SS 10 Lesson Information for This Week

Good morning,

I hope everyone is well,

Before I provide lesson information for this week I wanted to remind you of a couple things:

1.  The Total War inquiry project outline is located under the SS 10 hand-outs tab.

2.  Additional background course information was provided on a post that was shared on April 9th.

Lesson Information for this week:

Preamble: One of the most, if not most important, function of government is to provide safety for its citizens. 

This week we will be looking at the implementation of the War Measures Act by Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau - yes,  that is Justin Trudeau's dad - during the October 1970 October Crisis.

Background information.

From 1930-1970 Quebec would be dramatically transformed.  Quebec would change from being a traditional and relatively backwards province into a modern province with a strong desire for self government.  Many Quebecois grew increasingly frustrated with English speaking dominance over the predominantly French speaking province.  With this,  a new peaceful separatist (wanting to separate from Canada) movement gained popularity in Quebec.  Unfortunately, a more radical and violent movement would also become a reality in Quebec;  The Front de Liberation du Quebec (FLQ) was a terrorist group that kidnapped and murdered in the name of Quebec independence.

The Prime Minister of Canada - Pierre Elliott Trudeau - would make the unprecedented decision to invoke the War Measure Act to increase the power of the federal government, in an attempt to safeguard citizens from a terrorist organization.  Using the War Measures Act would limit civil liberties (your rights) because the government could do things like arrest you and put you in jail for 90 days without pressing charges.  It was a very controversial move by a government during times of peace!

So here is what you need to do this week:

Go to the SS 10 Handouts tab
1. Go over Quebec Nationalism PP
2. Complete October Crisis questions

Go to the SS 10 Videos tab
3.  Complete a New/ interesting chart while watching October Crisis video

New	Interesting

4.  Watch the "W5 October Crisis 50 Years Later" video.  Answer the following question:
Who was the FLQ and what did they want?

5.  Complete a Surprising/Interesting/Troubling chart while watching Pierre Trudeau -"Just watch me"

Surprising	Interesting	Troubling

6.  Answer the following short answer.
Do you think Pierre Trudeau was justified to use the War Measures Act during the FLQ crisis?

Monday Update

Hello everyone,

I would like to start be offering my appreciation to those of you who promptly got in touch with me over the last few days.  Thank you!  I am only waiting to hear from a few students now.

There will be additional lesson materials provided to you on the day that has been assigned to your course.

Shape of the week:

Tuesday - SS 10
 New Topic - The October Crisis

 What's due?
1. WW2 Total War terms Tuesday
2 Total War Inquiry Project May 5th

Wednesday - Genocide Studies
New Topic - WW2 Legacy

What's due?
1. Questions from Nuremberg Trials readings
2. Monster and Men and SS Viewing guide
3.  "Justice" Essay Due Wednesday

Thursday - History 12
New Topics - Cuban Missile Crisis, Space Race

What's due?
1. Video assignments for Berlin and Korea
2. Cold War terms
2. Short answer responses for Berlin and Korea
Note: Inquiry assignment has been extended to May 14th

Friday - Active Living
New Topic - Home Workout 2 -  "Shocking" muscles.  How to avoid the plateau effect

What's due?
1.   20 minutes work out journal

I hope everyone has a great week!  Please feel free to get in touch with me if you have any questions, concerns or suggestions.  I am available most of the workday - I will get back to you quickly and I am here to help you.

Active Living 11/12 Course Information

Hello everyone,


A couple things:

1.  A reminder that your first assignment ( located on my website) is due April 24th.  You can submit this to me via email at ftorres@sd44.ca

This 20 minute work-out follows the F.I.I.T. principle

Frequency
Intensity
Time
Type of Exercise

2.  Establishing routines.  It is really important to make physical activity a priority in your life.  This benefits physical and mental health.  There are many times when work-outs do not occur because we get caught up with the hectic pace of life.  Establishing daily routines that make physical fitness a priority will help you to ensure that you stay active.  I suggest that you set a daily time to get your work out in. For me earlier in the day is better than later.  I get my work -out  "out of the way" and I usually feel the great - thank you endorphins...

3.  Work Out Journal.  Work out journals are a great way to keep you on tack and motivate you.  I use my school agenda book as a journal for mountain biking.  I like to track which trails I rode and how long it took me to finish the ride.  I find that journals help to motivate me especially if I see a few blank dates in the calendar.  This is often enough for me to get out and enjoy the trails.


Weekly work out tips at home:  Chair dip tricep extensions
See video on side tab

History 12 Course Information For This Week

Hi everyone,

I hope all is well.  I have already received quite a few inquiries about the term project.  Thanks to those of you who have reached out! A reminder to everyone to please get in touch with me asap.

I am going to provide you with quite a bit of lesson material for this week.  This content will help you to start thinking about assessing the level of international cooperation that existed during the early days of the Cold War.

Remember to always keep in mind the main question: To what extent has the international community effectively cooperated after the Second World War?

Things to do:

*Go to the History 12 Handouts tab located at the side of my website and go over the following:

A.  Cold Overview 1945-70 Power Point
B.  Berlin Handout
C.  Berlin P.P.
D.  Korea Handout
E.   Korea P.P.

*Go to History 12 Videos tab located at the right side of my website and watch these videos.  Please note that they are located approximately half way down the list

A.  Cold War Crash Course
B.  The Berlin Wall
C.  Korea War for dummies

Now, here is your assignment which will be due Thursday April 23 .  You have one week to do this so it shouldn't be too difficult.

You have 3 tasks: (5 marks each)

1. For each video you should complete a New/Interesting Chart

New	Interesting

2.  Cold War Terms -  This handout is also located under the History 12 Handout tab

3.  Answer the following short answers (1/2 page each)

a.  Q. Why did the city of Berlin become the symbol of the Cold War?

b.  America claimed support of South Korea was based on "Collective Security".  This refers to the United Nations principle of common action against an aggressor.  Critics of American involvement in the Korea War suggest that the United States intervened in Korea because of the policy of "containment", which was fuelled by distrust and fear of communism.

     Q.  To what extent was American involvement in the Korean War based on self interest?

Remember you are always welcome to get in touch with me via email.  I will get back to you as soon as I can.

Genocide Studies Lesson information for this week

Hi everyone,

We are going to continue looking at the Nuremberg trials - and the attempts made to seek justice for the victims and survivors of the the Holocaust - remember the term genocide had not been invented yet.

Here is the lesson information you will need for this week.  Please note that you will have to do 3 things:

1. Readings and questions
2. Videos and questions
3. Written response on what justice should look like after World War 2

All work will be due via email by Wednesday April 22

All readings and videos are located on the Genocide Studies side tabs located on this website

1.
Complete the following readings and accompanying questions:

a. The First Nuremberg Trials
b. Betraying the Youth
c. Business Leaders on Trial
d. Following Orders
e. The Possibilities and Limits of Forgiveness
f. Last chance for justice

2.
Watch "Monsters and Men" video and complete a New/ Interesting chart
Watch "Einsatgruppen on Trial" and complete a S.I.T. chart

3.
Written response.  (20 marks)

This will be an essay ( minimum 3-5 body paragraphs) on post war justice.

Preamble: Justice is often located somewhere in between vengeance and forgiveness
Question: To what extent was justice served after World war 2?

You can make reference to the following:
-Victims, survivors, perpetrators, and bystanders
- Nazi leaders
- Those "following orders"
- Industrialists who profited from the war
- Military leaders not closely linked to the Nazi regime
- Nazi imagery post war
- Education
- Escaped Nazi criminals
- Other?

Due Wednesday April 22

Note that Ch10 in your textbook may have additional useful resources.

Please feel free to get in touch with me if you have any questions about this assignment.

Take care,

Information regarding submitted assignments

I am happy to say that I am already receiving quite a few assignments.  In addition, most are of a very high quality.  It is apparent that many people have time on their hands and are looking to satisfy a thirst for knowledge.  This is nice...

I have received a few assignments sent with GoogleDocs. Moving forward please send as a PDF attached to your email.

When you submit an assignment (to my work email ftorres@sd44.ca) I will reply back to your personal email ASAP.  Currently I have been able to reply back within one work day.


Thanks everyone,

SS 10 - Total War Resources and mini assignment

Hello Social Studies 10 students!

First of all I hope that everyone is doing well.  A quick reminder to check in with me if you haven't done so already.  It will be nice to hear how you are doing.

As you should know SS10 students have a Total war assignment due May 5th.  Today I will be sharing 2 Power Point lessons and the 2 hand-outs that accompany the power point.  To find these resources go to the SS10 hand-outs side tab.  These will look familiar as we studied this topic already.  They will hopefully serve as a review to how Total War impacted Canadians at home during the Second World War.  Please go over both Power Point lessons and the hand-outs.

Your small written assignment will be to provide definitions for the following items relating to Canada and WW2:

1. Total War
2. Rationing,
3. Conscription
4. Curfews
5. Women in the workforce - "Rosie Riveter"
6. Converting Factories to War Production
7. Profiteering
8. Censorship
9. CD Howe
10. Commonwealth Air Training Program
11. Japanese internment
12. Day Care in Ontario and Quebec
13. Victory Bonds
14. Mackenzie King
15. National resources Mobilization Act

These terms will serve to provide some of the supporting detail that will help make the connection between WW2 and the current pandemic.

Please submit this assignment to my email at ftorres@sd44.ca
Due Next Tuesday