History 30

Canadian History

Welcome to Canadian History!  In this course, we will examine historical events in Canada and how they have shaped who we are today.

Mar. 2-6

We have started our March Current Events assignment.

We also completed a reading and some notes on New France/Acadia.

The students completed a reading on The Fur Trade and a question page.  As well, we completed our Fur Trade Simulation activity on Tuesday and Wednesday.

On Thursday, we will look at The American Revolution.

Feb. 23-27

Students will be writing a 5-paragraph essay on the movie The Black Robe from the topics given to them before we watched the movie.  They may use their viewing guides, as well.

Mon-Wed will be work periods for the essay, the family history, and the current events.

We also completed a reading and some notes on New France/Acadia.

Feb. 19-20
Students will be given these two work periods to complete their family history assignment and work on current events.


Feb. 9-13

Contact with First Nations People

We will be watching The Black Robe and completing a viewing guide.  As well,  we will be writing an essay in class.

The Black Robe

Feb. 2-6

Exploration of Canada
Vikings - Part 1
Vikings - Part 2
Vikings - Part 3

We also completed a worksheet outlining the important people during the exploration of Canada from the reading in our class set of duotangs. 

Here are the links to the Canada: A People's History videos that we will be watching.  Remember to fill out your viewing guide with the video.

Where the World Began - Part 1
Where the World Began - Part 2