HIST*3370 - Canada and the First World War
7036085
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Course Description
This course examines Canada’s role in the First World War. The question of how much the war was a transformative experience for Canadians will be central to students’ learning, as they grapple with issues pertaining to race, ethnicity, class, gender, militarism, pacifism, religion, age, and memory.
Learning Outcomes
By the end of the course you should be able to:
- Identify and describe the major social, political, and economic events that affected Canada, as they unfolded over the period between 1914 and 1918;
- Take a position and argue about a controversial topic by analyzing different explanations and claims resulting from alternative perspectives during the debate;
- Use material culture analyses to critically assess primary sources, such as photographs, artifacts, and diary entries, and explain their usefulness to studies of Canada’s wartime experience; and
- Critically evaluate historical arguments and assess contemporary historians’ interpretations of historical events.
Course Topics
- Introduction: The ‘Great’ War in History and Today
- Off to War: August 1914
- Recruitment
- The Soldier’s Life
- Gendering the War
- Fighting from the Home Front
- Race, Ethnicity, and Dissent
- The Politics of Wartime
- Propaganda, Literature, and the Canadian Media
- Health, Medicine, and Technology
- Peace!
- Conclusion: A Century of Consequences and Commemoration
Additional Requirements
Prerequisite(s): 7.50 credits
Assessment
| Assessment Item | Weight | Learning Outcomes |
| Unit Knowledge Quizzes | 30% | 1, 4 |
| Major Battles Research Paper | 20% | 1, 3, 4 |
| Group Debate: Conscription | 15% | 1, 2, 4 |
| Primary Source Research Assignment | 20% | 3, 4 |
| Weekly Assigned Readings Discussions | 15% | |
| Total | 100% |
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