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Canada and the 1920s & 1930s

Canada and the 1920s & 1930s.

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Canada and the 1920s & 1930s

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  1. Canada and the 1920s & 1930s As the very cliché saying goes: “all good things must come to an end.” Such was the case with the ‘roaring twenties’ as the decade was termed. After the disparity of World War I, Canadians were ready to leave the grief behind and create a new, fresh beginning -- the 1920s. The 1920s brought with it economic boom, inventions, rights for women, among many other accomplishments. Nonetheless, all of this prosperity came to an end in the latter 1920s and into the 1930s when disparity ruled once again, but it ruled in a slightly different way than in World War I. The economy was in bad shape, the unemployment rate was high, and drought and grasshoppers ruined the crops in prairie Canada. These were only a few things that helped name the 1930s “The Dirty 30s!”

  2. Person’s Case After reading the following text, answer the 5Ws & H, and explain how this is significant to Laurier’s statement: “The twentieth century belongs to Canada.” “One of the most famous cases in Canadian legal history--the Persons Case--was brought by five Alberta women--Emily Murphy (Herstory 1974), Nellie McClung (Herstory 1974), Irene Parlby (Herstory 1975), Henrietta Muir Edwards (Herstory 1976), and Louise McKinney (Herstory 1981). They asked the Supreme Court of Canada to declare that women were persons under the meaning of the British North America Act and therefore eligible to be appointed to the Senate. Unfortunately, the judges did not believe that women were persons under the Act. As Mary Ellen Smith (Herstory 1974) said: "The iron dropped into the souls of women in Canada when we heard that it took a man to decree that his mother was not a person." After consultation, and with the full backing of the government of Alberta, the five appealed to the British Privy Council, then Canada's highest court of appeal. On October 18, 1929, the Privy Council declared that women are indeed persons. Today, we celebrate "Person's Day" and since 1979, several women each year are awarded person's day medals.” • Information from: http://library.usask.ca/herstory/person.html • Picture from:http://www.thestudy.qc.ca/highschool/Departments/CompSci/swork/web/cwomen/pages/savard/famous5/personscase.html

  3. The Prairie Drought Answer the following questions after analysing the photo on the left-hand side: • Who? • What? • Where? • When? • Why? • How? • Explain how this photo is significant to Laurier’s statement: “The twentieth century belongs to Canada.” • Photos from: Top – http://archives.cbc.ca/IDD-1-70-1407/disasters_tragedies/drought/ Bottom -- http://res2.agr.ca/publications/hw/09b_e.htm

  4. The Roaring Twenties After analysing the pictures on the left-hand-side, answer the following questions: Who? What? Where? When? Why? How? • Explain how this photo is significant to Laurier’s statement: “The twentieth century belongs to Canada.” • Top:http://www.assumption.edu/users/McClymer/his394/FlapoverFlappers.html • Middle:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_United_States_history_(1900-1929) • Bottom:http://www.wtv-zone.com/honi4me/MoreCreations3/BlackBottom.html

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