The Canadian Challenge

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The Canadian ChallengeGrade 10 Academic History

• Now Available!

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The Canadian Challenge Author Team

• Don Quinlan
• Doug Baldwin
• Rick Mahoney
• Kevin Reed

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Presentation Overview

• Introduction
• Our Challenge
• Units and Chapters
• Our Approach
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Presentation Overview

• General Features
• Sample Chapter
• Teachers Guide
• Questions/Comments

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Our Challenge

• Reflect amended CHC2D and update narrative to
  2008
• Respond to Literacy/Historical Thinking
  Initiatives
• Skillfully navigate a complex, heavy course
• Respond to needs of teachers and students

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Units and Chapters

• Looking Back Canada in the Early 20th Century
• Unit 1 Forging A Canadian Identity 1900-1945
• Chapter 1 The War to End all Wars
• Chapter 2 The Boom Years
• Chapter 3 The Dirty Thirties
• Chapter 4 The Second World War

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Units and Chapters

• Unit 2 Developing The Canadian Identity 1945-67
• Chapter 5 Challenges of the Post-war World
• Chapter 6 Coming of Age
• Chapter 7 Competing Visions of Canada

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Units and Chapters

• Unit 3 Challenging the Canadian Identity
  1968-92
• Chapter 8 Building a Just Society
• Chapter 9 National Unity and International
  Security
• Chapter 10 New Directions

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Units and Chapters

• Unit 4 Challenge, Change Continuity 1993-2008
• Chapter 11 Canada and the New World Order
• Chapter 12 Challenges of the New Millennium
• Looking Ahead Canada in the 21st Century

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Our Approach

• Concordant with revised guidelines
• Integrated skills/historical thinking
• Use lives of Prime Ministers to punctuate and
  frame the narrative
• Carefully focus and balance a long narrative

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Our Approach

• Rich visual support
• Carefully integrated features that are
  pedagogically explicit
• Supported by comprehensive teachers resource and
  dedicated web portal

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The Canadian ChallengeUnit Openers
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The Canadian ChallengeChapter Openers
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The Canadian ChallengeProfile in Power
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The Canadian ChallengeSidebar Quotes
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The Canadian ChallengeCommunities
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The Canadian ChallengeSkill Path
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The Canadian ChallengeChallenge and Response
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The Canadian ChallengePersonalities
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The Canadian ChallengeWeb Connects
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The Canadian ChallengeMap Study
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The Canadian ChallengeIssues
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The Canadian ChallengeImbedded Reading Strategies
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The Canadian ChallengeStudent Sidebar Quotes
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The Canadian ChallengeGrade 10 Academic History
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The Canadian ChallengeSign of the Times
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The Canadian ChallengeGrade 10 Academic History
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The Canadian ChallengeGrade 10 Academic History
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The Canadian ChallengeThinking Like a Historian
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Background

• Writers
• Strategies
• Assignments / Unit Performance Tasks
• Books
• Videos
• Curriculum Correlation

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Sample Chapter Chapter 8 The Pursuit of the
Just Society

• Chapter Overview
• Assessment and Evaluation Strategies
• Pathways Chart (Curriculum Correlation)
• Teaching Notes and Literacy Strategies
• Answers to Canadian Challenge Quiz
• Additional Activities
• Additional Resources

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Literacy Skills and Strategies

• O.M.E. Think Literacy
• Previewing Text
• Engaging and Organizing
• Personal Connections
• Writing
• Historical Thinking

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1. Previewing Text

• Skimming
• Scanning
• Concept Web
• KWL Chart
• Vocabulary

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TR Word Lists Chapter 8
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LM1E Extending Your Vocabulary
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2. Engaging and Organizing

• Concept Web
• Herringbone Organizer
• Venn Diagram
• Content or Characteristics Organizer
• Most Important / Least Important
• Note-taking

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LM2D Content or Characteristics Organizer

• Responding question on page 247.
• In your opinion, what made Trudeau different from
  other prime ministers you have read about in this
  book?

Youthful
Dynamic
Modern-minded
Charismatic
Daring
What made Trudeau different?
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3. Making Personal Connections

• I Read/I Think/Therefore
• Both Sides Now
• Graffiti
• Double-Entry Journal
• Before-and After Journal

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LM3B Both Sides Now

• Challenge and Response question on page 254
• Create a T-chart outlining the pros and cons of
  invoking the War Measures Act during the October
  Crisis.

Basic rights violated Innocent people put in
jail Perception that govt would use military
force to oppose Quebec nationalism
Make public feel safer Free police to search for
Cross Police able to act quickly Protect the govt.
What are the pros and cons of invoking the War
Measures Act?
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4. Writing

• Summarizing
• Information Paragraph Writing
• Opinion Writing
• Research Report
• News Report
• Letter Writing

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LM4A Summary Writing Organizer

• Page 271 Reading Strategy exploring the meaning
  of the section titled Economic Challenges

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5. Historical Thinking

• Establishing Historical Significance
• Using Primary Source Evidence
• Identifying Continuity and Change
• Analyzing Cause and Consequence
• Developing Historical Perspective
• Making Moral Judgments About the Past

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Primary Sources RM8.1 The FLQ Manifesto

• Photos
• Paintings
• Speeches
• Newspapers
• Diaries
• Letters

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LM5B Primary Source Investigation Organizer
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Unit Performance Tasks

• Incorporated in Unit Overview
• Each related to communication of the time period
• Activities in Unit (Diagnostic and Formative)
• Timelines
• Editable Instructions/Worksheets/Rubrics

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Unit 2 PT The Television Talk Show

• A moderator and guests discussing an issue (Avro
  Arrow, Hurricane Hazel, Expo 67)
• Formulating questions (factual, causal and
  speculative)
• Researching
• Organizing and planning

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Thank you!