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Ms. Henderson
Grade 8 Socials Studies
Ancient Civilizations
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Click on this link to find the information you need.

​Ancient Japan
Hello Grade 8s.  Here is your webpage to assist you in your research on Ancient Japan:
List of websites for Ancient Japan Project
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The First Emperor of China, Tony Ianzelo & Liu Hao Xue, provided by the National Film Board of Canada

Nigeria: Giant in Africa, Ronald Dick, provided by the National Film Board of Canada

NEW FRANCE

Arrival of the Brides (Filles du roi)
Library and Archives Canada, Acc. no 1996-371-1
A view of women coming to Quebec in 1667, in order to be married to the French Canadian farmers. Talon and Laval are waiting for the arrival of the women (Watercolor by Eleanor Fortescue Brickdale, 1871-1945. Courtesy of Library and Archives Canada, Acc. no 1996-371-1).
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VIDEOS
 Worlds Collide
Canada: The Story of Us
Episode 1 CBC
Canada A People's History Episode 3
​Claiming the Wildnerness
Champlain in America Founding Quebec 1608
Mountain Lake PBS

Samuel de Champlain
Quebec 1603 (National Film Board)
USEFUL LINKS 
  • Administration [Government of New France] Library and Archives Canada
  • Algonquin Territory (Canada's History)
  • Brief Information on New France
  • Canadian Museum of New France
  • ​Daily Life in New France
  • Dictionary of Canadian Biography
  • ​Economy of New France
  • Encounter [First Nations and French Settlers](Library and Archives Canada)
  • First Nations in Canada (Government of Canada)
  • ​French Immigration in Canada (The Canadian Encyclopedia)
  • ​Historical Maps of Canada's Indigenous Populations
  • Huron-Wendat (Canadian Encyclopedia)
  • Important people of New France
  • Indigenous French Relations (Encyclopedia of Canada)
  • Jesuits (CBC Learning)
  • Jesuits (The Canadian Encyclopedia)
  • Maps of New France
  • New France (Canada History Project)
  • New France The Canadian Encyclopedia
  • New France, New Home (filles du roi)
  • New France New Horizons: On French Soil in America (Library and Archives Canada)
  • Population Statistics of New France
  • ​Religion Jesuits
  • ​Seigneurial System
  • Travels and Explorations of the Jesuit Missionaries in New France (Original Document)​
  • Virtual Museum of New France

SS. 10   CANADA BETWEEN THE WARS: 1920 - 1939

RESOURCES:

​​BOOKS:  Use the books on the trolley.  You can search for other print resources by going to the library software at http://library.vsb.bc.ca and log in at the upper left using your student number and password.  Select "Vancouver Technical Secondary" from the drop down menu.   Select the "Catalog" tab to search for additional books in our library.  Remember to look for keywords, websites and other possible book resources in the books on the trolley.

​VSB DATABASES:  Accessible from the Home tab once logged into the library software (  
http://library.vsb.bc.ca ).
Helpful databases may include:
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  • EBSCO HOST
  • Canadian Encyclopedia
  • Global Issues in Context
  • History Channel
  • ​World Book Student
​Use keywords found in books and other resources to help with your searches.  Remember, databases may have links to other helpful resources on your topic.

WEBSITES:  Below is a list of websites you may find helpful.  ​Remember, a good website may have links to other resources on your topic.  If you discover any other great websites during your research, let us know and we may be able
to post them here.  
  • Canada A Country by Consent: The Roaring Twenties
  • Canada's Declaration of Independence (1931)
  • Canadian History Post Confederation: The Inter-war Years
  • Canadian Schools, the League of Nations and the Teaching of History (1920-1939)  (Ken Osborne U of Manitoba)
  • The Inter-War Years   (Encylopedia Britannica)
  • The Inter-War Years (1929 - 1939)  (National Air Force Museum of Canada)
  • ​150 Years of Canadian Sport - The 1920's  (Canadian Olympic Team Official Website)

WORLD WAR II - CAMBIE REPORTER PROJECT (SS 10: Clarisse Yeh,
student teacher)

RESOURCES

​​BOOKS:  Use the books on the trolley.  You can search for other print resources by going to the library software at http://library.vsb.bc.ca and log in at the upper left using your student number and password.  Select "Vancouver Technical Secondary" from the drop down menu.   Select the "Catalog" tab to search for additional books in our library.  Remember to look for keywords, websites and other possible book resources in the books on the trolley.

​VSB DATABASES:  Accessible from the Home tab once logged into the library software (  
http://library.vsb.bc.ca ).
Helpful sources may include:
​
  • Canadian Encyclopedia
  • EBSCO HOST
  • Global Issues in Context  (Secondary and Primary sources)
  • History Channel
  • ​World Book Student
​Use keywords found in books and other resources to help with your searches.  Remember, databases may have links to other helpful resources on your topic.

WEBSITES:  Below is a list of websites you may find helpful.  ​Remember, a good website may have links to other resources on your topic.  If you discover any other great websites during your research, let us know and we may be able to post them here.  

Some Secondary Sources:
  • Atlantic.com - World War II  (searchable site)
  • BBC - World War II  (searchable site)
  • ​Canada - World War II - Encyclopedia Britannica
  • ​History.com - World War II  (searchable site)
  • Indigenous People in World War II  (Veterans' Affairs Canada)
  • National Defense and the Canadian Forces - Aboriginal People in the Canadian Military (scroll down to the Second World War)
  • ​This is Public Health - A Canadian History:  World War II and Expansion
  • Veterans Affairs Canada - Second World War
  • Women during World War II  (Veterans' Affairs Canada)
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Some Primary Sources:
  • Canadian War Museum - Art and War - Canada
  • Canadian War Museum - Canadian Newspapers and the Second World War (limiters along the left)
  • Canadian War Museum - Canadian Wartime Propaganda - Second World War
  • ​CBC Archives - Second World War  (primary and secondary - searchable site; may have to copy and paste individual links into new tab)
  • ​Eyewitness to History - World War II  (searchable site)
  • Fordham University - World War II   (searchable site)
  • Wartime Canada - World War II:   A window into the Canadian experience during the world wars
  • World War II Posters - 5 Things they told Canadians to do  (Toronto Public Library)
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SS 9: WORLD REVOLUTIONS

RESOURCES

Books:  Some print resources are on the trolley.  You can also use the search icon at the top right of our online catalog to help you find other titles.  Remember to look for keywords, other possible book resources and websites in the books on the trolley.

Online Learning Resources:  Some subscription and non-subscription websites are available on the Learning Resources "ribbon"  once you have logged into the Destiny Discover version of our online catalog.  Use keywords found in books and other resources to help with your searches.  Remember, databases may have links to other helpful resources on your topic.

     Useful online Learning Resources for this project include:

  • CURIO (BBC; CBC; National Geographic)   (you will be prompted to login using your VSB email)
  • EBSCO HOST (searchable site; always check the "Full Text Documents" box
  • Global Issues in Context  (GALE)  (i.e. search: Arab Spring; Cedar Revolution; Russian Revolution 1917; Salt march,1930; .... ****ALWAYS check the "Full Text Documents" box***
  • History Channel (searchable site)
  • ​World Book Student / Advanced  (Start by searching for the country you are studying and looking for information about the revolution in the "history" section for that country.  From there, look for links and keywords for further information.​​





Other Online Sources:  Below is a list of websites you may find helpful.  ​Remember, a good website may have links to other resources on your topic.  If you discover any other great websites during your research, let us know and we may be able to post them here.  Primary sources, sometimes called "first hand accounts", are artifacts (documents and other objects) from or near the time of the event(s): eye witness accounts, memoirs, diaries, images of artifacts, articles, etc. Secondary sources or "second hand accounts" are resources created looking back at event(s), sometimes with the help of primary sources.  Secondary sources often summarize, analyze, interpret, past event(s) as a way to understand what happened, make connections with the present and predictions about the future. 

​American Revolution  (1775-1783)
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Secondary Sources:
  • PBS: Liberty! The American Revolution
  • History.com: American Revolution
  • ThoughtCo:  American Revolution
​Primary Sources:
  • Internet Modern History Sourcebook (Fordham University): American Independence


Arab Spring  (2010)
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Secondary Sources:
  • Britannica:  Arab Spring
  • History.com:  Arab Spring
  • ThoughtCo:  Arab Spring Impact on the Middle East
  • ThoughtCo:  8 Countries That Had Arab Spring Uprisings
  • ThoughtCo:  How the Arab Spring Started Tunisia, the Birthplace of the Arab Spring
  • ThoughtCo:  10 Reasons for the Arab Spring The Root Causes of the Arab Awakening in 2011


​Chinese Communist Revolution: (1945-1950)
Secondary Sources:
  • Britannica: Chinese Communist Revolution (1945-1950)
  • Britannica: Chinese Civil War (1945-1950)
  • History.com:  Chiang Kai-shek
  • PBS: Establishment of the People's Republic of China
  • ThoughtCo:  Modern History of China
  • ​ThoughtCo:  An Overview of the Chinese Communist Party

​Primary Sources:
  • Wilson Center:  Chinese Civil War 1945 - 1950

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Cuban Revolution: (1956-1959)
Secondary Sources:
  • BBC:  1959: Rebel army drives out Cuban dictator
  • ​PBS: Fidel Castro
  • History.com: Batista Forced Out Castro-Led Revolution
  • Ohio State University: A Postcard From Havana, Cuba
  • ThoughtCo:  A Brief History of the Cuban Revolution
Primary Sources:
  • ​Schaffer Library: Cuba and the Cuban Revolution

Eastern Europe  (1989) (aka Revolutions of 1989; Fall of Communism; Fall of Nations; Autumn of Nations)
​​Secondary Sources:
  • BBC News:  Fall of Berlin Wall: How 1989 reshaped the modern world
  • CES:  SOLIDARITY AND OTHER POLITICAL MOVEMENTS OF 1989
  • History.com:  Velvet Revolution (Czechoslovakia)​
  • Ohio State University:  Remembering '56: The Hungarian Revolution​
  • Ohio State University:  Poland Takes Charge of Its Own Revolution
  • ​ThoughtCo:  The Downfall of Communism​​






 Egypt  (1952)  (aka 23 July Revolution)
​​Secondary Sources:
  • Australian Institute for International Affairs:  Egypt's Revolution and the Lessons for Today
  • Britannica:  The revolution and the Republic
  • History.com:  Military seizes power in Egypt

English Civil War Revolution: (1642-1651)  (aka Great Rebellion, Wars of the Three Kingdoms)
​​Secondary Sources: 
  • Britannica:  English Civil Wars   (searchable site)
  • English Heritage:  THE ENGLISH CIVIL WARS: HISTORY AND STORIES
  • National Army Museum:  British Civil Wars
  • ThoughtCo: English Civil War: An Overview
Primary Sources:
  • Internet Modern History Sourcebook (Fordham University): English Revolution


 Everyone! (you might find some helpful information using these searchable sites)
  • BBC Country Profiles (select your countr(ies) on the map and look for information on the revolution)
  • Country Profiles (US)  (select your countr(ies) and look for information on the revolution)

French Revolution  (1787-1799)
​​
Secondary Sources:
  • Britannica: French Revolution
  • History.com: French Revolution
  • ThoughtCo:  The French Revolution: The 1780s Crisis and the Causes of Revolution
Primary Sources:
  • The Execution of Louis XVI  (Eyewitness to History - Henry Edgeworth's Account)
  • Beginning of the French Revolution (Eyewitness to History - Thomas Jefferson's Account)
  • Digital History: The Meaning of the French Revolution   (Thomas Jefferson, 1811)
  • Internet Modern History Sourcebook (Fordham University): French Revolution
  • The National Archives - French Revolution  (Government of UK)​​

Haitian Revolution: (1794-1804)
Secondary Sources:
  • Britannica:  Haitian Revolution
  • Brown University:  History of Haiti -  Haitian Revolution Begins
  • Ohio State University: A Pact with the Devil? The United States and the Fate of Modern Haiti 
  • ThoughtCo:  The Haitian Revolution: Successful Revolt by an Enslaved People

​
 India  (1930)   (aka Salt March)
​​Secondary Sources:
  • CountryStudies (US): Mahatma Gandhi
  • History.com:  Mohandas Gandhi begins 241-mile civil disobedience march  (Salt march)
  • Reuters:  A breakthrough year for nonviolence
  • University of  Central Arkansas:  British India (1907-1947)​  (helpful background information)

Iranian Revolution: (1978-1979)
​
Secondary Sources:
  • BBC In Pictures: The Iranian Revolution
  • Britannica Academic Edition: Iranian Revolution of 1978-79
  • Ohio State University:  Viewpoint Iran: The Past and Present of the U.S.-Iran Standoff
  • Ohio State University: Iran: Still Struggling toward Self-Determination 
  • ThoughtCo:  Iranian Revolution of 1979
Primary Sources:
  • Internet Modern History Sourcebook (Fordham University): Iranian Revolution​​




 Lebanon  (2005)  (aka Cedar Revolution)
​​Secondary Sources:
  • Reuters:  The assassination of Lebanon's Hariri and its aftermath
  • Wilson Center:  Wither the Cedar Revolution: Two Lebanese Deputies Give Their Views

Mexican Revolution: (1910 - 1920)
Secondary Sources:
  • Britannica:  Mexican Revolution
  • EdSitement (National Endownment for the Humanities):  The Mexican Revolution   (US Federal Agency)
  • ​ThoughtCo:  The Mexican Revolution

Nicaraguan Revolution: (1979)
​​Secondary Sources:
  • Country Studies: The Sandinista Revolution
  • ThoughtCo:  The Nicaraguan Revolution: History and Impact


 Philippines: (1986) (aka People Power Revolution, also known as EDSA Revolution or February Revolution)
​​Secondary Sources:
  • Ohio State University: The People Power Revolution, Philippines 1986 
  • Reuters:  Philippine leader seeks to cut short Marcos family revival
  • ThoughtCo:  Biography of Ferdinand Marcos, Dictator of the Philippines

 ​Russian Revolution(s): (1917)
 Secondary Sources: 
  • Britannica: Russian Revolution of 1917
  • History.com: Russian Revolution
  • History Guide: Lecture on the Russian Revolution
  • Ohio State University:  The February Revolution in Russia
  • Ohio State University:  The October Revolution in Russia
  • ThoughtCo: Russian Revolution of 1917
Primary Sources:
  • Internet Modern History Sourcebook (Fordham University): Russian Revolution   (searchable site)
​

 South Korea  (1987)
(aka June Democracy Movement and June Democratic Struggle)
​​Secondary Sources:
  • Arirang News:  Looking back on Korea's June Democracy Movement   (video)
  • AsiaMedia: SOUTH KOREA: DEMOCRACY IS BORN IN ‘1987: WHEN THE DAY COMES’
  • NY Times: SOUTH KOREAN CHIEF AGREES TO DIRECT PRESIDENTIAL VOTE AND A DEMOCRATIC 'NEW ERA'
  • PBS: Former South Korean military strongman Chun Doo-hwan dies


​Spanish / Latin American Wars of Independence: (1808-1826)
Secondary Sources:
  • ThoughtCo: Biography of Simon Bolivar, 'Liberator of South America'   (look below articles for other links)
  • ThoughtCo:  Causes of the Latin American Revolution
  • ThoughtCo:  The Complete Story of Venezuela's Revolution for Independence
  • ThoughtCo: How Latin America Gained Independence from Spain

Primary Sources:
  • Brown University:  The Spanish American Revolutions - Setting the Stage

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