Section outline

    • Unit Timeline
      Essay Question:

      During the 'Cold War' Canada made a number of foreign policy decisions that affected Canadian autonomy. Some decisions reduced Canadian autonomy. Some decisions strengthened Canadian autonomy.

      Did Canada's independence (autonomy) increase or decrease due to the foreign policy of each of the Canadian Prime Ministers during the early, middle and late Cold War periods?

      (Use examples from class lessons and readings.)

    • Monday 6th and Tuesday 7th:
      1. Notes: Introduction to the Cold War
      - slides
      - organizer

      2. Questions: "Red Menace"

    • Wednesday 8th:
      1. Backgrounder - NATO and NORAD & UN


    • Thursday 9th and Friday 10th
      1. Backgrounder - Finish - NATO and NORAD & UN
      2. Formal Assignment: Alliances and Collective Security - Loaded to Microsoft Teams

    • Monday 13th:.
      1. Discussion: The Korean War
      - organizer
      - slides
      2. Video Resource: Test of the Will


    • Tuesday 14th:
      1. Discussion: Independant Foreign Policy: The Suez and Cuban Missile Crises
      - slides
      Handout: Suez and Cuban Missile Crisis Questions
      2. Video Resource: The Cold War - Cuba 1959-1962 - not used

    • Thursday 15th:

      1. . Notes: The Nuclear Issue & Trudeau Years
      - slides
      - organizer
      3. Vietnam - Reading and Question
      4. Trudeau handout
      5. Video Resource: Indochina Conflict
      Homework:
      1. Complete Vietnam Questions