History Assignments
Term 1: September - November.
Topics: Canada and World War I, Canada in the 1920s, The Great Depression
Late marks: 10% for each class late.
1. Create a Booklet of War in which you highlight how World War I affected Canada. Your booklet must contain the following:
Factual information on (a) Table of Contents, (b) Causes of War, (c) Canadian involvement overseas, (d) the Home Front, (e)
Different perspectives on the benefits and disadvantages of war on Canada. Your booklet can be either in paper format or in digital format.
You must provide source information.
This individual project must be presented to the class and defended when your classmates ask questions.
Project Mark:
2. In class essays: There will be a minimum of two in-class essays that you will be expected to write. You will be given topics ahead of time
and will be able to bring in notes, but not pre-written essays. Marks will be out of 12, or 24 marks for two essays.
3. Class work and participation. It is essential that you are actively engaged in classroom work through participation, homework preparation,
group work either in small or large groups. Evidence of class work and participation is based on note taking in class and when you do your reading and asking and answering questions. Keep your notes neat and organized. Notes will be marked.
by the teacher or other students. (50 marks)
4. Quizzes and Tests: There will be chapter quizzes and unit tests, both multiple choice and written. (Marks will vary)
5. Debates and Public Speaking: During this first term you will be given the opportunity to prepare at least one debate and one speech. Marks will be allocated as follows:
Debate (20 marks), Speech (18 marks). Topics TBA.
6. Group Project: The Twenties and the the Thirties. Transition from the Good Times to the Bad. Students must come up with a unique project that illustrates the change in fortune for a fictitious family as it moves through the two decades. Factual references are essential. Criteria TBA. (80 marks)
Term 2: November to February.
Topics: World War II, Cold War, The latter part of the century
Late marks: 10% for each class late.
1. Seeing the War through Different Eyes. You will form groups and, as a group, will portray the progression of World War II through the eyes of different participants and on-lookers. You will create a model of a battle field and describe how the battle proceeded, which decisions were made and what the outcome was. Your oral battle report needs to be reported in different formats to Canadians at home, either in censored or in propaganda format, diary, news report, perhaps as a digitized report by an "embedded" journalist or as a photo essay.
Alternatively, you can create a photo album of World War II that depicts events at home and abroad and highlights several themes. For details, please see your teacher.(150 marks)
2. Topics of discussions to be prepared by you as a group of students: (a) Propaganda, (b) Weapons of War, (c) Conscription in both WWI and WWII, (d) BCATP, (e) Canada and the Cold War, (f) Relations between Canada and Quebec, Canada and the USA, Canada and aboriginal people. (50 marks)
3. Text Readings and short Q&A or paragraph assignments. (50 marks)
4. Quizzes, Tests.(marks will vary)
5. Creating propaganda posters (30 marks)
Topics: Canada and World War I, Canada in the 1920s, The Great Depression
Late marks: 10% for each class late.
1. Create a Booklet of War in which you highlight how World War I affected Canada. Your booklet must contain the following:
Factual information on (a) Table of Contents, (b) Causes of War, (c) Canadian involvement overseas, (d) the Home Front, (e)
Different perspectives on the benefits and disadvantages of war on Canada. Your booklet can be either in paper format or in digital format.
You must provide source information.
This individual project must be presented to the class and defended when your classmates ask questions.
Project Mark:
- (a) Table of Content (5 marks)
- (b) Causes of War (10 marks)
- (c) Canadian involvement overseas (20 marks)
- (d) the Home Front (20 marks)
- (e) Pros and Cons of World War I for Canada (10 marks)
- (f) Presentation and Defense (15 marks)
2. In class essays: There will be a minimum of two in-class essays that you will be expected to write. You will be given topics ahead of time
and will be able to bring in notes, but not pre-written essays. Marks will be out of 12, or 24 marks for two essays.
3. Class work and participation. It is essential that you are actively engaged in classroom work through participation, homework preparation,
group work either in small or large groups. Evidence of class work and participation is based on note taking in class and when you do your reading and asking and answering questions. Keep your notes neat and organized. Notes will be marked.
by the teacher or other students. (50 marks)
4. Quizzes and Tests: There will be chapter quizzes and unit tests, both multiple choice and written. (Marks will vary)
5. Debates and Public Speaking: During this first term you will be given the opportunity to prepare at least one debate and one speech. Marks will be allocated as follows:
Debate (20 marks), Speech (18 marks). Topics TBA.
6. Group Project: The Twenties and the the Thirties. Transition from the Good Times to the Bad. Students must come up with a unique project that illustrates the change in fortune for a fictitious family as it moves through the two decades. Factual references are essential. Criteria TBA. (80 marks)
Term 2: November to February.
Topics: World War II, Cold War, The latter part of the century
Late marks: 10% for each class late.
1. Seeing the War through Different Eyes. You will form groups and, as a group, will portray the progression of World War II through the eyes of different participants and on-lookers. You will create a model of a battle field and describe how the battle proceeded, which decisions were made and what the outcome was. Your oral battle report needs to be reported in different formats to Canadians at home, either in censored or in propaganda format, diary, news report, perhaps as a digitized report by an "embedded" journalist or as a photo essay.
Alternatively, you can create a photo album of World War II that depicts events at home and abroad and highlights several themes. For details, please see your teacher.(150 marks)
2. Topics of discussions to be prepared by you as a group of students: (a) Propaganda, (b) Weapons of War, (c) Conscription in both WWI and WWII, (d) BCATP, (e) Canada and the Cold War, (f) Relations between Canada and Quebec, Canada and the USA, Canada and aboriginal people. (50 marks)
3. Text Readings and short Q&A or paragraph assignments. (50 marks)
4. Quizzes, Tests.(marks will vary)
5. Creating propaganda posters (30 marks)