Social Studies 11
World War I
Causes
Sam Hughes - Training the Canadian Army
Canadians feelings towards the war
The War Measures Act
World War I Technology
The Sommes
Passchendaele
Vimy Ridge
The War at Sea and in the Air
The War at Home
The Halifax Disaster
The Conscription Crisis
Civics and Government
Ideologies (Types of Government)
Governor General-Head of State Vs. Head of Government
Parliament, House of Commons and Senate
The Executive Branch and Cabinet
The Legislative Branch
The Judicial System
Representative Democracy, Constitutional Monarch and Federal State
Governments responsibilities: Federal, Provincial,Shared and Municipal
The Constitution
The Electoral System: Political Parties
The Political Spectrum
The Election Process: Who can vote ?
Majority and Minority Governments
First Past the Post Vs. Proportional Representation Vs. Preferential Ballot
Influences on the Government
Human Rights in Canada
Provincial Human Rights Legislation
Canada in the 1920's
Workers and Union Unrest: The Winnipeg General Strike
Regionalism in Canada
The King-Byng Crisis
USA Investments and Branch Plants
The Balfour Report
Prohibition and Bootlegging
Women in the Roaring 20's
Improved Mobility and Communication
Canadian Art and Entertainment in the 1920's
Minorities in the 1920's
Black Tuesday: The Stock Market Crash of 1929
Canada In the 1930's
Causes of the Depression
"Pogey" Government Payments
Government Stops Immigration 1931
Prime Minister King and The Depression
Prime Minister Bennett and the Depression
Protests Against the Depression
The J.S. Woodsworth and the CCF
Maurice Duplessis and the Union Nationale
Equalization Payments
The Rise of Dictatorships
The Policy of Appeasement
World War II
Invasion of Poland and Canada’s Declaration of War
Mobilization of Troops and The British Commonwealth Air Training Plan
Internment of Japanese Canadians
War in Europe: Dunkirk and the Battle of Britain
Operation Barbarossa : War in Russia
War in the Pacific: Canada in Hong Kong
Canada in Europe: The Dieppe Raid
Canada at Sea: Battle of the Atlantic
Canada in the Air: RCAF and the bombing campaign
The Invasion of Italy
D-Day: Invasion of France
Liberation: Canada in France, Belgium, Netherlands and Germany
The Holocaust
Atomic Bombs; Surrender of Japan
Canada’s Wartime Economy
The Conscription Crisis
Canada in the Cold War
The United Nations
A Bi-Polar World: Domino Theory, Containment, Satellite
The Gouzenko Affair and Red Scare, 1945
The Berlin Blockade and Airlift
NATO vs. Warsaw Pact
The Arms Race and North American Defence
The Korean War, 1950-53
Lester B. Pearson and The Suez Crisis, 1956
The Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962
The Assassination of President John F. Kennedy
The Vietnam War 1954-75
Cyprus 1964-1993
Pierre Elliot Trudeau An Independent Foreign Policy
The Middle East in the 1970’s
Life In Canada During the Cold War
The Marshall Plan
The Baby Boomers
Social Welfare and International Aid
The CBC, CRTC and Rise of Television
The Age of the Automobile
Era of Protest
women's Liberation Movement
Expo ‘67 and Canada’s Centennial
Trudeaumania
Prime Ministers of the Era: St. Laurent, Diefenbaker, Pearson, Trudeau
The Avro Arrow
The St. Lawrence Seaway
NORAD
Inflation and OPEC
The National Energy Program
The 1972 Summit Series
Citizenship Act of 1976 and Immigration Act of 1978
From Mulroney to Present
The Cold War Ends: Détente, SALT I and II, Glasnost, Perestroika
The Falling of the Berlin Wall, 1989
Prime Minister Mulroney: FTA, NAFTA, Deficits and GST
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Operation Desert Storm
Peacekeeping: Somalia (1992) and Rwanda (1994)
NATO, Kosovo and International Criminal Court (ICC)
Kim Campbell, The Montreal Massacre and Women in Canada
Irene Murdoch and Rosemary Brown
1993: Jean Chretien, Bloc Quebecois and Reform Party
Public Health Care: Two Tier System
Canadarm and SDI
Pacific Salmon Wars and the Pacific Salmon Treaty
Terry Fox, Rick Hansen, Craig Kielburger, David Suzuki
The War on Terror and Land Mines
The Group of Eight (G8)
The Environmental Movement and the Kyoto Accords
Refugees and Boatpeople
CIDA, ODA, International Aid
Quebec and Aboriginal Issues
Native Suffrage, 1960
The White Paper, 1969
Land Claims
Oka Standoff, 1990
The Nisga'a Treaty
Nunavut
Maurice DuPlessis and the Union Nationale
The Quiet Revolution
The FLQ and the October Crisis, 1970
The War Measures Act, 1970
The Parti Quebecois and Bill 101
Referendum, 1980
Constitution Act of 1982
Meech Lake Accord, 1987
Charlottetown Accord, 1992
Bloc Quebecois and Referendum 1995
Potential Impacts of Separation
Human Geography: Population, Living Standards, Urbanization
Population: Canada and the World
Census, Population Rates and the Rule of 70
Demographics and Migration
Population Pyramids
Living Standards
Poverty (and how to measure it)
The Poverty Trap
The Effects of Poverty on Women and Children
The Health Crisis: Fresh Water and Epidemics
What has Canada done to help?
Urbanization
Function and Form in Cities
Analyzing Urban Functions
The Use of Automobiles in Cities
Land Uses in Cities
Sustainability in Cities
Aquifiers and Surface Water
The Hole in the Ozone Layer
Global Warming
Agriculture and Soils
Declining Forests
Resouces
Photos
Information
Resources
Resources for the information from this website were either:
1.Taken from my own class notes
2.
Wikipedia
3.Mr.Olsen's powerpoint projects