We Didn T Start the Fire

CHC 2D1 POST-WAR CANADA AND THE WORLD: BILLY JOEL - WE DIDN’T START THE FIRE

ASSIGNMENT: RESEARCH THE ASSIGNED TERMS. PREPARE A BRIEF PRESENTATION (5-10 MIN MAXIMUM) OUTLINING THESIGNIFICANCE OF EACH OF THE EVENTS/PEOPLE TO MODERN NORTH AMERICAN AND WORLD HISTORY DEMONSTRATE WHAT YOU HAVE LEARNED.

USE SOME FORM OF AUDIO-VISUAL MEDIA: POWERPOINT, BRISTOL BOARD, VIDEO CLIP. ALL PRESENTATIONS MUST BE DELIEVERD ON SCHEDULE

1949:Harry Truman,Doris Day,Red China,Johnnie Ray South Pacific, Walter Winchell Joe DiMaggio

1950:Joe McCarthy, Richard Nixon, Studebaker,Television, North Korea/South KoreaMarilyn Monroe

1951:Rosenbergs,H- Bomb,Sugar Ray,Panmunjom, Brando, The King and Iand The Catcher and the Rye

1952 Eisenhower,Vaccine,England’s got a new queen, Marciano, Liberace, Santayana goodbye

1953:Josef Stalin, Malenkov, Nasser and Prokofiev, Rockefeller, CampanellaCommunist Bloc

1954:Roy Cohn,Juan Peron,Toscanini, Dacron,Dein Bein Phu falls,Rock Around the Clock,

1955: Einstein,James Dean, Brooklyn’s Got a Winning Team, Davy Crockett, Peter Pan, Elvis Presley,Disneyland

1956: Bardot, Budapest,Alabama,Khrushchev, Princess Grace,Peyton Place,Trouble in theSuez

1957: Little Rock, Pasternak, Mickey Mantle, Kerouac, Sputnik, Chou En-Lai,Bridge on the River Kwai

1958:Lebanon, Charles de Gaulle, California baseball, Starkweather Homicides, Children of Talidomide

1959: Buddy Holly, Ben-Hur, Space Monkey, Mafia, Hula Hoops, Castro,Edsel is a no-go

1960: U2-, Syngman Rhee, Payola and Kennedy; Chubby Checker, Psycho, Belgians in the Congo

1961: Hemingway, Adolf Eichmann,,Stranger in a Strange Land;Dylan, Berlin,The Bay of Pigs Invasion

1962: Lawrence of Arabia, British Beatlemania, Ole Miss, John Glenn, Liston beats Patterson

1963: Pope Paul, Malcolm X,British Politician sex; J.F.K. Blown away, what else do I have to say?

1964-1970: Birth control, Ho Chi Minh,Richard Nixon Back Again, Moon shot, Woodstock, ,Punk rock

1970’s Begin, Reagag, Palestine, Terror on the airline; Ayatollah’s in Iran, Russians in Afghanistan

1980’s: Wheel of Fortune,Sally Ride,Heavy Metal Suicide,Foreign Debts,Homeless Vets AIDS,Crack, Bernie Goetz-

1990’s:Hypodermics on the Shore,China's underMartial law, Rock and Roller Cola Wars,

I can’t take it anymore!

OVERALL EXPECTATIONS: Through this assignment, students will:

• explain how local, national, and global influences have helped shape Canadian identity;

• analyse the impact of external forces and events on Canada and its policies since 1914;

CATHOLIC GRADUATE EXPECTATIONS:

CGE2b -reads, understands and uses written materials effectively;

CGE2c -presents information and ideas clearly and honestly and with sensitivity to others;

Bristol Board Presentation Rubric: Post War Canada and the World

Name:______

Level 4 / Level 3 / Level 2 / Level 1
Knowledge of content
(e.g., concepts,
ideas, theories, procedures, processes,
methodologies, and/or
technologies)
K/U____/10 / – demonstrates
thorough knowledge
of content
– demonstrates
thorough understanding of content / – demonstrates
considerable knowledge of content
– demonstrates
considerable understanding of content / – demonstrates some
knowledge of content
– demonstrates some
understanding of
content / – demonstrates limited
knowledge of content
– demonstrates limited
understanding of
content
Use of critical
thinking processes
(e.g., inquiry process,
problem-solving
process, decision-making process,
research process
T/I____/10 / - uses critical
thinking processes
with a high degree
of effectiveness / – uses critical
thinking processes
with considerable
effectiveness / -uses critical thinking
processes with
some effectiveness / -uses critical
thinking processes
with limited
effectiveness
Making connections
within and between
various contexts
A____/10 / -makes connections
within and between
various contexts
with a high degree
of effectiveness / -makes connections
within and between
various contexts
with considerable
effectiveness / – makes connections
within and between
various contexts with
some effectiveness / -makes connections
within and between
various contexts with
limited effectiveness
Expression and organization of ideas and
information (e.g., clear
expression, logical
organization) in oral,
visual, and written
forms
C____/10 / -expresses and
organizes ideas
and information
with a high degree
of effectiveness / -expresses and
organizes ideas
and information
with considerable
effectiveness / -expresses and
organizes ideas and
information with some
effectiveness / -expresses and
organizes ideas and
information with
limited effectiveness