Social Studies 11 Web Sites:
Index:
Immigration
Canada During the Depression
World War II
Contemporary Canada
Contemporary World
Canadian History 1914 - Present:
The Heritage Branch of the BC Ministry of Tourism, Sports and the Arts
http://www.tsa.gov.bc.ca/heritage_branch/heritage_education.htmThe Province of BC, as a partner in Canada’s Historic Places Initiative (HPI), believes that education is essential to achieving the goal of creating public awareness regarding the conservation of Canada’s heritage . Education and training programs help build community capacity to effectively plan for and implement the conservation of our heritage. This website is part of the ministry's awareness program.
British Columbians, especially teachers and students, need resources that will help them to learn research and planning skills as they relate to documenting historic places. These resources must also reinforce the importance of heritage conservation in overall community planning and how the HPI has been created to provide communities with the necessary tools to achieve this.
Heritage Education involves the cultivation of a ‘culture of heritage conservation’ in BC. One of the strategies is to work with educators to produce classroom resources which introduce Social Studies students to heritage conservation and the HPI. Through these resources, secondary school students are discovering the concepts of heritage conservation and heritage planning and how these can be applied to their own communities.
Prime Minister Forever
http://www.cbc.ca/canadavotes/quizzesgames/pmforever.htmlCBC.ca has partnered with 80Soft to bring you a free, limited edition version of Prime Minister Forever - Canada 2006. It's a sophisticated strategy game that simulates all aspects of a federal election. Rebuilt from the 2004 edition, the goal is simple for major parties like the Liberals and Conservatives: win enough seats to form the next government. The latest release for 2006 also allows candidates from smaller parties, such as the Bloc Québécois and the Green party, to achieve specific goals without winning the election. As a player, you are responsible for all aspects of your candidate's election strategy, including advertising, fundraising, speeches, spinning the news and recruiting supporters. Players select their party of choice. Each candidate has varying levels of experience and familiarity with the issues. These can impact their performance and how voters perceive them. The game will run on Windows computers only.
Socials Studies 11 Digital Handbook
http://bestlibrary.org/ss11/ This week's link has once again been provided by Judith Comfort, Teacher Librarian at Dr Charles Best Secondary School, School District #43, Coquitlam. It's called the "Socials Studies 11 Digital Handbook".
Judith has cut and pasted the SS11 IRP's into a weblog and then hyperlink words and phrases to resources that might be useful to teachers and students. In creating this resource Judith remarked, "I have been amazed at the online resources out there."
One other interesting aspect about this resource is the fact that it's created on a piece of software called a "Weblog" - a Web 2.0 tool which was originally created to be a type of online diary. The most famous use of this application is the website, "MySpace" but, in this instance, Judith has put this application to a more positive use.
Again, thank you Judith.
Immigration (Also see Turn of the Century)
Becoming American: The Chinese Experience - Information, video clips, personal recollections and other materials for students to learn about the Chinese immigrant experience.
The Memory Project - Canadian stories of passages to Canada, peace and war, and heroes and heroism.
European Galicia - Find out more about the people that immigrated to Canada in the early 1900s.
Black History - The portal guides users from slavery and early settlement to equity and human
rights. It addresses the issues of identity and assimilation and uncovers some important but
often forgotten contributions of groups such as the Black Loyalists and the Maroons. The achievements of Black artists, athletes and politicians are also celebrated.
University of Calgary - Peopling North America: Population Movements and Migration
The Peopling of Canada: 1891 - 1921 -
Civilizations - The Last Best West: Advertising for Immigrants to Western Canada 1870 - 1930
Canada's Digital Collections - Immigrant Voices
Forging Our Legacy - Canadian Citizenship and Immigration: 1900 - 1977.
A Scattering of Seeds: The Creation of Canada - Sons and Daughters: Italian Immigration.
National Congress of Italian Canadians - A Brief History of the Italian Canadian Community.
The Role of Transportations Canadian Immigration 1900 - 2000
Migration and Settlement Various Links to Canadian Immigration Patterns
Italian Immigration to North America
Digital History - Italian Immigration to North America.
Spartacus Schoolnet - Italian Immigration to North America.
Immigrants to Canada - Ukrainians.
Ukrainian Immigration to Canada -
The Fullness of Time - Ukrainian Stories from Alberta
Clifford Sifton - Image and biography of Sir Clifford Sifton, with options for related sites.
Komagata Maru - Images and information about discriminatory immigration policies at the turn of the century.
Chinese Head Tax - Images and information about discriminatory immigration policies at the turn of the century.
Ukrainian Internment during World War One - Learn about why Ukrainians were called "enemy aliens" and interned here in Canada during the Great War. View and interpret over 150 photographs of their experience in the camps and learn about recent government actions regarding this issue.
Canada During the Depression:
With help from Jackie Szeto.
Canadian Heritage Gallery - Photos of relief projects and the Canadian Depression experience.
New Deal Network - A major site with over 500 articles, classroom resource, primary documents, online resources and a photo gallery dealing with the Depression.
The Story of Canadian Workers - Canadian Labour history and the evolution of the electoral process.
Canadian Labour Movement - History of Labour in Canada.
World War II:
The Canadian Letters Project:
http://www.canadianletters.caThe Canadian Letters and Images Project is an online archive of the Canadian war experience, from any war, as told through the letters and images of Canadians themselves. It began in August 2000, located in the Department of History at Malaspina University College. In November 2003 the Project was very pleased to bring in as partners the History Department at The University of Western Ontario. Students at Western will be working under the guidance of Dr. Jonathan Vance, Canada Research Chair in Conflict and Culture. This partnership between Malaspina and Western will ensure that more material can made available to the public through the Project web site.
The objective of the Canadian Letters and Images Project is to let Canadians tell their own story in their own words and images by creating a permanent online archive which preserves Canada's wartime correspondence, photographs, and other personal materials, from the battlefront and from the homefront. Too often the story told of Canada at war has been one of great battles and great individuals, an approach that unfortunately misses the 'ordinary' Canadian and the richness of their wartime experience.
The Canadian Letters and Images Project is an online educational resource of the Canadian war experience freely available to students, scholars, and the general public. We do not edit correspondence or select portions of collections, but include if at all possible all materials submitted to us. Our place is not to judge the historic merit of one person's experiences over those of another; we instead let those words and images from the past tell their own story.
From The Heart
www.burnaby.ca/fromtheheart.htmlLast year a Burnaby alderman came up with the idea of a documentary on the lives of five of Burnaby's veterans and outstanding citizens. The result was a documentary produced by SFU entitled "From the Heart: The Freeman Legacy."
This 45-minute documentary was produced for broadcast across Canada. It was also designed for use in schools. A teacher's guide and support materials were also created to accompany the documentary. The result is a kit containing the documentary, a teacher's guide, a selection of memorabilia and a group of interactive games.
The documentary is divided into six sections or chapters for TV purposes and to make it useful to teachers who may want to break up the material into manageable units. What makes the documentary unique is that it looks not only at the Depression and war, but also at the problems the five freemen had adjusting to civilian life and the reasons they became heavily involved in community work. The focus throughout is on citizenship. What gives the documentary universal appeal is that veterans across Canada went through similar experiences.
The kit of memorabilia contains seven recruitment posters and a 3-ring binder full of high interest level primary sources. The posters and most of the memorabilia are in colour. Students are asked to study the posters and memorabilia and infer reasons why so many Canadians (730,000) volunteered for service in the armed forces during WWII. The students are then asked to compare their inferences with the actual reasons given by the five freemen for joining the armed forces.
Most of the materials are posted on a remarkable web site produced by SFU. The web site includes the documentary, the teacher's guide, most of the memorabilia, and a series of interactive games.
A Virtual Tour Of A German U-Boat http://www.msichicago.org/exhibit/U505/virtualtour/index.html "A German submarine known as U-505... terrorized the Atlantic Ocean as part of a massive U-boat campaign that almost altered the outcome of World War II."
At this website, The Museum of Science and Industry offers an opportunity to virtually step inside the real U-505. The only German submarine in the United States, it is now a national memorial to the sailors
who gave their lives on the high seas in WWI and WWII.Open Hearts, Closed Doors: The War Orphans Project - In partnership with the Vancouver Holocaust Education Centre, we produced a new online Virtual Museum exhibit, Open Hearts/Closed Doors, chronicling the lives of these orphans through the use of photographs, archival material, documents, selections from memoirs, diaries, and the personal narratives of the war orphans themselves.
Vancouver Holocaust Education Centre - Information on exhibits, educational resources, oral histories, archives, publications, programs, and other suggested links.
The Memory Project - Canadian stories of passages to Canada, peace and war, and heroes and heroism.
The Canadian Virtual War Memorial - Contains a registry of information about the graves and memorials of Canadians, as well as digital images of photographs and personal memorabilia.
Holocaust Survivors - An excellent site with survivor stories, hundreds of photos, an audio gallery, other links and a discussion page.
Holocaust Information - The Nizkor Project offers research guides, biographies of people, information on all the Holocaust camps (such as Auschwitz-Birkenau, Dachau, Nordhausen), and the Nuremberg Trials.
D Day Museums in France
http://www.normandy-tourism.org/gb/08dday/normandy-dday/Default_Gb.asp?thema=historyThis site focuses on the, "the Historical Area of the Battle of Normandy", an open-air museum in itself, brings together all the sites, museums and places of remembrance connected with D-Day and the ensuing conflict.
World War II - A World War II Commemoration with excellent information, biographies, articles and air combat films.
World War II - An excellent source of visuals and primary documents by PBS Online. Topics include America and the Holocaust, MacArthur and D-Day.
World War I - Images and information about Chinese Canadian participation in World War I and World War II.
American History Links - Maps of World War II
Contemporary Canada:
Canadian Heritage
http://www.pch.gc.ca/index_e.cfmCanadian Heritage is a Federal Government Department responsible for national policies and programs that promote Canadian content, foster cultural participation and active citizenship and participation in Canada's civic life, and strengthen connections among Canadians.
Canadian International Development Agency
http://www.acdi-cida.gc.ca/index-e.htmCanadian International Development Agency or CIDA supports sustainable development in developing countries in order to reduce poverty and to contribute to a more secure, equitable, and prosperous world.
Canadian Museum of Civilization
http://www.civilization.caCanadian Museum of Civilization is Canada's largest and most popular cultural institutions. The web site has over 50 virtual exhibits and digitized collections for students to explore.
Charter of Rights and Freedoms
http://www.charterofrights.ca/en/02_00_01The Fundamental Freedoms Project is a multilingual, multimedia Web site which presents an overview of Canada's Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Informational, instructional and inspirational, this site celebrates the document which continues to shape the face of a nation.
Government House, British Columbia
http://www.ltgov.bc.ca/default.htmGovernment House in Victoria, BC is the official residence of the Lieutenant Governor of BC. This web site of the same name has information about Government House and the duties of the Lieutenant Governor of BC. Includes a Youth Zone and an archive of past speeches.
Interchange on Canadian Studies
http://www.ics.ca/default.htmlThe Interchange on Canadian Studies is an annual, bilingual conference open to Grade 11 students from across the country and is an opportunity for young Canadians to meet, listen to prominent speakers, and share ideas and experiences significant to Canada.
Taking Action on Climate Change
http://climatechange.gc.ca/englishThis Government of Canada web site was created to help Canadians learn about the science, impacts, and adaptation to climate change and how individuals, governments, businesses, industry, and communities take action by reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Visit the One- Tonne Challenge web pages to find out what you can do to reduce your GHG emissions and learn how to use less energy, save money, improve air quality, and protect our environment.
Parliament of Canada
http://www.parl.gc.ca/common/index.asp?Language=EThe Parliament of Canada web site, created and maintained jointly by the Senate, House of Commons, and the Library of Parliament, offers information on the Canadian Parliament." In addition to current<br />information about Canada's federal parliament, the site includes an Education section with a variety of resources, including a model parliament unit.
Culture Canada - A new meta search for subjects relating to Canadian culture, heritage, sports, and recreation.
National Archives of Canada - Learn more about Canada through the visual collections at this site.
Elections Canada - Offers a range of useful and informative tools that will help you plan your activities relating to Canadian citizenship.
Canada's Digital Collections - 400 web sites related to Canada's history, geography, science, technology, and culture. Includes curriculum units, classroom activities, quizzes and games.
National Library of Canada - Collections on Canadian topics, including music, history, and literature.
CBC Program - Canada: A People's History. Access to information, games, and resources for educators of all grades.
Parks Canada - Visually explore Canada's heritage sites through their 3D tours and digital image collection.
Federal Government - Links in French and English to programs and services, publications and forms and contact addresses.
Statistics Canada - Site offers statistics (obviously!) on Canada's economy, land, people and government, discussion papers, educational resources and links to other related sites.
Everything Canadian - A multitude of sites on Canada's First Nations peoples, history, Canadian law, including the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, our symbols, geography and provincial information.
Canadian Genealogy and History - A very organized site with many links to provincial information, organizations and societies.
Links for High School Teachers in Saskatchewan - A comprehensive set of links for teachers and students studying any area of Canadian history.
The Memory Project - Canadian stories of passages to Canada, peace and war, and heroes and heroism.
Virtual Museum of Canada - Canadian exhibits, images gallery, fun and games section, and teachers' centre.
Prime Ministers Personality Quiz - Have your students take a computerized quiz to determine the Prime Minister with whom they have the most in common. The quiz features biographies, pictures, and a complete lesson plan.
AlouetteCanada
http://www.alouettecanada.ca/home-e.php “As Canadian society shifts increasingly to a digital environment it is vital to have a national vision and a comprehensive plan to present our cultural heritage, documents and artefacts online, to our citizens and to the world, and to provide for enduring access to that heritage.
The goal of AlouetteCanada is to create, disseminate, preserve and sustain the knowledge base of Canadian memory organizations in digital form, for the purpose of benefiting all Canadians.”
Contemporary World:
Anatomy of a Refugee Camp Some of the elements of a refugee camp that are profiled here include the food distribution point, the vehicle entrance, the water point, the market, and the shelters. Clicking on each question mark on various locations reveals a brief overview of the significance of each place within the greater hierarchy of the camp's operations. The site also includes a good selection of relevant external links, such as those that lead to Doctors Without Borders, the Red Cross, and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.
Commonwealth Secretariat - Learn about the Commonwealth and Canada's place in it.
Global Warming
http://www.knowledgenetwork.ca/global warming/splash.htmlThe companion site to the Discovery Network's show on Global Warming. Fossil fuel emissions are causing some dramatic changes to our planet. In this multimedia site, learn about why climate change is happening, how it effects us, and why it has scientists so concerned.
Z Net - An alternate view of what's going on in the world to counter mainstream media.
Social Justice: BC Teachers' Federation - Cable in the Classroom has downloadable individual articles or an entire book for a range of media literacy issues.
United Nations Web Site - This site provides information on peace and security, international law, humanitarian affairs, economic and social development and human rights.
Contemporary Issues - The Community Learning Network offers links on issues regarding the twentieth century.
CNN Millennium Series - this site offers the program outlines and teacher support material for the series that is currently running on CNN Sunday nights and is repeated on the History channel on Tuesday nights.
Cold War - This site contains many documents and resources. This is a must site for History teachers.
The World Bank Group - Information on NGOs, development links and many resources for teachers and students.
World In The Balance
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/worldbalance/The companion website to the NOVA TV series which aired on PBS. The series and this site examine the consequences of overpopulation. The site contains a wealth of information and resources, interactive student activities and a teachers's guide.
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