Grade 9 Socials- Canadian Identity

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Thursday February 27, 2020

Chapter 8 Test- Canada in the World (During the Cold War). This chapter situated Canada in the geo-political context of the Cold War after 1945 when the United States of America faced off against the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (Communist Russia). While Canada was an ally of the USA, they also carved out their own identity as a Middle Power. That meant Canada could negotiate with both sides of the conflict, as they demonstrated during the Suez Crisis and later during the Vietnam War.

The test is comprised of two sections. Section I- Multiple Choice (10 Marks) and Section II- Historical Essay Response (20 Marks).

Students are responsible for the following content: 8.1 The Cold War- war of ideology; USA (Democracy, Capitalism) vs. USSR (Communism); both sides had nuclear weapons which they threatened to use against each other (Mutually Assured Destruction); satellite states (Poland, Czechoslovakia, etc.); Winston Churchill famously described the divide as an Iron Curtain between the two superpowers. Students should be familiar with the Hot Spots during the Cold War. Pages 129-132.

8.2 Canada and the Cold War- NATO; NORAD pages 134-135

8.3- Canada and the United Nations The Korean War, 1950-53. A war which happened because the Soviet Union had left the UN in protest over China's exclusion from the Security Council by US veto. Suez Crisis- a war fought by Israel and Egypt but which had been orchestrated by France and Britain to get the Suez Canal back. This almost led to a major military conflict between USA and USSR- and neither were happy about it. Lester Pearson, Canada's Minister of External Affairs found the solution- peacekeeping. This set the stage for Canada operating as a Middle Power. Pages 138-140

Thursday February 27, 2020

The Chapter 8 test is scheduled for Wednesday March 4, 2020.

Today in class students were assigned a reading on Chapter 9 specific to New Technologies in 1950-1960s Canada.

1. How did transportation change in Canada after World War Two?

2. After World War Two private entertainment changed in Canada. Describe these changes.

These changes will be reviewed next class Monday March 2, 2020.

Monday February 3, 2020

We finished Chapter 7 this morning. This was a relatively short chapter. It gave a brief overview of Canada's economic activity during and immediately after World War Two, as well as the domestic societal impact of the war. Perhaps the largest impact was felt by the Japanese-Canadian population on Canada's West Coast who were shunted to internment camps for fear of being a vanguard during an Imperial Japanese invasion.

This does mean students will be working on their first essay of Term 2. Students will be offered two choices in essays, one from Chapter 6 and the other for Chapter 7. The first will be more global in nature, the second focused on Canada specifically. As always, students are encouraged to make use of their textbooks, and notes to answer the questions.

1. Did the war crimes of World War Two and/or the dropping of the atomic bombs change modern human history? If so, how?

2. Can we judge our ancestors for detaining Japanese-Canadians during the Second World War?

Students will have a week to complete these essays. Due: Tuesday February 10, 2020. They should have a Thesis Statement, Three Supporting Arguments and a Conclusion.