Social Studies Links

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World War I - a great site with lots of short videos.

http://www.neok12.com/World-War-I.htm

(Not focused on Canadian contributions, but still informative.)

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Click here to go to my old Website for more links on WWI

http://hrsbstaff.ednet.ns.ca/adriscol/WWI.htm

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http://www.neok12.com/World-War-I.htm

 

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Aboriginal Peoples

The Mi'kmaq Nation - A Story of Survival

Residential Schools Public Service Announcement

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Rebecca Thomas - Mi'kmaq Spoken Word Poet (Halifax Poet Laureate)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Me7z8xCMJM4&feature=youtu.be

 

Confederation in Maps

http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/confederation/kids/023002-4010-e.html

(Lots of Maps of Canada to work with)

​http://kolors.com/map-of-canada-for-kids

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Black History (Canada) Timeline

http://blackhistorycanada.ca/timeline.php?id=1800

Candian Black History Virtual Museum

http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/games/museum/flash/index.asp

 

British-Canadian Home Children Research

• Website - http://www.victorianchildren.org/victorian-children-in-victorian-times/  -  "Victorian Children in Victorian Times" - A look at the lives of “regular” children during this time period.

  • Focus your research on poor children to begin with. Start by looking at the following sections of the Website: “Home”; “Children”; “Child Labour”; “Schools - punishment”,  “Victorian Houses and Where Victorians Lived” - focus on the poor.

 

• Website - http://canadianbritishhomechildren.weebly.com/ - "Who are the British Home Children?"

 

• Video Documentary - Childhood Lost: The Story of Canada's Home Children https://goo.gl/4uK7RV - Youtube - 46min. - shown in class

 

• Textbook - Chapter One - A CloserLook: Home Children - Pgs. 16-19 (Changing Your World:Investigating Empowerment) http://mail.nlesd.ca/~jerry_scott/ss_chapter%201.pdf

 

• Video Documentary - - British Home Children in Canada: Born of Good Intentions - https://goo.gl/NrxfmO - Youtube - 39min.

 

 

Power, Authority and Empowerment PowerPoint

 

 

Refugees

• To Be a Refugee (UNHCR) 8 min video

• Rick Mercer's Rant on Refugees

 

 

 

CBC Digital Archives

 

CANADIAN GEOGRAPHY GAMES

 

 

 

 

The Halifax Explosion

CBC.ca The Halifax Explosion Website

Shattered City - 6min piece from the movie

CBC Heritage Minute - Halifax Explosion

Rick Mercer and the Halifax Explosion Boston Christmas Tree

 

 

 

 

 

 

2015 FEDERAL ELECTION

• Student Vote 2015 Website

• https://pollenize.org/canada

 

• Joanne Hussey - NDP Candidate

• Michael McGinnis - Conservative Party Candidate

• Geoff Regan - Liberal Party Candidate

• Richard Zurawski - Green Party Candidate

 

• Confirmed Halifax West 2015 Federal Election Candidates

 

 

• Rick Mercer Rant - Two Weeks 'til the Election

• Rick Mercer - How to Increase Voter Turnout in Less than 2 Minutes

• Rick Mercer - Get Out the Vote at St. FX University - Antigonish, NS

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOWtXc2dUHw - Rick Mercer - Voting 101

 

GRADE 7 TEXTBOOK FILES

Changing Your World: Investigating Empowerment - Chapter 1

(http://mail.nlesd.ca/~jerry_scott/ss_chapter%201.pdf)