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Canadian Identity: Unit Three Chapter 6, Prosperity and Depression , pages 84-102. NOTE: Students will be responsible to know the definition of any bolded term found in this chapter. Part A, Prosperity in the 1920’s, 85-88.
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Canadian Identity: Unit ThreeChapter 6, Prosperity and Depression,pages 84-102 NOTE:Students will be responsible to know the definition of any bolded term found in this chapter.
Part A, Prosperity in the 1920’s, 85-88. 1. What caused a slump in the Canadian economy after World War I? What parts of Canada felt the effects the most? 2. Explain why soldiers returning from the war could not afford to buy many of the things they needed. 3. Why were BC and the Prairies recovering by 1923? 4. Why did companies like Ford, GM and GE build branch plants in Canada? What is a tariff?
Part A, Prosperity in the 1920’s, 85-88. 5. In the mining sector which of the following was worth the most money? Precious metals like gold and silver, coal, or other materials? 6. How would the assembly line and mass production increase profits for a company? 7. How did the availability of electric power affect manufacturing?
Part A Pass In 1. The text talks about a “consumer society” on page 87. Do you feel we live in a “consumer society” today, more than 80 years later? Explain. /5 2. Explain fully three reasons why the economy of the Maritime Provinces stalled in the 1920’s. /10 3. What was proposed by some in the Maritimes at that time? /2 Out of /17
Canadian Art of the 1920’s The Group of Seven was a group of Canadian landscape painters in the 1920s, originally consisting of Franklin Carmichael, Lawren Harris, A. Y. Jackson, Frank Johnston, Arthur Lismer, J. E. H. MacDonald, and Frederick Varley. Tom Thomson (who died in 1917) and Emily Carr were also closely associated with the Group of Seven, though neither were ever official members.
Canadian Art of the 1920’s The Group of Seven is most famous for its paintings of the Canadian landscape. It was succeeded by the Canadian Group of Painters in the 1930s. Some samples of their work is found on the following pages.
1920’s ArtworkPortrait by Frederick Varley Landscape No. 1: Mountains
1920’s ArtworkPortrait by J. E. H. MacDonald The Tangled Garden