CHC2D - Websites - 1950s Song Lyrics Assignment

1950’s Song Lyrics Assignment

Grade 10 Academic Canada Since WWI (CHC2D)

Recommended Websites for Research

Generally Recommended Websites for Canadian Information

Canadian Encyclopedia – Historica Canada

http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/

Canada History: Eras (Canada History Timelines)

http://www.canadahistory.com/sections/eras/the%20peace/The%20Peace.html (The Peace after WWII)

http://www.canadahistory.com/sections/eras/cold%20war/Cold%20War.html (The Cold War Era)

http://www.canadahistory.com/sections/eras/trudeau/Trudeau.html (The Trudeau Era)

Discover Canada: Modern Canada – Citizenship and Immigration Canada

http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/resources/publications/discover/section-07.asp

Politics

Cold War

http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/cold-war/

http://www.cbc.ca/history/SECTIONSE1EP15CH1LE.html

http://www.cbc.ca/archives/categories/war-conflict/cold-war/cold-war-culture-the-nuclear-fear-of-the-1950s-and-1960s/topic---cold-war-culture-the-nuclear-fear-of-the-1950s-and-1960s.html

NATO/Warsaw Pact

http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/nato-north-atlantic-treaty-organization/

http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/nato-when-canada-really-mattered-feature/

http://www.warmuseum.ca/cwm/exhibitions/nato/nato01_e.shtml

http://www.warmuseum.ca/education/online-educational-resources/dispatches/canada-and-nato/

http://www.cbc.ca/archives/categories/war-conflict/defence/one-for-all-the-north-atlantic-treaty-organization/the-warsaw-pacts-military-arsenal.html (Scroll to the bottom of the webpage)

http://www.canadiansoldiers.com/enemies/warsawpact.htm

Gouzenko Affair

http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/igor-sergeievich-gouzenko/

http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/igors-choice-feature/

http://www.cbc.ca/history/EPISCONTENTSE1EP15CH1PA1LE.html

http://www.cbc.ca/archives/categories/war-conflict/cold-war/the-gouzenko-affair/topic-the-gouzenko-affair.html (Scroll to the bottom of the webpage)

http://www.canadahistory.com/sections/eras/the%20peace/World%20Role.html

NORAD

http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/norad-north-american-air-defence-agreement/

http://www.canadahistory.com/sections/eras/cold%20war/NORAD.html

http://www.fas.org/nuke/guide/usa/airdef/norad-overview.htm

http://www.cbc.ca/archives/categories/war-conflict/defence/norad-watching-the-skies/the-creation-of-norad.html

Korean War

http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/korean-war/

http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/sixty-years-on-korean-war-still-echoes/

http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/exhibit/the-korean-war-1/

http://www.canadahistory.com/sections/eras/the%20peace/Korea.html

Suez Crisis

http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/suez-crisis/

http://www.suezcrisis.ca/

http://www.cbc.ca/history/EPISCONTENTSE1EP15CH1PA3LE.html

Cuban Missile Crisis

http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/cuban-missile-crisis/

https://www.usask.ca/diefenbaker/virtual-exhibits/cuban-missile-crisis.php

http://www.ipolitics.ca/2012/10/15/fen-hampson-canada-and-the-cuban-missile-crisis-50-years-later/

http://thechronicleherald.ca/thenovascotian/156014-canada-s-navy-and-the-cuban-missile-crisis

http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/analysis/canadas-fleet-played-role-in-cuban-crisis-174142411.html

Social History

Women

http://psac-ncr.com/canadian-womens-history

http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/status-of-women/

http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/womens-movement/

http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/women-in-the-labour-force/

http://www.cbc.ca/history/EPISCONTENTSE1EP16CH2PA1LE.html

http://www.cbc.ca/history/EPISCONTENTSE1EP15CH1PA4LE.html

http://www.cbc.ca/books/canadareads/2013/01/-normal-0-false-false.html

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/news/women-had-few-job-options-in-the-1950s-says-a-former-head-nurse-1.2985963

http://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/11-630-x/11-630-x2015009-eng.htm

http://www.historymuseum.ca/cmc/exhibitions/hist/labour/labh35e.shtml

Immigration

http://ccrweb.ca/en/hundred-years-immigration-canada-part-2

http://www.virtualmuseum.ca/Exhibitions/Pier21/eng/chronologie-evenements-immigration-timeline-events-immigration-eng.html

http://www.canadahistory.com/sections/eras/the%20peace/Immigration.html

http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/immigration/

http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/immigration-policy/

http://www.cbc.ca/history/EPISCONTENTSE1EP15CH3PA1LE.html

http://www.mapleleafweb.com/features/immigration-policy-canada-history-administration-and-debates.html

http://www.pier21.ca/culture-trunks/italy/history

Suburbs

http://www.cbc.ca/history/EPISCONTENTSE1EP15CH3PA3LE.html

http://www.cbc.ca/archives/categories/lifestyle/living/(Scroll to bottom of webpage to see link to "So Long City, Hello Suburbs"

https://opentextbc.ca/postconfederation/chapter/10-6-cities-and-suburbs/

http://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/11-630-x/11-630-x2015007-eng.htm

http://www.blogto.com/city/2011/09/what_the_suburbs_used_to_look_like_around_toronto/

Baby Boom

http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/baby-boom/

https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2011/as-sa/98-311-x/98-311-x2011003_2-eng.cfm

http://www.thestar.com/news/insight/2013/03/09/canadas_baby_boom_different_from_us.html

http://web.dsbn.edu.on.ca/~Debbie.Grimes/FOV1-0017A6A6/FOV1-0017A986/The%20Baby%20Boom.pdf?Plugin=Loft

Entertainment/Fads

http://www.cbc.ca/history/EPISCONTENTSE1EP15CH3PA4LE.html

http://www.howstuffworks.com/10-fabulous-fads-from-the-1950s.htm

http://www.howstuffworks.com/8-groovy-fads-of-the-1960s.htm

http://www.crazyfads.com/50s.htm

http://www.crazyfads.com/60s.htm

Welfare and Medicare

http://www.civilization.ca/cmc/exhibitions/hist/pensions/1952-1967_e.pdf

http://www.cbc.ca/history/EPISCONTENTSE1EP15CH2PA4LE.html

http://www.cbc.ca/player/Digital+Archives/Health/Health+Care+System/ID/1811512494/

http://canadiandimension.com/articles/4795/

http://www.historymuseum.ca/cmc/exhibitions/hist/medicare/medic01e.shtml

Economics

General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT)

http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/general-agreement-on-tariffs-and-trade/

http://www.wto.org/english/thewto_e/whatis_e/tif_e/fact4_e.htm

Trans Canada Pipeline

http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/pipeline/

http://www.cbc.ca/history/EPISCONTENTSE1EP15CH3PA2LE.html

State of the Economy

http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/royal-commission-on-canadas-economic-prospects/

http://www.canadahistory.com/sections/eras/the%20peace/Prosperity.html

http://www.cbc.ca/history/SECTIONSE1EP15CH3LE.html

http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/resources/publications/discover/section-07.asp

Canadian-American Relations

http://www.cbc.ca/canadaus/timeline.html

http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/canadian-american-relations/

http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/economic-canadian-american-relations/

http://www.international.gc.ca/odskelton/gotlieb.aspx?lang=eng

French-English Relations

http://www.mccord-museum.qc.ca/scripts/explore.php?Lang=1&contentlong=&elementid=108__true&tableid=11&tablename=theme

http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/francophone-anglophone-relations/

http://www.cbc.ca/history/EPISCONTENTSE1EP15CH2PA3LE.html

http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/quiet-revolution/

http://www.canadahistory.com/sections/eras/cold%20war/Quiet%20Revolution.html

http://www.cbc.ca/history/EPISCONTENTSE1EP16CH1PA1LE.html

http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/maurice-le-noblet-duplessis/

http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/jean-lesage/

Other

Newfoundland

http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/newfoundland-and-labrador/

http://www.heritage.nf.ca/law/confed.html

http://www.canadahistory.com/sections/eras/the%20peace/Newfoundland.html

http://www.cbc.ca/history/EPISCONTENTSE1EP15CH2PA1LE.html

http://faculty.marianopolis.edu/c.belanger/nfldhistory/NewfoundlandJoinsCanada-Confederation1949.htm

http://www.ucs.mun.ca/~melbaker/confederation1949.htm

http://www.gov.nl.ca/publicat/royalcomm/research/fallingintothecanadianlap.pdf

Prime Minister Louis Stephen St. Laurent (1948-1957)

http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/louis-st-laurent/

http://www.prime-ministers.ca/stlaurent/intro.php

http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/2/4/h4-3300-e.html

http://www.craigmarlatt.com/canada/government/stlaurent.html

Prime Minister John George Diefenbaker (1957-1963)

http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/john-diefenbaker/

http://www.prime-ministers.ca/diefenbaker/intro.php

http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/2/4/h4-3325-e.html

Prime Minister Lester Bowles Pearson (1963-1968)

http://www.prime-ministers.ca/pearson/intro.php

http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/2/4/h4-3350-e.html

http://www.canadahistory.com/sections/eras/cold%20war/Pearson.html

Recommended Websites for Music

Song Lists

Top Ten Songs of Each Year (1950-1969)

http://www.digitaldreamdoor.com/pages/best_songs50-69.html

100 Greatest Rock ‘n’ Roll Songs of the ‘50s

http://www.digitaldreamdoor.com/pages/best_songs50s.html

To Listen to Song Samples

Absolute Hits of the 50’s

http://www.allmusic.com/album/absolute-hits-of-the-50s-mw0001972114 (Click on the song, then on the play button)

The Pop Years: The 50s

http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-pop-years-the-50s-mw0002158242

100 Hits: Classic 60s

http://www.allmusic.com/album/100-hits-classic-60s-mw0002259152

100 Best Tracks of the Sixties

http://www.nme.com/list/100-best-songs-of-the-1960s/263950 (YouTube videos embedded within list. Some videos disabled.)

Audio Editing Resources

To download Audacity, a free audio editor and recorder

http://audacity.sourceforge.net/download/

A series of tutorial videos to teach you how to use Audacity to record, edit and save a podcast

http://www.howtopodcasttutorial.com/17-audacity-tutorial.htm

How to remove vocals from a song using Audacity

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JEjzdurnJhw

How to remove vocals from songs on iTunes

http://www.howstuffworks.com/how-to-remove-vocals-from-songs-on-itunes.htm

4 types of free vocal removal software: eliminate voice from your favourite songs

http://mp3.about.com/od/essentialsoftware/tp/Top_Vocal_Removers.htm