GRADE TEN HISTORY - THE COURSE OF A LIFETIME
Just great to have you in this class and I warrant that if you engage the subject material this can be the most formative and engaging course you will ever have. This is an opportunity for you to take your mind and enhance your thinking with analysis and applied logic as you reach your own conclusions as to contemporary developments relative to what we learn from recent history. If it figures that history keeps repeating itself then it makes sense that you can learn to evade the common mistakes of history and contribute to negate this silly cycle within your own life and community.
Much of this course requires of you to express your opinion based on your interpretation of the factual evidence. You must know that your opinion, like everyone in the class is respected and you can say anything so long as you do not compromise or show disrespect to any student in the class. You have unreserved freedom of speech in this class with the only condition that you must remain sensitive to your fellow students and their opinions. We will have Socratic Seminars where you will need to express yourself however do realize that by having such conversations you are leveraging your learning from the ideas of your peers. Please do treat them with respect. I will expect you to challenge everything that I say in class and evaluate and contest every opinion articulated as you are expected to draw your own conclusions and you may well have the opposite position presented so as to demand thinking of you.
Although what follows are the broad course requirements you will have the opportunity to explore much of this in the manner of your selection. Please do develop a passion for your education and engage such to the best of your ability. The course runs from the the causes of World War One through to contemporary and more recent times and includes the following:
The major forces influences and events that have influenced Canadian policies and identity since 1914.
The individuals who have shaped French - English relations.
Canada's participation in war, peacekeeping and security.
The changes in Canadian population since 1914.
The impact of technology on Canadians since 1914.
The changing economic conditions in Canada.
The changing role and power of the Canadian provincial and federal government.
ISU project:
You will need to establish an area of history that you find fascinating and then research and present an oral and a paper on your research and conclusions on such. Please consult me as to the validity or otherwise of your subject area before you engage such. Some ideas could be the Avro Arrow, 9 / 11 or Afghanistan and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization.
We do have a literacy test and we will dovetail some of our assignments so as to reinforce your readiness for this.
Much of this course requires of you to express your opinion based on your interpretation of the factual evidence. You must know that your opinion, like everyone in the class is respected and you can say anything so long as you do not compromise or show disrespect to any student in the class. You have unreserved freedom of speech in this class with the only condition that you must remain sensitive to your fellow students and their opinions. We will have Socratic Seminars where you will need to express yourself however do realize that by having such conversations you are leveraging your learning from the ideas of your peers. Please do treat them with respect. I will expect you to challenge everything that I say in class and evaluate and contest every opinion articulated as you are expected to draw your own conclusions and you may well have the opposite position presented so as to demand thinking of you.
Although what follows are the broad course requirements you will have the opportunity to explore much of this in the manner of your selection. Please do develop a passion for your education and engage such to the best of your ability. The course runs from the the causes of World War One through to contemporary and more recent times and includes the following:
The major forces influences and events that have influenced Canadian policies and identity since 1914.
The individuals who have shaped French - English relations.
Canada's participation in war, peacekeeping and security.
The changes in Canadian population since 1914.
The impact of technology on Canadians since 1914.
The changing economic conditions in Canada.
The changing role and power of the Canadian provincial and federal government.
ISU project:
You will need to establish an area of history that you find fascinating and then research and present an oral and a paper on your research and conclusions on such. Please consult me as to the validity or otherwise of your subject area before you engage such. Some ideas could be the Avro Arrow, 9 / 11 or Afghanistan and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization.
We do have a literacy test and we will dovetail some of our assignments so as to reinforce your readiness for this.