Grade 11 Canadian History (HI30F)

Teacher: Mr. S. Halbert

Room 202
If you dont know history, you dont know anything. You are a leaf that doesnt know it is
part of a tree. Michael Crichton

Unit #1 - Canada Pre-Contact Early European Settlement Pre-Contact - 1608
- Aboriginal vs. Non-Aboriginal Origin Theories
- Aboriginal Culture Pre-Contact (Language groups, Beliefs, Traditions Etc.)
- Early Explorers;
o John Cabot
o Gaspar Corte Real
o Jacques Cartier
o Samuel de Champlain
o Etienne Brule
Unit # 2 - French and English Settlement 1609 1866
- The Colonial Process
- New France
- British North America (BNA)
- The Fur Trade Aboriginal/European Relations
- The American Revolution
- The Selkirk Settlers
- 1812
(Jesuits, Courier du Bois, Loyalists, Mercantilism, The Seigneurial System, The Acadians,
Filles du Roi, Etc.)
Unit # 3 - The Birth of Canada 1867 1913
- The Railroad (CPR)
- Industrial Revolution
- Louis Riel and Metis Rights
- Labor Laws
- Sir. John A. Macdonald
- Canadas Early Growth Westward Expansion
- Population Growth and Major Migrations
- Immigration Policies and Propaganda
- Early Canadian Trade
- Wilfrid Laurier
Unit # 4 - Canada in the Early 20th Century 1914 1928
- Canada in WWI (Vimy Ridge, New Technology, Europe, The German Economy Etc.)
- The Roaring 20s and Canadian Optimism
- The Womens Rights Movement
Unit # 5 - Challenges and Victory 1929 1945
- The Great Depression (Market Crash, Wheat Prices, Post War Pre War Economy,
Dustbowl)
- Canada in WWII (Scale/scope, Dieppe, Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Pearl Harbor, Japanese
Internment, The Holocaust, Legacy)
Unit # 6 - From WWII to Modernity 1946 Present
- The Baby Boom
- Residential Schools
- Canadas New Flag
- Pierre Elliott Trudeau
- The White Letter
- The FLQ (The October Crisis)
- The War Measures Act
- The Quebec Referendum
- Oka and Aboriginal Land Disputes
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ASSESSMENT
Course Work 75%
Final Exam 25%