October 25

Social 20

For the most part, today's class was a work period. I gave you a crossword puzzle and a word search that were designed to reinforce the information that was contained in the PowerPoint presentation and the first Industrial Revolution booklet that I gave to you. Please use those puzzles, "The Industrial Revolution" PowerPoint presentation and the booklet to study for your Industrial Revolution Quiz (see important dates below).

Upcoming Important Dates for Social 20 Students:

• Industrial Revolution Quiz is on Wednesday, November 1st (please see the study guide below)

Industrial Revolution Quiz Study Guide:

1. Causes of the Industrial Revolution
2. Results of the Industrial Revolution
3. Why did England industrialize first?
4. What is the Agricultural Revolution?
5. What is the Enclosure movement?
6. What are the problems and benefits of industrialization?
7. Key terms, key people associated with the Industrial Revolution

Format for this quiz:

• Matching Section (18 key terms)
• Multiple Choice Section (6 questions)
• Short Answer Section (3 questions)
  
  
  
  
  

Social 10

After the current events presentations, I showed you the first 30 minutes of "Saving Private Ryan" to give you an idea of the scale of the D-Day invasion on June 6, 1944. I also gave you the WWI/WWII Research Project sheet today. Please use the following hyperlinks to help conduct some preliminary research:

WWI and WWII Research Project Links:

• Veterans' Affairs Canada (Youth and Educators)
• Library Archives Canada
• Canada's Digital Collections
• Jack Turner's War (a photographer in WWI)
• First World War.com
• Photos of the Great War
• Canadian War Museum
• Battle of Vimy Ridge (Canadian War Museum)
• The Great War (PBS website; American, but lots of valuable information, photos, maps, timeline)
• Canada and the First World War (war diaries, "we were there", a fantastic website, lots of information and first person accounts, excellent primary sources!)
• Veterans Affairs Canada: Canada and the First World War
• Courage Remembered: The World Wars Through Canadian Eyes
• Popular Songs During WWI (from Veterans Affairs)
• An Archival Look at WWI (from Queen's University, covers the Canadian Home Front, Women in the War, WWI Warfare, Warfare Technology)
• Trenches on the Web (not completely Canadian, but very useful)
• NFB Educational Resources: Images of a Forgotten War (WWI; lots of great materials here) and D-Day (WWII)
• For King and Empire: Canada's Soldiers in the Great War (archives, battlefields, resource center, culture and the Great War)
• The Archives of Ontario Remembers our War Heroes (WWI site)
• Canadian Veterans Interviews (caution: language warning, soldiers talking about their experiences in WWI)
• Diaries and Letters: Their Story Must be Told (WWI letters and diaries, excellent primary source material)
• Encyclopedia of the First World War (not a Canadian website, but it contains an incredible amount of information!)
• Canvas of War: Masterpieces from the Canadian War Museum (WWI and WWII)
• B.C. Archives: War Posters of WWI and WWII (lots of great posters here, with some explanations)
• Canadian War Poster Collection (Amazing! Tons of WWI and WWII posters, indexed by artist, it is a searchable database. Search Suggestion: Click on War dropdown menu and select WWI, then click on a Category from the drop down menu - to view posters)
• Archives of Ontario: Canadian Posters from the First World War
  (most posters have at least three different sizes)
• Royal Alberta Museum: The Poster Virtual Museum (WWI posters, please make sure that you select Canadian posters, this collection has Allied war posters)
• Art of the First World War
• War Artists from the First World War
• WWI Aces of Canada
• Newfoundland and the Great War
• Democracy at War: Canadian Newspapers and the Second World War (lots of primary source material, PDF files, great site)
• Propaganda Critic (An American website that examines the following: what is propaganda? propaganda techniques)
• Juno Beach - The Canadians On D-Day
• CBC Archives: D-Day
• Military History Online
• Veterans' Affairs
• The Fall of Hong Kong
• Canada's Air Force: WWII
• The Canadian Encyclopedia: WWII
• Historica
• Encyclopedia of the Second World War