UNIT ONE 1982-PRESENT This chart shows how the course, unit, and chapter issue questions, as well as the chapter inquiry questions, are organized. Overall Course Issue Question Does our history make us who we are? UNIT ONE UNIT TWO UNIT THREE UNIT FOUR 1982-PRESENT 1914-1929 1929-1945 1945-1982 Unit Issue Question Unit Issue Question Unit Issue Question Unit Issue Question Why is Canada the Did World War I Did Canada grow Did Canada find nation it is today? transform Canada? up during World its own pathway by 1982? CHAPTER ONE CHAPTER TWO CHAPTER THREE CHAPTER FOUR CHAPTER FIVE Canadian Identity Diversity in Canada Canada's Globalization Canada in the Constitution World Chapter Issue Question Chapter Issue Question Chapter Issue Question Chapter Issue Question Chapter Issue Question What trends are How does diversity How is the 1982 How is globalization How is international shaping Canadian shape Canada? Constitution shaping shaping Canada? involvement shaping identity? Canada? Canada? Inquiry Questions Inquiry Questions Inquiry Questions Inquiry Questions Inquiry Questions • Is there a Canadian • In what ways are we • Why bring home the • What is globalization? • How does Canada work identity? diverse? Constitution? • How is economic toward peace? How do social and • What issues result from • Will Quebec ever sign globalization shaping • Why does Canada cultural trends affect regionalism? the Constitution? Canada? respond to major Canadian identity? international conflicts? • Will our differences • How does the • How does globalization • How does politics shape break up Canada? Constitution protect stress the environment? Was 9/11 a turning point Canadian identity? rights? • How is the globalization for Canada? • What else affects • How does the of culture shaping Canadian identity? Constitution affect Canada? Aboriginal peoples? • How is globalization • How does the affecting your privacy? 1 Constitution affect individual Canadians? • 22 UNIT 1 • Why is Canaria the nation it u t • min • 1982— PRESENT Unit One Issue Question Why is Canada the nation it is today? We are all links in a greater human chain. And together, we are writing the story that is Canada. Michaelle Jean, Governor General of Canada, July 1, 2008 On Canada Day in 2014, Pauline Girard flew her Canadian flag. It wasn't just any Canadian flag. This majestic beauty had graced the Peace Tower in Ottawa. It measures 2.3 metres high and 4.6 metres wide. And Girard loves it. She says that "It feels important; it's almost like you want to wrap yourself in it. It's not like another flag." As of July 1, 2014, 8363 Canadian citizens were on a waiting list for a flag just like Girard's. Some of them won't get their flag until 2056. But if Girard is any indication, they don't mind. It's impressive that so many people love this country so much that they want a flag as big as a billboard and they'll wait 42 years to get it. Where did this country come from that inspires such devotion? It didn't drop out of the sky fully formed. Canada is something that Canadians started putting together long, long ago and that we're continuing to build today. In one sense, Canada is simply a political entity with provinces and territories and a capital city. In another sense, our country is a shared vision of how people should live together. Canada is not fixed in time. Forces are changing it. Populations grow or become more diverse. Governments change. Public awareness ebbs and flows. Our economy has its ups and downs, and technological change is unstoppable. We march off to foreign wars, and then they end. As the country changes, so do our ideas of the country. Why is Canada the nation it is today? Canada's flag bearer at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Canadians will tell you. They made it. in Glasgow, Scotland, was trap shooter Susan Nattrass. What emotions is she showing? What other emotions might a Canadian feel when seeing or holding our flag? Why does a piece of cloth generate so much emotion? MHR • Why is Canada the nation it is today? • UNIT 1 UNIT ONE Deba ng Cana 'la elity THAT'S JUST WRONG. NO ONE I SHOULD HAVE TO BEG IN A RICH COUNTRY LIKE CANADA. SPADE SOME CHANGE? HEY, I AGREE THAT IT'S WRONG. THAT'S WHY I NEVER GIVE MONEY TO STREET PEOPLE. 4.- NEVER? BUT WHO KNOWS WHY HE'S BEGGING? PEOPLE DON'T CHOOSE TO LIVE ON THE STREET. WHY ARE AND WHY ARE YOU YOU 50 CYNICAL? 50 GULLIBLE? THE GUY PROBABLY JUST LOVES HIS FREEDOM. ISN'T CANADA ALL ABOUT FREEDOM? WELL MAYBE. BUT WE ALSO LOOK AFTER THE WEAKEST AMONG US. 115 THANKS. BUT BE JUST WHO WE ARE LISTEN, NO CAPTAIN CANADA PM GOING TO BUY THE WARNED, GUY A SANDWICH. YOU CAN'T SAVE THEM ALL! YOU COMING? ANYWAY, I'M OFF-I WANT TO HIT THE MALL BEFORE THE STORES CLOSE Your Turn These two teens see Canada differently. How can one country seem like two? Are both perspectives valid? What kind of Canada are you familiar with? 2 Unit 1 Timeline 1982-Present This timeline highlights some key dates and events in Canadian history between 1982 and the present. ► 1982 Canada patriates its Constiitution Dominion Day officially becomes Canada Day ► 1987 Canada gets its first dollar coin, the "Loonie" 1989 Canada—United States Free Trade Agreement comes into force 1990 Canadian Forces join UN coalition in Persian Gulf War Meech Lake Accord fails ► 1991 World Wide Web first used by public Soviet Union dissolves and Cold War ends ► 1992 Canadian peacekeepers arrive in former Yugoslavia Canadian voters reject Charlottetown Accord 1994 North American Free Trade Agreement comes into force ► 1995 Quebec voters narrowly reject separation 14011 ► 1999 New territory of Nunavut created ► 2001 Terrorists use four airliners to attack U.S. sites ► 2002 Canadian forces join UN-approved, NATO-led coalition in Afghanistan ► 2008 Prime minister apologizes for Aboriginal residential school policy ► 2010 Winter Olympic Games are held in Vancouver ► 2014 Canada ends its mission to Afghanistan MHR • Why is Canada the nation it is today? • UNIT 1 UNIT ONE 1982—PRESENT YOUR Conduct and analyze an interview related to an injustice or contribution in CRALLACA Canadian history. Keep in mind the Unit 1 issue question: Why is Canada the nation it is today? Interviews What You Will Hand In When you conduct historical research, people On completion of your interview, you will hand in with firsthand experience of significant events • a brief description of the historical event you can be important resources. Interviewing these chose for this unit people can help you understand how historic • an explanation of why it meets the four criteria events affected those who lived through them. for choosing an event (see Step 1) You can also gain insights into how individual perspectives can influence the way history is told • a brief profile of the person you interviewed and understood. • your interview questions (see Step 2) As you progress through the five chapters • a recording or transcript of the interview in this unit, watch for significant injustices and • a summary of the interview and what you learned contributions to Canada. from it in relation to the unit issue question: Why is Canada the nation it is today? (see Step 3) • a one-paragraph response proposal (see Step 4) Tips for Conducting a Successful Interview • Explain the purpose of your interview and how long you expect it to take. • Ask interviewees to bring photographs and other items that will help them tell you about the event and what it meant to them. • Make copies of the questions for yourself and each interviewee. ® Decide how you will take notes during the interview. If you plan to tape the interview, ask the interviewee's permission. • Be prepared to ask follow-up questions when you want more detail. Questions that ask "Why?" can be effective. ® Do not rush. Give the interviewee enough time to answer each question in his or her own way. ® When you finish asking the questions, ask whether the interviewee would like to add anything else. Pb UNIT 1 • Why is Canada the nation it is today? • MHR Using an Interview as Evidence Tip STEP I CPOOSE AN INJUSTICE OR CONTRIISUTION 1 Thank the As you progress through this unit, watch for historical events that meet interviewee for helping the four criteria: you complete your • The event is of historical significance to Canada. historical research. • ft has an ethical dimension — it is either an injustice that we should acknowledge or a contribution that we should celebrate. R throws light on the course issue question: noes our history make us who we are? You find it incredibly interesting. Your choice will affect who you interview, as well as the interview questions you develop. Conduct research to explore how your chosen event affected Canadian society. STEP 2 DRAFT AND DEVELOP TPE QUESTIONS Work with classmates to decide what makes an effective interview question. To help plan your questions, refer to "Powerful Questions" and "Tips for Creating Powerful Questions" in the prologue (p. 3). Draft a list of possible interview questions. Keep the focus of your questions on the nature of the injustice or contribution. Make sure your questions will help you see how this piece of history helped shape Canada into the nation that it is. Ask a partner or your teacher for feedback on your interview questions and your reasons for asking them. STEP 3 COMPLETE AND ANALYZE THE INTERVIEW When the unit concludes, finalize the interview questions and conduct your interview. Once the interview is complete, analyze and interpret the responses and summarize your findings.