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Pathfinder:
The Great Depression
Reminders…
 Use the public library as well as your school library.
 Use a variety of sources.
 Evaluate each source carefully.
 Select the best sources you can find.
 Record EVERY source you use.
 Take good notes.
 Be careful to avoid plagiarism.
 Ask for help if you need it.
 Using images? Remember to respect copyright law.
Images
 The Evidence Web, from Library and Archives Canada
http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/education/sources/index-e.html
 Images Canada: Picturing Canadian Culture
http://www.imagescanada.ca/index-e.html
 Microsoft Office Online: Clip Art and Media Homepage
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/clipart/default.aspx
Clipart, photos, and animations.
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1930s? Start Here!
 “Hard Times: 1929-1940”, Episode 13 of Canada: A People’s History, from the CBC
http://www.cbc.ca/history/EPISHOMEEP13LE.html
 “Great Depression”, from The Canadian Encyclopedia
http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/articles/great-depression
R. B. Bennett
 “Bennett, Richard Bedford, Viscount”, from The Canadian Encyclopedia
http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/articles/richard-bedford-viscount-bennett
 “Profiles: The Right Honourable Richard Bedford Bennett”, from First Among Equals: The
Prime Minister in Canadian Life and Politics, from Library and Archives Canada
http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/2/4/h4-3275-e.html
 “Canada’s Prime Ministers: Richard Bedford Bennett”, from the Prime Minister of Canada’s
official website
http://www.pm.gc.ca/eng/bio_former.asp?id=49
Bennett Buggies
 “Bennett Buggy at the front of the Bowl, University of Saskatchewan”
http://library.usask.ca/90th/1930/1935.html
CBC and the Radio
 “Canadian Broadcasting Corporation”, from The Canadian Encyclopedia
http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/articles/canadian-broadcasting-corporation
 “Radio Programming”, from The Canadian Encyclopedia
http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/articles/radio-programming
 “Radio and Television Broadcasting”, from The Canadian Encyclopedia
http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/articles/radio-and-television-broadcasting
 History of CBC / Radio-Canada and Canadian Public Broadcasting
http://cbc.radio-canada.ca/history/
 CBC Museum
http://www.cbc.ca/museum/exhibit.html
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Immigration
 “Immigration”, from The Canadian Encyclopedia
http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/articles/immigration
 Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21
http://www.pier21.ca/home
 CN Images of Canada Gallery: People on the Move, from Canada Science and Technology
Museum
http://imagescn.technomuses.ca/people/index_in.cfm?id=30&index=1
 Encyclopedia of Canada’s Peoples
http://www.multiculturalcanada.ca/mcc/ecp
 Moving Here, Staying Here: The Canadian Immigrant Experience, from Library and Archives
Canada
http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/immigrants/index-e.html
Riding the Rails
 “On to Ottawa Trek”, from The Canadian Encyclopedia
http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/articles/on-to-ottawa-trek
 On to Ottawa Trek
http://www.ontoottawa.ca/trek/trek.html
Swing Dancing
 “Dance Bands”, from The Canadian Encyclopedia
http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/articles/emc/dance-bands
Dust Bowl
 “In Depth: Agriculture – 1930s Drought”, from the CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/agriculture/drought1930s.html
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Decades Sites and Subject Directories
 Canada: A People’s History
http://history.cbc.ca
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Check out episodes 12 and 13.
 Canada in World Affairs, 1920-1939, from the Canadian War Museum
http://www.warmuseum.ca/cwm/exhibitions/chrono/1914affairs_e.shtml
 EdSelect
http://www.edselect.com/through_the_decades.htm
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This link will take you directly to the decades page.
 Canadian Information by Subject, from the National Library and Archives Canada
http://www.collectionscanada.ca/caninfo/ecaninfo.htm
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Follow this path: Subject Order>9 History, Geography, and Auxiliary
Disciplines>971 Canada>971.06 1911-1999.
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Or use the Search feature.
Books
 School Library
 Browse 971 (Canadian History).
 Search catalogue for other titles,
o Go to Pocock School Library page, http://www.dpcdsb.org/POCOK/Library/
 The little stack of books in the upper left corner (just below the school banner) is the link
to the new catalogue (home access now available).
 Results include items from both the Pocock collection and the Media and Professional
Library.
 Students can borrow items from the M&PL – just ask Miss Dillon or Mrs. Solayman.
o You can access the catalogue on any school computer, if you are on a computer.
 If you don’t want to sign out a computer, then ask whether the catalogue is set up on
computer 25 in the School Library (unless it’s very busy, we try to set up 25 as a
catalogue station).
 Or ask Miss Dillon or Mrs. Solayman for help.
 Mississauga Public Library
http://www3.mississauga.ca/ipac20/ipac.jsp?profile=dial#focus
 Search the online catalogue and request the items you want.
 The library staff will collect them, send them to the branch you’ve chosen, and notify you when
they arrive.
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Newspaper, Magazine, and Journal Articles, and Online News Sources
Databases are a good source of articles from newspapers, magazines and journals. Limit
your search to Full Text.
Besides current events, many of the online news sites have in-depth reports, archives, and so
on.
 CBC Archives
http://archives.cbc.ca/
Subject Directories, General Purpose
 Virtual Reference Library
http://www.virtualreferencelibrary.ca/
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Follow this path: VRL home>Subject Directory>History>Canadian History.
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Or use the Search feature.
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