Monday: we finished up the industrial revolution by discussing and taking some notes on the following:
-Why do you think it’s important to understand different perspectives today? How can you apply it to your life? How is it relevant?
-Factory Acts: read p.149-150 Why were these acts an important step to improving the lives of working people? We also read the section on the factory acts from your reading handouts last week.
From here we watched the following video on Labour Day: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YqmPE2HtkyU&t=2s
Then we discussed migration as a consequence of the Industrial Revolution:
This all segwayed into a conversation around coming to Canada as a result of the industrial revolution and the introduction of the map of Canada assignment (see blogpost further along with instructions)
Tuesday: I was away at a soccer match with the Sr. Girls. The class worked on the map of Canada and then discussed colonialism and imperialism during the time period of early settlement. Then students watched the first 20 minutes of Canada the story of us, episode 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWdOQE459vg&list=PLJyG4btas2dkKZXp5fxgeGWmbakN-KfM6&index=1&t=1621s
