Group 1: James, Jhomar and Kimberly
Canadian Life In The 1950s
By the 1950s in Canada most people could afford to purchase a television;
-In 1952, the first Canadian Broadcasting Corporation was established, CBC;
-CBC is still in existence today and is located in Toronto, on Front St;
-CBC broadcasting is over 50 years old;
Major Inventions or Trends During the 1950s
Antibiotics
A National Telephone System
The Helicopter
Rock N Roll
The Baby Boom influenced the mass public education system in Canada especially in regions like Toronto and also jobs.
Group 2: Ksenia, Machalia and Jahir
Canadian Politics in the 1950s
Louis St. Laurent became Prime Minister in 1948 and the liberal party won the elections.
The Liberal government during this time spent money on things such as the St. Lawrence Seaway and the Trans Canada pipeline;
-American money helped Canada finance these other projects.
There was a pipline debate which was bad for the Liberal Party
Conservative Party had been in power since 1935
John Diefenbaker became prime minister after the 1957 election.
Group 3-Anthony T and Matthew N
John Diefenbaker
JD lead the conservatives to a minority Government from 1957 to 1958;
-In the election of 1958 JD impressed Canadians with his promises and his powerful speeches;
-The conservatives recieved the largest majority ever given to a Canadian Prime Minister;
-When JD was in office the Canadian bill of rights was passed to formerly recognize the rights enjoyed to all people living in Canada;
-JD helped western farmers by selling large amounts of wheat to China and the Soviet Union;
-JD also was known in history for scrapping the Avro Arrow Project that was developed and built by Canadians;
-During the years under JD's leadership Canada experienced increased unemployment and the Canadian economy began to slow down;
Thursday 13 December 2012
Tuesday 11 December 2012
Dec 11 Chapter 12 Small Group (DI)
Group 1: James and Kimberly
United Nations PP. 190-191;
Canada was one of the nations that helped to form the United Nations an international organization to promote peace and human rights in the world;
-Unlike the LON during WW2, people thought the United Nations would be more effective because countries like the United States were involved;
Conflict in the middle east threatened world peace;
The conflict was between Israel and Arab nations but a truce was signed in 1948 and lasted till 1956;
Factors that increased tensions between the Arabs and the nation of Israel were:
-massive petroleum reserves used by the USA and Great Britain and France;
-strategic location;
-The Middle East is still a threat to the world today;
-Canada sent troops to make sure peace was being held;
-Canada helped with the truce between the Arabs and the people of Israel.
Group 2: Jahir and Machalia
The Korean War
In 1950 Communist North Korea supported by Communist China decided to attack South Korea
Nearly 25 000 Canadians saw action before the truce was set in 1953;
over 1000 Canadians were wouded and 406 were killed
Canada troops were asked to stay in Korea untill 1955 to help maintain the uneasy truce
Group 3: Matthew, Monique and Anthony
Lester B Pearson and the Suez Crisis
Virtual Peace and Security in the World, PP. 190
-Canada provided the largest number of soldiers to the U.N. Peace Keeping Army;
-Lester Pearson proposed that all troops be withdrawn from teh area and that the two warning sides be kept apart by a special U.N. peacekeeping force;
-since 1956 the U.N.s Peacekeeping force has been used in many other parts of the world;
-Lester Pearson was awarded the 1957 Nobel Piece Prize for his recommendations and actions toward peacekeeping
United Nations PP. 190-191;
Canada was one of the nations that helped to form the United Nations an international organization to promote peace and human rights in the world;
-Unlike the LON during WW2, people thought the United Nations would be more effective because countries like the United States were involved;
Conflict in the middle east threatened world peace;
The conflict was between Israel and Arab nations but a truce was signed in 1948 and lasted till 1956;
Factors that increased tensions between the Arabs and the nation of Israel were:
-massive petroleum reserves used by the USA and Great Britain and France;
-strategic location;
-The Middle East is still a threat to the world today;
-Canada sent troops to make sure peace was being held;
-Canada helped with the truce between the Arabs and the people of Israel.
Group 2: Jahir and Machalia
The Korean War
In 1950 Communist North Korea supported by Communist China decided to attack South Korea
Nearly 25 000 Canadians saw action before the truce was set in 1953;
over 1000 Canadians were wouded and 406 were killed
Canada troops were asked to stay in Korea untill 1955 to help maintain the uneasy truce
Group 3: Matthew, Monique and Anthony
Lester B Pearson and the Suez Crisis
Virtual Peace and Security in the World, PP. 190
-Canada provided the largest number of soldiers to the U.N. Peace Keeping Army;
-Lester Pearson proposed that all troops be withdrawn from teh area and that the two warning sides be kept apart by a special U.N. peacekeeping force;
-since 1956 the U.N.s Peacekeeping force has been used in many other parts of the world;
-Lester Pearson was awarded the 1957 Nobel Piece Prize for his recommendations and actions toward peacekeeping
Monday 10 December 2012
Dec 10, 2012 Small Group Work (DI)
The following information was gathered by each group regarding Chapter 12 of CHC2P's textbook.
Group 1: James, Jhomar and Kimberly
Igor Gouzenko
-Igor worked for the Soviet Embassy in Ottawa;
-Once Igor determined that he was going to be sent home to Russia, he gave up away Soviet Spy names and locations;
-Everytime Igor spoke in public he wore a mask so he would not be identified;
-Canada protected Igor from the Soviet spies that tried to kill him.
Warsaw Pact
-countries involved in the Warsaw Pact:
Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Soviet Union and Albania
-The Warsaw Pact was a defense treaty between eight communist states in Eastern Europe during the Cold War.
-The Warsaw Pact was created because the United Nations created NATO-North American Treaty Organization)
-Soviet Union tried to spread their communist beliefs across Europe especially in countries under the Iron Curtain
-The Treaty was signed in Warsaw Poland
Group 2: Gsenia and Machalia
-Norad agreement was singned in 1958. Canada and the United States helped defend one another;
-The DEW or Distant Early Warning system was able to pick up approaching enemy air crafts and missiles from 4800 km away;
-NORAD headquarters is located under 400 m of solid granite close to Colorado
-The first Sputnik satelite was launched in 1957;
-Sputnik was used to deliver nuclear war head anywhere in North America. The Soviets responded by building longrange missiles;
-Cuba's Missiles could easily hit any major city in North America. United States made a blockade around Cuba so no more delivery rockets and nuclear bombs could easily be delivered into the island;
-Soviet Ships turned back and the Cuba Missile Crisis was over.
Group 3: Matthew and Anthony
After WW2 Canada's birth rate increased;
After the war men and women returned home from the war and reunited with their families. This resulted in an increase in the live birth rate;
Inquiry
What provinces in Canada had the highest birth rate?
What year did the birth rate in Canada reach it's highest peak?
Where was the birth rate the highest? In urban or rural Canada?
Group 4- Kevin and Monique
Orgins of the Cold War
Joseph Stalin had promised the United States and England that he would allow free elections in these countries, but he did not deliver his promise. In 1948, Stalin had forced Communist governments on these countries. Stalin's actions infuriated the United States and its allies. The world had been rid of one powerful dictator, but had been replaced by another. After six years of terrible fighting during the WW2, neither side wanted more casulaities, therefore they resorted to the Cold War.
NATO
In order to protect the democratic governments of the West against Soviet expansion. Canda and the United States joined with 10 European countries to form the military alliance known as NATO in 1949. The member countries pledged to protect each other from enemy attack.
The Avro Arrow
The CF-105 or Avro Arrow was a supersonic jet developed by the Canadian Government. Faster than any other aircraft the Arrow was designed to carry nuclear-tipped missiles to destroy soviet bomb attacks in the Canadian North.
Group 1: James, Jhomar and Kimberly
Igor Gouzenko
-Igor worked for the Soviet Embassy in Ottawa;
-Once Igor determined that he was going to be sent home to Russia, he gave up away Soviet Spy names and locations;
-Everytime Igor spoke in public he wore a mask so he would not be identified;
-Canada protected Igor from the Soviet spies that tried to kill him.
Warsaw Pact
-countries involved in the Warsaw Pact:
Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Soviet Union and Albania
-The Warsaw Pact was a defense treaty between eight communist states in Eastern Europe during the Cold War.
-The Warsaw Pact was created because the United Nations created NATO-North American Treaty Organization)
-Soviet Union tried to spread their communist beliefs across Europe especially in countries under the Iron Curtain
-The Treaty was signed in Warsaw Poland
Group 2: Gsenia and Machalia
-Norad agreement was singned in 1958. Canada and the United States helped defend one another;
-The DEW or Distant Early Warning system was able to pick up approaching enemy air crafts and missiles from 4800 km away;
-NORAD headquarters is located under 400 m of solid granite close to Colorado
-The first Sputnik satelite was launched in 1957;
-Sputnik was used to deliver nuclear war head anywhere in North America. The Soviets responded by building longrange missiles;
-Cuba's Missiles could easily hit any major city in North America. United States made a blockade around Cuba so no more delivery rockets and nuclear bombs could easily be delivered into the island;
-Soviet Ships turned back and the Cuba Missile Crisis was over.
Group 3: Matthew and Anthony
After WW2 Canada's birth rate increased;
After the war men and women returned home from the war and reunited with their families. This resulted in an increase in the live birth rate;
Inquiry
What provinces in Canada had the highest birth rate?
What year did the birth rate in Canada reach it's highest peak?
Where was the birth rate the highest? In urban or rural Canada?
Group 4- Kevin and Monique
Orgins of the Cold War
Joseph Stalin had promised the United States and England that he would allow free elections in these countries, but he did not deliver his promise. In 1948, Stalin had forced Communist governments on these countries. Stalin's actions infuriated the United States and its allies. The world had been rid of one powerful dictator, but had been replaced by another. After six years of terrible fighting during the WW2, neither side wanted more casulaities, therefore they resorted to the Cold War.
NATO
In order to protect the democratic governments of the West against Soviet expansion. Canda and the United States joined with 10 European countries to form the military alliance known as NATO in 1949. The member countries pledged to protect each other from enemy attack.
The Avro Arrow
The CF-105 or Avro Arrow was a supersonic jet developed by the Canadian Government. Faster than any other aircraft the Arrow was designed to carry nuclear-tipped missiles to destroy soviet bomb attacks in the Canadian North.
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