are Canadian. Click on the + toggle headings below to reveal a list of recommended web sites.-
Works Cited – MLA example (MLA 8, includes List of Images Used)…remember, if you use photos – for example, for a visual essay, you need to properly cite these photos too! **for royalty-free images (i.e. that do not violate copyright issues), try the Britannica ImageQuest database. Just type your topic into the search bar.
General Canadian history sites:
- Curio ~ video clips, documentaries, podcasts & more from the CBC, BBC, and National Geographic; use your wcdsb login to access
- CBC Archives
- Historica Videos ~ includes short audio and video clips (“Historica Minutes” and “Footprints”)
- Canadiana ~ scroll down to see primary sources – monographs (books), serials (magazines & newspapers), and government documents
- National Film Board ~ Canadian documentaries
- 150 Years of Canada in 25 photographs ~ from TVO
- Canadian Museum of History ~ online exhibitions from the museum in Ottawa
- Some “Crash Courses” to get you started (hosted by John Green)
- BBC’s History—World War I ~ includes details on major battles, video clips, a virtual tour of the trenches, animated maps, and more
- World War I in photos from The Atlantic journal ~ a 10-part series of photographs of the Great War from dozens of collections, some digitized for the first time, to try to tell the story of the conflict, those caught up in it, and how much it affected the world
- The Canadian Encyclopedia: First World War ~ biographies, politics, home front, and more
- Canadian War Museum – Canada and the First World War ~ includes great historical info as well as photos and artifacts
- Canada and the First World War ~ diaries of Canadian soldiers, biographies of people who were there, information about life on the “home front”
- Ordeal by Fire ~ part of CBC’s “Canada: a people’s history” series; scroll down to see the Major Issues During this Period
- National Film Board: WWI ~ videos from NFB related to World War I
- Library of Congress’ Guide to World War I Materials ~ an index of the Library of Congress’s collection of WWI materials (US), including photographs, documents, newspapers, films, sheet music, and sound recordings
- Over the Top: An Interactive Adventure ~ experience life in the trenches during the First World War (from the Canadian War Museum)
- World War I and the Visual Arts ~ from the MET (Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC)
InfoTrac’s Canada in Context ~ books, articles, photos, recommended web sites, and more…with all the citations done for you! PLUS you can now save all documents – including your highlights and notes – to your Google drive!
Canadian Encyclopedia ~ type your topic (e.g. radio, Group of Seven, Immigration, Prohibition) or simply “1920s” or “1930s” in the search bar. Plus, you can look at the Timelines – and narrow down to the 1900s (drop-down on right) and then to the appropriate decade!
The Roaring Twenties ~ from Canada: a Country by Consent; studies the major political events that have shaped the country, presented in a cohesive, chronological narrative. Many of these main events are introduced by an audiovisual overview, enlivened by narration, sound effects and music
The Good Bright Days ~ National Film Board documentary (28 minutes) that provides an overview of the events that marked Canada between 1918 and 1927
The Collection – The Group of Seven ~ from the McMichael Canadian Art Collection
Canadian Museum of History ~ online exhibitions include…
- “Crossroads of Culture: 200 years of Canadian Immigration” (click on Photos & Papers, or Themes – including an Historical Overview of Immigration to Canada),
- “The Last Best West: advertising for immigrants to Western Canada, 1870-1930″
- “Winged Messenger: Airmail in the heroic era, 1918-1939″
- Making Medicare: History of Healthcare in Canada, 1917-2007
- Canadian History Hall Timeline ~ this opens to a non-1920s page within the timeline, but just keep scrolling back til you hit the 1920s (click on the boxes at the bottom); the first entry in the 1920s is “ARTHUR MEIGHEN BECOMES PRIME MINISTER”
- and many more…
Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 ~ try the Research or Explore tabs
CBC Archives ~ try typing 1920s or your topic into search box (click on magnifying glass)
150 Years of Canadian Sport: the 1920s ~ from Team Canada’s web site (Canadian Olympics)
Clash of Cultures in the 1910s and 1920s ~ topics include Prohibition, Women, Immigration, The Scopes Trial
Encyclopedia Britannica: Canada, the Interwar wars ~ covers Canadian history between WWI & WWII; you can find this same content – without all the ads! – in Britannica School. See the Library @ Rez Google classroom for your password to Britannic School (or email Ms. Martin)
Prosperity and Thrift: The Coolidge Era and the Consumer Economy 1921-1929 ~ scroll down to the “Introduction” and other links
Surviving the Dust Bowl ~ a PBS documentary related to the United States; gives a timeline, maps, and information about people & events during the depression
The 1930s from PBS~ a collection of documentaries and information about the 1930s in the United States
Looking Back at the Crash of ‘29 ~ from the New York Times; shows actual front pages of the newspapers, the week of the Crash
America in the 1930s ~ amazing site from the American Studies department at the University of Virginia (works better in a browser that supports Flash)
Research databases ~ you’ll need your InfoTrac password for these; all the citations are done for you!
Trial of Nationhood: The Great Depression and the War (1929–1945) ~ from the History of Canada eBook;
World War II portal from Canada in Context databases ~ magazine & newspaper articles, information from books, pictures, video clips, recommended web sites, and more!
Britannica School: World War II ~ you’ll need a password to access this from home (see Ms. Martin)
Salem World History database ~ Provides full-text access to biographies from the “Great Lives from History: the 20th Century” encyclopedia. Same password as InfoTrac.
Video resources
National Film Board: World War II ~ note that any films tagged with “Campus” will not be available for you to view
Web sites
Alternative Service in the Second World War: Conscientious Objectors in Canada: 1939-1945 ~
historical information, maps, statistics, personal reflections, how their non-military service affected our country
The Battle of the Bulge: American Experience ~ go to www.pbs.org and search for “WWII” for other info
BBC’s History—World War II ~ an AMAZING site! Also try the “Historic Figures” tab near the top to get some biographical information on WWII leaders.
Canada – A People’s History: the Crucible (1940-1946) ~ check out “Major Issues During This Period”, including Canada’s relationship with the United States, and “Fighting from the Home Front”
Canadian War Museum ~ check out their online exhibitions on Propaganda (wartime posters), Democracy at War (Canadian newspapers during World War II) and “Art & War“
The Canadian Encyclopedia: Second World War ~ includes information on significant people, battles, videos, timelines and more PLUS the citations are done for you!
Government of Canada’s Second World War site ~ includes timelines, archival records, information on major battles and more
The History Channel: World War II
Juno Beach Centre: Canada in the Second World War ~ includes videos of veterans sharing their stories, detailed information on the units that supported Canada in the Normandy landing, and lots of biographies
United at War (episode 8 of the CBC series Canada: the Story of Us) ~ 45 minute movie dramatization: “World War Two, a war even more terrible than the last, demands courage, commitment and ingenuity. Canada will meet this challenge head on, giving everything we have, at home and abroad. Canadians come together, working, and fighting, for a common cause. United — at war.”
Veterans Affairs Canada: The Second World War
Holocaust information:
Holocaust topic page from In Context: World History database ~ search within results to look for specific topics. Use your Gale password.
Auschwitz: Inside the Nazi State ~ includes interactive maps, a timeline, personal stories, and more
Genocide Under the Nazis ~ from the BBC; includes a timeline, interactive map of Auschwitz, debates over the Holocaust, etc.
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum ~ includes the Holocaust Encyclopedia, online exhibitions, etc.; also try clicking on “Education – for Students” (top menu bar)
Holocaust on Trial ~ from NOVA/PBS; the companion Web site to a PBS broadcast that examines and successfully challenges the notion of Holocaust denial
Witness to the Holocaust ~ provides a brief overview of the Holocaust, liberation, and impact on survivors; transcriptions of 10 interviews with persons involved in the liberation of the concentration camps; and information about four of the camps.
- United Nations Office on Genocide Prevention and the Responsibility to Protect ~ Click on Atrocity Crimes > Definitions : explains the difference between genocide/ethnic cleansing/war crimes etc.
- Our World in Data: Genocides ~ scroll through for lists of 20th century genocides, graphs showing the magnitudes of these atrocities, theories related to the causes, and more.
- Inter-Parliamentary Alliance for Human Rights and Global Peace: Acts of Genocide ~ brief descriptions of each of the official acts of genocide (see definitions in UN web site above) committed since the adoption of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide in 1951
- Genocide Watch ~ lists current alerts for 3 levels of genocide alerts (watch, warning, emergency) and details the ten stages in the process of a genocide
- Gale databases that would be particularly useful include “In Context: World History” and “In Context: Global Issues“. You can search by the affected country, or by the name of the affected culture/peoples; also check out the eBooks.
Research databases ~ you’ll need your InfoTrac password for these; all the citations are done for you!
Cold War Canada ~ from the History of Canada eBook (you’ll need your InfoTrac password)
In the Canada in Context database you’ll find reference materials, magazine
and newspaper articles, and more. Click here for the 1950s or 1960s – you’ll see more specific topics – or your can search for your own topic once you’re in!
Try searching all of our eBooks in the Gale Virtual Reference Library.
Web sites
CBC Archives: Cold War ~ great historical information, including television and radio clips! To do a search by decade, click on Advanced Search (at the top) and then on the Date tab.
The Avro Arrow: Canada’s Broken Dream ~ from CBC archives
Canadian Encyclopedia, short audio and video clips (“Historica Minutes” and “Footprints”)
BBC’s On This Day ~ search for stories that happened in any year from 1950 – the present
Britannica School: Cold War ~ you’ll need a password to access this from home (see Ms. Martin)
Cold War Canada (Canada: A People’s History) ~ in-depth articles on a Soviet spy scandal, the “red scare”, the Suez Canal crisis, and the voice of women
Cold War International History Project ~ click on Digital Archive or one of the Program Topics (left hand side)
Encyclopedia Brittanica’s Cold War
John F Kennedy and the Cuban Missile Crisis ~ also from the BBC
NSA and the Cuban Missile Crisis ~ National Security Agency’s archive of declassified files associated with the crisis.
PBS ~ search “1950s” or “1960s”
The Presidency and the Cold War ~ from the Smithsonian Institute; click on Enter Exhibition
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum’s “The Story of Rock” ~ also check out The Exhibits and The Inductees
USA vs USSR ~ Crash Course in History video on the Cold War
