Friday, September 09, 2011

Welcome to SS 11 for the 2011-12 school year

Sep 9: Handouts on Laurier. Make sure you have read the handouts and have started working on the questions.

Sep 13: We will be spending 20 minutes on silent reading, taking notes and continue working on your handout questions. Be prepared to report to the class on some of the answers.

Sep 15: Laurier questions: final discussion and hand in your work. Review of major themes of the Laurier Era:


  • Laurier and Macdonald: Key Differences
  • Canada's Economic Development in Laurier's Era
  • Canada and the USA
  • Canada's relationship to Great Britain: Canada a divided country.


We will start organizing groups for your war booklet if you choose to work in groups. We will begin introducing some of the major issues in WW I. Be prepared for more summary handouts.

Sep 19: First review quiz based on Laurier handout and WWI intro. Discuss BOOKLET ON WWI.

Sep 21: Causes of WWI. Booklet on WWI due at the end of October. Handouts on WWI due within the next three weeks. Individual WWI webpage assessment project due within three weeks.

Sep 23: The war overseas.