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    SOCIAL STUDIES 8M

    June 14

    The French Revolution

    • Reading Check – Chapter 3 Crossroads
    • Geography Background
      • Bodies of Water
      • Climate
      • Agriculture
      • Land Ownership
    • Agriculture & Land Ownership
      • A Closer Look pp.57-58
        • In what regions did most of the wealthy live?
        • In the poorest regions, which products and terrain are predominant?
        • What factors would lead some farmers to be better off than others?
    • Conditions Pre-Revolution in Paris & in rural France
    • Louis XIV
    • Louis XV
    • Louis XVI & Marie Antoinette
    • Graphic Organizer – Leadership (Activity 3-3 MOODLE PDF) – Upload to Digital Portfolio by June 16

    HISTORY 12

    JUNE 7 – 11

    *Assignment 3 – Ethical Dimensions: WWII now Due (Week of June 7 – TEAMS)

    *Assignment 3.1 – Trinity: was its use justified?  Pros & Cons list due by June 8 – TEAMS

    *Assignment 4 – The Cold War: How the Cold War Was Fought – due week of June 14

    • Proxy Wars
    • Diplomacy
    • Economics
    • Propaganda Wars
    • Espionage
    • Technology
    • Brinkmanship

    The Cold War

    • Overview
      • The end of WWII and new lines drawn (Ideologies, the Iron Curtain)
      • Containment – Berlin Blockade, NATO, Warsaw Pact
      • Korean War
      • McCarthyism
      • Confrontation or Co-existence
      • The Khrushchev era
      • Kennedy and Crises
      • Third World Wars
      • Detente
      • Reagan and the Evil Empire
      • The Wall Falls

    Homework/Readings:

    • Global Forces Chapter 10, 11, 15, 16
    • Optional – view MOODLE resources

    HISTORY12

    JUNE 7 – 11

    *Assignment 3 – Ethical Dimensions: WWII now Due (Week of June 7 – TEAMS)

    *Assignment 3.1 – Trinity: was its use justified?  Pros & Cons list due by June 8 – TEAMS

    *Assignment 4 – The Cold War: How the Cold War Was Fought – due week of June 14

    • Proxy Wars
    • Diplomacy
    • Economics
    • Propaganda Wars
    • Espionage
    • Technology
    • Brinkmanship

    The Cold War

    • Overview
      • The end of WWII and new lines drawn (Ideologies, the Iron Curtain)
      • Containment – Berlin Blockade, NATO, Warsaw Pact
      • Korean War
      • McCarthyism
      • Confrontation or Co-existence
      • The Khrushchev era
      • Kennedy and Crises
      • Third World Wars
      • Detente
      • Reagan and the Evil Empire
      • The Wall Falls

    Homework/Readings:

    • Global Forces Chapter 10, 11, 15, 16
    • Optional – view MOODLE resources

    HISTORY 12

    JUNE 7 – 11

    *Assignment 3 – Ethical Dimensions: WWII now Due (Week of June 7 – TEAMS)

    *Assignment 3.1 – Trinity: was its use justified?  Pros & Cons list due by June 8 – TEAMS

    *Assignment 4 – The Cold War: How the Cold War Was Fought due week of June 14

    • Proxy Wars
    • Diplomacy
    • Economics
    • Propaganda Wars
    • Espionage
    • Technology
    • Brinkmanship

    The Cold War

    • Overview
      • The end of WWII and new lines drawn (Ideologies, the Iron Curtain)
      • Containment – Berlin Blockade, NATO, Warsaw Pact
      • Korean War
      • McCarthyism
      • Confrontation or Co-existence
      • The Krushchev era
      • Kennedy and Crises
      • Third World Wars
      • Detente
      • Reagan and the Evil Empire
      • The Wall Falls

    Homework/Readings:

    • Global Forces Chapter 10, 11, 15, 16
    • Optional – view MOODLE resources

    SOCIAL STUDIES 8M

    June 9-11 (Off-week)

    Readings/homework:

    Crossroads (*NEW) Text (see MOODLE for PDF)

    • Ch.1 – Modern Age – by Monday, June 7
      • Cause & Effect Diagram (#2, p.12) upload to TEAMS by Tuesday, June 8
    • Ch.2 – English Civil War – by Tuesday, June 8
    • Ch.3 – Revolution in France – by Friday, June 11

    *Legacies of Colonialism Assignment due week of June 7

    Philosophers & Philosophes – some important ideas regarding the relationship between government and the people being governed

    SOCIAL STUDIES 8M

    June 8 (Off-week)

    Readings/homework:

    Crossroads (*NEW) Text (see MOODLE for PDF)

    • Ch.1 – Modern Age – by Monday, June 7
      • Cause & Effect Diagram (#2, p.12) upload to TEAMS by Tuesday, June 8
    • Ch.2 – English Civil War – by Tuesday, June 8
    • Ch.3 – Revolution in France – by Friday, June 11

    *Legacies of Colonialism Assignment due week of June 7

    The Fight for Democracy & the English Civil War:  A Background to Canada’s model of Govt

    • How did the geography of Britain contribute to the conditions that would lead to change?
      • role of bays and harbours?
      • lowlands vs highlands?
    • What was English society like in the 17th Century?
      • social hierarchy
      • economic activities
        • conclusions from Table 2-2?  Then vs. Now?
      • religion
        • Protestantism (Anglican Church)
        • Puritanism (Calvinists)
          • suspicion of women, witches, and original sin
    • Parliament vs The Divine Right of Kings
      • Magna Carta & establishment of Parliament
      • James VI (Scotland) –> James I (England) & absolute monarchy
      • Charles I
        • grievances with the people
        • Short Parliament
        • Long Parliament & the Grand Remonstrance
    • Civil War
      • Cavaliers vs local militia
      • The New Model Army & Oliver Cromwell, the Roundheads
      • Puritans vs Presbyterians
        • role of churches
        • role/return of Charles I
      • Rump Parliament
    • Arguments at Trial
    • Republican Rule under Cromwell
      • Blue Laws
    • The Restoration and Constitutional Monarchy
      • Charles II
      • Tories vs Whigs
      • Test Act
    • The Glorious Revolution and the end to Divine Right of Kings
      • James II
      • William of Orange and the Bill of Rights

    HISTORY 12

    JUNE 7 – 11

    *Assignment 3 – Ethical Dimensions: WWII now Due (Week of June 7 – TEAMS)

    *Assignment 3.1 – Trinity: was its use justified?  Pros & Cons list due by June 8 – TEAMS

    *Assignment 4 – The Cold War: How the Cold War Was Fought due week of June 14

    • Proxy Wars
    • Diplomacy
    • Economics
    • Propaganda Wars
    • Espionage
    • Technology
    • Brinkmanship

    The Cold War

    • Overview
      • The end of WWII and new lines drawn (Ideologies, the Iron Curtain)
      • Containment – Berlin Blockade, NATO, Warsaw Pact
      • Korean War
      • McCarthyism
      • Confrontation or Co-existence
      • The Krushchev era
      • Kennedy and Crises
      • Third World Wars
      • Detente
      • Reagan and the Evil Empire
      • The Wall Falls

    Homework/Readings:

    • Global Forces Chapter 10, 11, 15, 16
    • Optional – view MOODLE resources

    SOCIAL STUDIES 8M

    June 7 (Off-week)

    Readings/homework:

    Crossroads (*NEW) Text (see MOODLE for PDF)

    • Ch.1 – Modern Age – by Monday, June 7
      • Cause & Effect Diagram (#2, p.12) upload to TEAMS by Tuesday, June 8
    • Ch.2 – English Civil War – by Tuesday, June 8
    • Ch.3 – Revolution in France – by Friday, June 11

    *Legacies of Colonialism Assignment due week of June 7

    The Fight for Democracy & the English Civil War:  A Background to Canada’s model of Govt

    • How did the geography of Britain contribute to the conditions that would lead to change?
      • role of bays and harbours?
      • lowlands vs highlands?
    • What was English society like in the 17th Century?
      • social hierarchy
      • economic activities
        • conclusions from Table 2-2?  Then vs. Now?
      • religion
        • Protestantism (Anglican Church)
        • Puritanism (Calvinists)
          • suspicion of women, witches, and original sin
    • Parliament vs The Divine Right of Kings
      • Magna Carta & establishment of Parliament
      • James VI (Scotland) –> James I (England) & absolute monarchy
      • Charles I
        • grievances with the people
        • Short Parliament
        • Long Parliament & the Grand Remonstrance
    • Civil War
      • Cavaliers vs local militia
      • The New Model Army & Oliver Cromwell, the Roundheads
      • Puritans vs Presbyterians
        • role of churches
        • role/return of Charles I
      • Rump Parliament
    • Arguments at Trial
    • Republican Rule under Cromwell
      • Blue Laws
    • The Restoration and Constitutional Monarchy
      • Charles II
      • Tories vs Whigs
      • Test Act
    • The Glorious Revolution and the end to Divine Right of Kings
      • Janes II
      • William of Orange and the Bill of Rights

    HISTORY 12

    JUNE 7 – 11

    *Assignment 3 – Ethical Dimensions: WWII now Due (Week of June 7 – TEAMS)

    *Assignment 3.1 – Trinity: was its use justified?  Pros & Cons list due by June 8 – TEAMS

    *Assignment 4 – The Cold War: How the Cold War Was Fought due week of June 14

    • Proxy Wars
    • Diplomacy
    • Economics
    • Propaganda Wars
    • Espionage
    • Technology
    • Brinkmanship

    The Cold War

    • Overview
      • The end of WWII and new lines drawn (Ideologies, the Iron Curtain)
      • Containment – Berlin Blockade, NATO, Warsaw Pact
      • Korean War
      • McCarthyism
      • Confrontation or Co-existence
      • The Krushchev era
      • Kennedy and Crises
      • Third World Wars
      • Detente
      • Reagan and the Evil Empire
      • The Wall Falls

    Homework/Readings:

    • Global Forces Chapter 10, 11, 15, 16
    • Optional – view MOODLE resources

    SOCIAL STUDIES 8M

    Readings/homework:

    Crossroads Text

    • Ch.1 – Modern Age – by Monday, June 7
      • Cause & Effect Diagram (#2, p.12) upload to TEAMS by Tuesday, June 8
    • Ch.2 – English Civil War – by Tuesday, June 8
    • Ch.3 – Revolution in France – by Friday, June 11

    *Legacies of Colonialism Assignment due week of June 7