Monday's Assignment:
Good
morning everyone,
We will start this week by talking about Canada’s
history. Click on this link, read and answer the questions on the seven short
articles there. Then, write a short summary for each one using all the new vocabulary you have learned from each passage; make sure do not to
exceed one paragraph each for a quick presentation in class.
Fort Henry and the War of 1812
ReplyDelete1. no, 2. yes, 3. no, 4. yes, 5. yes
6. original, 7. Upper, 8. shipyards, 9. waterway/boat or ship or water, 10. Erie/Ontario, 11. tourist attraction
Klondike Goldrush of 1896
1. no, 2. yes, 3. no, 4. yes, 5. yes, 6. no
7. roads, 8. Alaska, 9. tributary
Henry Hudson & the Northwest Passage
1. yes, 2. no, 3. yes, 4. no, 5. yes
6. China or the Far East, 7. England/1610, 8. Norway, 9. Northwest Passage, 10. one season
John Graves Simcoe
1. no, 2. yes, 3. yes, 4. no,
5. Quebec, 6. York, 7. two/Dundas, 8. slavery, 9.law, 10. England or 1806
Casa Loma
1. no, 2. no, 3. yes, 4. yes, 5. no
6. Mary, 7. secret, 8. hill/Toronto, 9.money,
The Halifax Explosion, 1917
1. no, 2. yes, 3. no, 4. yes, 5. no
6. Nova Scotia, 7. France/French, 8. explosives/weapons, 9. collided, 10. destroyed, 11. injured.
Sir John A. Macdonald
1. yes, 2. yes, 3. no, 4. yes, 5. no,
6. Upper, 7. conferences, 8. election, 9. appointed, 10. government, 11. legal