We’ll wrap up the WWII unit today by looking at the Allied effort to defeat Japan.

1.  Complete guided notes
2. Video

HOMEWORK:  Study for WWII unit test and prepare on written question

What was Canada’s role in the final year of the war in Europe?

Discovery and understanding of Hitler’s “Final Solution” during the liberation of Nazi occupied territories

HOMEWORK:  Study for WWII unit test

Students will be participating in marked discussions today, while others are reviewing in the library.

TEAMS GAME TOURNAMENT REVIEW WWII (PDF)

TEAMS GAME TOURNAMENT REVIEW WWII

HOMEWORK:  Study for unit test (Thursday)

Meet in the library for our presentation from Sam George

HOMEWORK:  Prepare for marked discussion on Monday; study for WWII unit test

1.  Finish Storming Juno
2. Setting up for success with Marked Discussion
3. Preparing for our presentation tomorrow

Project of Heart eBook – Residential Schools in BC

HOMEWORK:  Prepare comments for marked discussion; begin studying for unit test

Today we are moving back to the fighting in Europe, focussing on Allied invasion of Normandy in 1944.

1.  Guided notes
   Final 2 years of war – D-Day, Liberation of Holland, Concentration Camps, VE and VJ Day (FORM)

   Final 2 years of war – D-Day, Liberation of Holland, Concentration Camps, VE and VJ Day

2. Storming Juno movie

HOMEWORK:  Finish analyzing documents on Japanese Internment in preparation for the marked discussion Monday

Today’s class will be spent learning about and analyzing the internment of Japanese Canadians in WWII.

Using primary and secondary sources you will analyze how justified the government was to intern Japanese Canadians during and after WWII.

The analysis you do today will be utilized in your marked discussion next Monday.

HOMEWORK:  Analyze all documents and begin building your comments for the marked discussion

This week we will begin by focussing on Canada’s homefront during WWII.  As you are completing today’s activity, make connections to the homefront during WWI – what similarities and differences can you find?

Video intro

Canadian Homefront during WWII fill in the blanks summary

Canadian Homefront during WWII fill in the blanks summary (FORM)

While students are completing this work I will meet with individuals to provide feedback on your autonomy essay

1.  HW check on the Road to WWII package
2. Video reinforcement from yesterday’s jigsaw – War in the Atlantic and in the Air
3. Roles of ethnic minorities in WWII
   READINGS Minorities in Canada’s Armed Forces WWII Padlet activity
   READINGS Minorities in Canada’s Armed Forces WWII Padlet activity (PDF)

1.  HW check on Road to WWII work package
2. Expert groups teach about their battle(s) in WWII

Video reinforcement (if time remains)