Gr. 8 Social Studies

TEST - Phases of WWII - Tuesday, February 7th

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Click HERE for Practice Test

What's Happening in Grade 8 Social Studies?

January - WWII Canada at War- Ch 7

- The Holocaust

- Map of Europe 1942

- Allied Expansion

- Canada and the End of WWII

December - WWII Canada at War - Ch. 7

- Background and road to war

- Phases of WWII - notes on Phases 1 & 2

- What about Canada?

November - Decades of Change- 1920s, 1930s - Ch. 6

- Prosperity and Depression - NOTES

- Inventions of the 1920s

- Stock Market & Great Depression

October - Canada's Physical Geography - Chapter 2, 3,4

- Landforms- click here for selected Landform Notes

- Climate and Weather - click here for Climate/Weather powerpoint notes

- Site , Situation and Settlement

September - Introduction to Canadian Identity - Chapter 1

- Canadian Identity in Art, Literature and Music

- Music Exploration Activity

Song lists, videos, and other links below!

Class Novel - Mrs. Driscoll is reading us "The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne

In September we learned how music art and literature reflect different aspects of Canadian Identity. Here are some interesting links we explored:

More Canadian Songs can be found at CBC.ca on their interactive atlas of Canadian Music http://www.cbc.ca/arts/music/story/2010/06/30/f-canada-day-music-atlas.html

O Siem, We Are All Family by Susan Aglukark

This Land is Your Land (Canadian Version) by Woody Guthrie

Africville by Black Union feat. Maestro

Farewell to Nova Scotia (traditional) performed by Rising Gael

The Good Ole Hockey Game by Stompin Tom Connors

The Cremation of Sam Magee - poem by Robert Service

We Are More - poem by ShaneKoyzan

Up Home - poem by Shauntay Grant, ill by Susan Tooke