Unit 3 - 1945-1982

Oct 31st

Here is a link to the pictures for the Snapshot Exercise we are doing in class today. We will be working in groups of 3 during this exercise. Every six minutes you will rotate groups but whoever has the chalk/marker will stay at the stations. Different people must take the marker each round.

If you want the detailed instructions and suggestions for the Snapshot Exercise, check out this link for the Presentation.

Here is a link to the Unit 3 Project Instructions page.  Click this link if you want to check the list of Topic Choices for Unit 3.


Weekly Prompt:

D1: Show how Canadian society experienced major changes during this period, as a result of a variety of national and international social, cultural and political factors.

Nov 7th
Weekly Prompt: 

D2: Although this period (1945-1982) was marked by conflict and tensions, both nationally and internationally, show how Canada cooperated with the international community in different ways?
Food for thought: What is a social movement?

Weekly Prompt: 

D3: Show how this was a time of major transformation in Canadian Identity?

Here is the slideshow that your task today will be based on.

Look over the slideshow and choose one of the events and write a short diary entry based on a first person perspective relating to the event (i.e.: what someone who was there thought).

Include the following:

Name,

Age,

Gender,

Daily occupation,

Experience related to event,

How they are affected.

The slideshow will show the following events:

Gouzenko Affair (Politics & Conflict/Cooperation)
NATO (Politics & Conflict/Cooperation)
NORAD (DEW Line) (Conflict/Cooperation)
Suez Canal Crisis & Peacekeeping (Conflict/Cooperation)
Korean War (Conflict/Cooperation)
Avro Arrow (Soc/Econ/Poli)
Cuban Missile Crisis (Conflict/Cooperation)
Vietnam War (Conflict/Cooperation)

Nov 8th
Group research (5 groups)
Using this Google Doc, respond to the following, choose one of the topics and:

Instructions:
A) Find something from today that is similar.
B) Show how one of these events can be an answer to the weekly question.

1. Africville vs Municipal Government in Halifax - What are the different viewpoints involved?
2. The October Crisis - What are the expectations of each side?
3. National Energy Program - Which parts of Canada were most affected? Why?
4. The Second Wave of Environmentalism in Canada - Why were some Canadians concerned?
5. Bill C-150 - Why was this bill so important?
6. The patriation of the constitution, 1982 - What did this mean for Canadians?