Independent Study
Canadian History Grade 11 Argumentative Essay
INSTRUCTIONS
Students should review topics with teacher / parents or guardians and select at least five
topics that are of interest (preferably in desired order). On designated day, topic sheet
will be posted and students will sign up on a first come-first serve basis. Students should
sign up for ONE topic from their own selections.
MILITARY
Vimy Ridge
Dieppe
Avro Arrow
NATO
NORAD
Bomarc Missiles
Women in War
Canada and D-Day (Juno Beach)
Conscription
Battle of Britain: RCAF
Canada’s Role in the Battle of Hong Kong
Camp X
War Measures Act
Internment of Japanese Canadians
Effects of War on Canada
Halifax Explosion
Merchant Marine & Convoy System
Battle of Atlantic: Royal Canadian Navy
Canada and the Italian Campaign
Liberation of Netherlands
Canada and peacekeeping
Canada’s Role in Gulf War
Canada’s Role in Korean War
War on the Homefront
Canada and the Cold War
Canada and Afghanistan
Canadian Armed Forces
POLITICAL
Trudeau
Quebec Referendum - 1980
Quebec Referendum – 1995
Parti Quebecois
October Crisis
Bill 101
Suez Crisis
Meech Lake Accord
Charlottetown Agreement
Oka Crisis
Constitution Act 1982
Person’s Case
Winnipeg General Strike
Relief in Great Depression
League of Indians
Indian Act
St. Louis
Gouzenko Affair
Canada and United Nations
Official Languages Act
James Bay Agreement
SOCIAL
Head Tax
Women's Movement
ECONOMIC
National Energy Policy
Auto Pact
1972 Summit Series
Immigration since 1945
Medicare
Baby Boom
Insulin
Canadian Inventions
Group of Seven
Bootlegging & Prohibition
Canadian Broadcasting Corp.
Canada Council
St. Lawrence Seaway
Social Support (welfare)
Residential Schools
Canada and Space
Sponsorship Scandal
Canada and Globalization
Ipperwash Inquiry
Kyoto Accord
Legalization of Same Sex Marriage
Colonial History-1497-1867
-All topics covered in class such as:
Early explorers
First Contact
The Fur Trade
Expansion
New France
Acadia
Louisbourg
Quebec
Courers de bois
The 7 Years War
American Revolution
The War of 1812
Confederation
Louis XIV
Jean Talon
Father Jean De Brebeuf
The Canoe
……and so many more
Free Trade Agreement
NAFTA
Branch Plants
Canada and Foreign Aid
GST
Funding of Military
G-8