If you do not complete this test on Friday it WILL affect your mark for this report period).

Stay tuned for next weeks day plans.

Have a great weekend!

Friday Quiz

No, you do not have a freaky friday quiz this week.....

For period 1 people - bring your battles worksheet (the stuff I gave you today) to use during Friday's quiz.

For period 3 people - you are having a double quiz. It will be based on pages 127 to 132 (yesterdays material) and todays battles. *You may also use todays battle worksheet that the substitute gave to you during the quiz.

If you use todays worksheet on Friday's quiz, you will be handing it in along with your quiz.

Thursday

You will be quizzed on pages 127 to 132 tomorrow.
The quiz is only out of 8 marks.

Also, here are some IMPORTANT DATES:

- APRIL 14th - Last day to hand in missing work (I will post updated marks on MONDAY but you can check with me to see what you are missing earlier than that either at lunch or after school).
- APRIL 15th - Chapter 5 Test (World War II) (thats next Friday).
- TOMORROW - afterschool - if you have missed a test OR quiz tomorrow is the day that you can make it up.
Next day to make up missing tests - NEXT THURSDAY

Quiz on Wednesday

Here is what you will be quizzed on tomorrow:
Pages 120 to 126
- The Rise of totalitarianism (Stalin, Mussolini, Hitler)
- Causes of WWII - Hitler's 6 Aggressions (pg 124 map)
- Map of Hitler's aggression (know where he did what he did)
- Two ways in which the league of nations failed

Timeline

Here is the timeline that you worked on today. Check to see what you have or what you missed. You might have some different ones as well.

TimeLine Answer Key 

Week of April 4th to April 8th

I am SO glad that we finished off chapters 3 and 4 prior to going on vacation....now we get to start fresh with WWII (chapter 5)!

Here are the plans for this week:

Monday/Tuesday
1. Review - Government (chapters 9 and 10); and History (chapters 1, 2, 3, and 4)
2. Begin WWII - Rise of Totalitarianism (pg. 120-123)
3. Causes of WWII (pg. 124-126)

Wednesday
QUIZ (pg. 120-126)
1. Canada's Response to War (pg. 127-129)
2. Canada Declares War (pg. 130-132)

Thursday
QUIZ (pg. 127-132)
1. Axis Advances (pg. 133-135)
2. War in the Pacific (pg. 136-137)

Friday
QUIZ (pg. 133-137)
1. Canada's Contribution (pg. 138-139)
2. War Technology (pg. 140-141)