Student-Led Conferences

Student-Led Conferences will take place this Thursday evening and Friday mornings (November 13th and November 14th, respectively). All parents/guardians are encouraged to attend. Here's how to sign up:

1. Go to school-bookings.net
2. Enter the code MVL7D
3. Enter your information in the boxes under Step 1
4. Select my name (Mr. Charalambous) from the drop down menu under Step 2
5. Select the times that work best for you and click GO!

Anti-Bullying PSA

Please remember to keep in mind the following:

• realistic harassment scenarios
• places to go for help
• appropriate media techniques
• communicating the message/purpose clearly
• make sure that it's catching your attention
• clear target audience
• clear that you put your best effort into it

BORC Visit

This is a reminder to all 7A students that tomorrow we will be visiting BORC for the day. Please make sure that you are dressed appropriately for the weather (it will be cold) bring boots as I'm sure it will be a bit muddy and make sure you have a litter-less lunch as well. 

War of 1812 Presentations

War of 1812 Presentations

Mrs. Filippelli has shared with us some incredibly valuable online resources (that have also been shared on your Google Drives).

Don't forget that you need to tell us...

• Who are the the key characters from your battle

• What was its significance in our understanding of the War of 1812

• What were the intended and unintended consequences of the battle

• Include at least two primary resources and your analysis of them

• i.e., what does the primary resource tell us about the event? Are there missing voices?

• What is the impact of the event?

Comparisons of maps from 1812 to present day

historicacanada.ca - War of 1812 timeline

historicacanada.ca - videos of significant events/people

ourontario.ca - images, images, images - mostly primary resources

eighteentwelve.ca - extensive information for each battle

Permission Forms

Don't forget to bring in your technology waiver forms and your permission forms for BORC! Please bring those in as soon as possible!

New France & BNA

New France

1608 - Founding of Quebec (the beginnings of New France). You need to know:

• fille du roi
• jesuits (missionaries)
• les habitants
• fur trade
• voyageurs
• coureur des bois
• deportation of the Acadians

1756-1763 - Seven Years War

• Battle of the Plains of Abraham
• Treaty of Paris

BNA

1774:

• Quebec Act
• American Revolution (1776)
• Loyalist Migration (1780s)
• Constitutional Act (1791)

The Constitutional Act

When the Loyalists arrived in "Quebec" they shocked by many of the differences that existed between New France and the Thirteen Colonies (the United States). The French operated under the seigneurial system where it was leased from the government (the Loyalists were used to owning the land); Roman Catholics were legally required to pay a tenth of their income to the church (the Loyalists did not); and there were no elections in Quebec (the Loyalists were used to electing representatives).

Because they were so upset at these differences, the British agreed to change the system of government and law in Quebec and created the Constitutional Act in 1791 which split Canada into two parts: Upper (the English speaking part) and Lower Canada (the French). In addition it:

• created a lieutenant-governor for each Canada
• landholders were in Lower Canada could hold land under the seigneurial or the freehold system. In Upper Canada they could own the land
• people who owned property could elect their representatives

For the first time, Canada became English speaking and it changed the country forever.