Tuesday 13 December 2016

Residential Schools

Upon watching "We Were Children",you learned about several aspects of Residential Schools.  Upon listening to Stephen Harper's apology, you also learned of some of the effects residential schools had on First Nations people.  What were some of the long term effects of Residential Schools?

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Monday 5 December 2016

Imperialism

Industrialization to a large extent promoted Imperialism as world leaders wanted to extend their power or control over the world.  By taking over territory, European nations expanded their land and resources, but they often did not consider the people who were already on the land or the resources they were exploiting.  Even though the age of Imperialism took place over 100 years ago, what are some of the impacts it still has today?  

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