Social Studies Project, Canada to the First World War

Step 1 READ-Links above and here:

https://www.canadashistory.ca/#

http://www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/prairiehistory/index.shtml

https://www.history.com/tag/canada

Step 2 Choose a Topic

Step 3 READ some MORE

Step 4 Gather Notes (15 marks) Facts in point Form!!!!

Red is what you need to do. Purple is an example of what to do.

______ Title (name of event/person/activity,and your name) 1 mark-Keep focused on the topic

Canada Taking Vimy Ridge

_______Who/What (describe major people/groups/event/action/activity involved) 1-See above-Focus!

Canada defeats the Germans to take Vimy Ridge

 ______ When (period it took place, try and be very specific)1-Focus

Easter Weekend, 1917, 1st World War

3 Marks for the above information, 12 marks for the information below

_______How (How it worked, happened, was created/created change)Multiple Marks

All the soldiers knew the plan

Practiced the plan

Used lots of big guns

Accurate firing of big guns

Creeping Barrage

 ______ Why (purpose/significance of event/action/activity/person) was important. Impact on us today? Multiple Marks

The high ridge was a huge advantage to have

First major Ally victory of the war

1st Time Canadians fought as a Country

1st Time Canadians led themselves

Canada used a lot of new techniques to be successful

A major step to Canada gaining full Nationhood 

Canada starts to assume the role as the leading shock troops of the 1st World War

 ______ Interesting facts and explanations Multiple Marks

British and French couldn't take the Ridge(tried for 3 years, lost 150,000 soldiers)

Huge beautiful monument now at the Ridge

Ridge was given to Canada by France

Ridge now one of our National Parks

Sheep keep the grass short(baa, baa, boom)

Stay on the Paths!!!!! or you might explode

The Red above I will be handing out to your classmates when you are finished.

Step 5 Presenting the Information (5 marks)

Kahoot or Powerpoint or . . .. Details to come. 

Sources for ALL FACTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

First Step: Pick a topic and do some reading on that topic. Below is a partial list, and above are teacher provided links for your reading. Check with your teacher if you have another topic in mind.

Confederation of 1867 and the conferences that led up to it.

John A. McDonald’s role in Confederation, building a railway, and clearing/settling the West

Thomas McGee falls victim to the Fenians, becoming our first political assignation.

1869 Hudson Bay land sold, local people here rebel and take control of the land

Louis Riel’s role in leading the resistance against Canada

1870 Manitoba join Canada, under certain conditions

1870 Collapse of the Bison herds in Western Canada

1870 Wolseley Expedition

1870 The last tribal war is fought on the Prairies between the Cree and the Blackfoot 

1871 The first of the numbered treaties is signed

1871 B.C. joins Canada

1871 The National Dream

The Building of the railway

1873 The Pacific Scandal

1881 Creation of the C.P.R. and completion of the National Dream

1873 The Cyprus Hills massacre

1873 P.E.I. joins Canada

Homesteading-Canada’s efforts to attract farmers

1873-4 The North West Mounted Police are formed and start their trek from Manitoba across the prairie

1876 The Indian Act

The Role of Residential schools

1877 The University of Manitoba is created

Wheat becomes King

1885 The NorthWest Rebellion

Gabriel Dumont’s role in the 1885 Rebellion

Louis Riel’s role in the 1885 Rebellion

Riel's Court trial and outcome